Abstract
The magnetic properties of magnetic nanocomposites consisting of hard and soft magnetic phases are dependent not only on the intrinsic properties but also on the grain structure and volume ratio of the two phases. In this study, we performed a systematic micromagnetic simulation on the magnetic properties of Ce2Fe14B/α-Fe and Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposites. The volume fractions of the hard magnetic Nd2Fe14B or Ce2Fe14B phase were varied from 80% to 40%, and the grain sizes of the hard magnetic phase and the soft magnetic α-Fe phase were changed independently from 10 nm to 40 nm. The results show that when the grain size of both hard and soft phases is 10 nm and the volume fraction of the hard phase is 70%, the highest maximum magnetic energy product can be obtained in both Ce2Fe14B/α-Fe and Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposites. The hard magnetic properties of Ce2Fe14B/α-Fe nanocomposite decrease significantly when the volume fraction of the α-Fe phase exceeds 30%. However, for the Nd2Fe14B/α-Fe system, this situation only occurs when the α-Fe volume fraction exceeds 40%. The reason for this is not only because of the low anisotropic field and the smaller exchange coupling length between the soft and hard magnetic phases, but also because of the lower saturation magnetization of the hard phase. The grain size has greater effects on the magnetic properties compared to the volume fraction of the hard magnetic phase. The main reason is that as the grain size increases, the remanence of the nanocomposite decreases sharply, which also leads to a rapid decrease in the maximum magnetic energy product. The simulation results on the effects of phase ratio and grain size have been verified by experiments on melt-spun Ce2Fe14B/α-Fe alloys with various compositions prepared by melt-spinning followed by annealing for various lengths of time. Due to the influence of demagnetization energy, the hard magnetic phase with high saturation magnetization is preferred for the preparation of high-performance nanocomposite magnets.
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