High-performance permanent magnets |
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Authors: | D Goll H Kronmüller |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Planck-Institut für Metallforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany e-mail: goll@vaxph.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de Tel.: +49-711-6891814, DE |
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Abstract: | High-performance permanent magnets (pms) are based on compounds with outstanding intrinsic magnetic properties as well as
on optimized microstructures and alloy compositions. The most powerful pm materials at present are RE–TM intermetallic alloys
which derive their exceptional magnetic properties from the favourable combination of rare earth metals (RE=Nd, Pr, Sm) with
transition metals (TM=Fe, Co), in particular magnets based on (Nd,Pr)2Fe14B and Sm2(Co,Cu,Fe,Zr)17. Their development during the last 20 years has involved a dramatic improvement in their performance by a factor of >15 compared
with conventional ferrite pms therefore contributing positively to the ever-increasing demand for pms in many (including new)
application fields, to the extent that RE–TM pms now account for nearly half of the worldwide market. This review article
first gives a brief introduction to the basics of ferromagnetism to confer an insight into the variety of (permanent) magnets,
their manufacture and application fields. We then examine the rather complex relationship between the microstructure and the
magnetic properties for the two highest-performance and most promising pm materials mentioned. By using numerical micromagnetic
simulations on the basis of the Finite Element technique the correlation can be quantitatively predicted, thus providing a
powerful tool for the further development of optimized high-performance pms. |
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