Two- and three-dimensional calculation of remanence enhancement of rare-earth based composite magnets (invited)

Abstract
Micromagnetic calculations using a finite element technique rigorously describe the magnetic properties of novel, isotropic rare‐earth‐based composite magnets. Numerical results obtained for a composite material of Nd2Fe14B, SmCo5 or Sm2(Fe0.8Co0.2)17N2.8 and α‐Fe particles show that remanence, coercivity, and coercive squareness sensitively depend on microstructural features. Interparticle exchange interactions enhance the remanence by about 60% with respect to noninteracting particles for a mean‐grain size approaching the exchange length of the soft magnetic phase and a significant percentage of α‐Fe. On the other hand, exchange interactions between the phases suppress the nucleation of reversed domains and thus preserve a high coercive field. Therefore, optimally structured, isotropic composite magnets show remarkably high energy products exceeding 400 kJ/m3.

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