简介:Theeffectofanexternalelectricfieldonthecrystallizationbehaviorofamorphous(Nd0.1Fe0.9)3Balloywasinvestigated.ThecrystallizationproductofNd2Fe23B3phasewasobtainedforthisamorphousalloyannealedat923Kfor300sinthepresenceofanexternalelectricfieldof300kV·m-1(50Hz);whilethecrystallizationproductsareNd1.1Fe4B4,α-Fe,andFe3Bphasesunderthesameannealingconditionexceptforfree-electricfield.Ontheotherhand,thesampleswereannealedat1023K,whichishigherthanthedecompositiontemperatureofmetastableNd2Fe23B3phase,for600s.Inthecaseofthepresenceofanexternalelectricfield,themetastableNd2Fe23B3phase,asamainphase,isstillstayedinthesample.ThisfactsuggeststhattheexternalelectricfieldenhancesthestabilizationofthemetastableNd2Fe23B3phase.Theeffectoftheexternalelectricfieldonthephaseselectionandstabilizationwasexplainedintermsofthespecificconductancedifferencebetweenthecrystallizationproducts.
简介:TheNd60Fe20Al8Co10B2alloywaspreparedbysuctioncastingofthemoltenalloyintoacoppermoldunderargonatmosphere.Themicro-structuralandmagneticpropertychangesintheNd60Fe20Al8Co10B2alloyduringcrystallizationwereinvestigatedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),differentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC),scanningelectronmicroscope(SEM)andthevibratingsamplemagnetometer(VSM).TheprecipitationandNd-richandFe-richphaseshavenosignificanteffectontheintrinsiccoercitityforNd60Fe20Al8Co10B2alloyannealedbelow723K.However,thegrowthofFe-richphasedecreasesthesaturatemagnetizationandremanenceofthealloy.Thehardmagneticbehaviorisdisappearedwhenthealloyisfullycrystallized.
简介:La15Fe77B8hydrogenstoragealloyswerepreparedusingavacuuminduction-quenchingfurnace.TheresultsofX-raydiffraction(XRD)andscanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)suggestedthatLa15–xSmxFe2Ni76Mn5B2(x=0,2,4,6)alloyshadmultiphasestructureincludingthemainLaNi5phase,La3Ni13B2phaseand(Fe,Ni)phase.WiththeincreasingsubstitutionofSmforLa,themainphasestructureofalloysdidnotchange,whiletheunitcellvolumesdecreased,thecyclestabilitywasimprovedandthemaximumdischargecapacitydecreased,butthelowtemperaturemaximumdischargecapacityofthesamesubstitutionalloywasgraduallyapproachingthemaximumdischargecapacityatroomtemperature,whichshowedthatLa15Fe77B8hydrogenstoragealloysofthepartialsubstitutionofSmforLahadbetterlow-temperaturedischargeability(LTD).Forthesamesubstitutionalloys,self-dischargecharacteristicsandcyclestabilityatlowtemperaturewerebetterthanthatatroomtemperature.Furthermore,thehigh-ratedischargeability(HRD)andtheexchangecurrentdensityI0firstincreasedandthendecreasedwiththeincreasingofSmcontent,whereasthehydrogendiffusioncoefficientDinalloybulkdecreasedgradually,whichindicatedthatappropriatesubstitutionofSmforLaimprovedtheelectrochemicalkineticspropertiesofthealloys.TheHRDwasmainlydominatedbythecharge-transferrateonthealloysurface.
简介:EffectsofNbandZrsubstitutionsonthecrystal]izationbehaviorsandmagneticpropertiesofmelt-spun(Nd,Pr)2Fe14B/α-Fealloyswerestudied.Theresultsshowthatfor(Nd0.4Pr0.6)8.5Fe85.5B6ribbons,themetastable(Nd,Pr)3Fe62B14precipitatesaftertheinitialcrystallizationofα-Feanddecomposesintothefinalmixtureof(Nd,Pr)2Fe14Bandα-Fe.For(Nd0.4Pr0.6)8.5Fe84.5Zr0.5Nb0.5B6ribbons,however,(Nd,Pr)2Fe14Bandα-Fephasesprecipitatesimultaneously.ThisindicatesthatbothNbandZrdopingcanavoidtheformationofmetastablephaseand!