High-Temperature Magnetic Properties of Exchange-Coupled Sm-Co/Nd-Fe-B Hybrid Nanocomposite Magnets

We report high-temperature magnetic properties of hybrid nanocomposite magnets composed of Sm 2 Co 17 and Nd 2 Fe 14 B hard magnetic phases prepared via high-energy ball milling and warm compaction. The magnetic and structural properties of the Sm 2 Co 17 /Nd 2 Fe 14 B nanocomposite magnets were investigated for different phase fractions of the two hard phases. The effective interphase exchange coupling resulting from the small grain size (~14 nm) of the hard phases leads to a single-phase-like demagnetization behavior with improved energy product (BH) max . The Sm 2 Co 17 /Nd 2 Fe 14 B isotropic nanocomposite magnets exhibit a (BH) max value up to 15.5 MG·Oe at room temperature. High-temperature magnetic characterizations show that the Sm 2 Co 17 /Nd 2 Fe 14 B hybrid nanocomposite magnets have remarkably better thermal stability than single-phase Nd 2 Fe 14 B magnets and also have enhanced (BH)max compared to single-phase Sm 2 Co 17 magnets.