Abstract
The nanostructure of SmCo5/α-Fe nanocomposites elaborated by high-energy ball milling was investigated using atom probe tomography. This high-resolution technique allowed obtaining in the real space a 3D mapping of the chemical species (Sm, Co, and Fe) on the atomic scale. 3D reconstructions of the nanostructure of the analyzed samples were realized from the data and show that the majority of the SmCo5/α-Fe nanocomposite is composed of α-Fe(Co) soft magnetic nanosized crystallites embedded in a Sm-(Co,Fe) hard magnetic matrix. These results confirm the formation of the α-Fe(Co) phase and the contamination of the initial SmCo5 by Fe atoms. The interfaces between the α-Fe(Co) soft magnetic phase and the Sm-(Co,Fe) hard magnetic phase were also chemically analyzed on the atomic scale. Large graded interfaces were evidenced. Monte Carlo simulations assuming a linear variation of the anisotropy in the intermixed interface between the Sm-(Co,Fe) and the Fe(Co) regions indicate that the Fe/Co interdiffusion can lead to an increase in the coercive field.
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