Estudo das propriedades magnéticas e estruturais de (Nd, Pr) FeB nanocristalino com adição de TiC e Cr

Abstract

The addition of both Ti and Cr-C refine the grains in nanocomposites of Nd-Fe-B, increasing substantially the coercive field Hc . This motived our investigation of the effect of the addition of Ti-C and Cr to nanocomposites of Pr-Fe-B and Nd-Fe-B. Ribbons compositions (Pr9,5Fe84,5B6)0,97-x(TiC)0,03Crx (x = 0; 0,0025; 0,005; 0,0075; 0,01) and (Nd9,5Fe84,5B6)0,97-x (TiC)0,03Crx (x = 0,005; 0,01) were produced by melt-spinning. Magnetization measures in fields up to 90 kOe showed that materials containing Cr have substantially higher Hc than the other materials without Cr. For a Pr nanocomposites with 1% Cr, the coercive field Hc was 12.5 kOe, while for a Pr nanocomposites with 0% Cr, Hc = 5.1 kOe. For the sample with 1% Cr, the maximum energy product was approximately 13.6 MGOe, a value limited by the remanence. The X-ray diffractogram analysis showed that the ribbons based on Pr-Fe-B with 1% Cr consist basically of a Pr2Fe14B hard phase and an α-Fe soft phase. Mössbauer spectroscopy was performed at 300 K and showed a reduction of the hyperfine field due to the addition of Cr. Transmission electronic microscopy of the Pr-Fe-B sample with 1% Cr showed that the nanocomposites have a grain size larger than the material without Cr, the microstructure consisting of α Fe grains, with an average size of 100 nm, in a matrix of Pr2Fe14B.