Microstructure of multistage annealed nanocrystalline SmCo2Fe2B alloy with enhanced magnetic properties
Abstract
The microstructure and chemistry of SmCo2Fe2B melt-spun alloy after multistage annealing was investigated using high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and 3D atom probe tomography. The multistage annealing resulted in an increase in both the coercivity and magnetization. The presence of Sm(Co,Fe)4B (1:4:1) and Sm2(Co,Fe)17Bx (2:17:x) magnetic phases were confirmed using both techniques. Fe2B at a scale of ∼5 nm was found by HRTEM precipitating within the 1:4:1 phase after the second-stage annealing. Ordering within the 2:17:x phase was directly identified both by the presence of antiphase boundaries observed by TEM and the interconnected isocomposition surface network found in 3D atom probe results in addition to radial distribution function analysis. The variations in the local chemistry after the secondary annealing were considered pivotal in improving the magnetic properties.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 11, 2014
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4865298
Entities
People
- Arun Devaraj
- B. Balamurugan
- Jeffrey E. Shield
- Jun Cui
- Xiujuan Jiang
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln