Magnetic Alignment Study of Hybrid Magnet Consisting of R-Rich and R-Lean Nd-Fe-B Alloys Original Research Article

A hybrid magnet was prepared by the hot-pressing and die-upsetting of the mixture of the R-rich NdxFe93.5–xGa0.5B6 (x= 13.5 and 11.8) alloy and the R-lean NdxFe93–xNb1B6 (x = 6, 9) alloy melt-spun ribbons. The microstructure and magnetic properties of the hybrid magnet were investigated. In the hot-pressed or die-upset hybrid magnet the R-rich and R-lean alloy regions existed independently without alloying between them. The two alloy regions in the die-upset hybrid magnet were coupled effectively via a magnetostatic interaction. A texture was developed only in the R-rich Nd2Fe14B single phase alloy region in the die-upset hybrid magnet, and this led to an anisotropic nature in die-upset hybrid magnet. The die-upset hybrid magnets containing higher Nd-content (13.5 at%) host alloy shows consistently a better magnetic alignment with respect to the magnets with lower Nd-content (11.8 at%) host alloy.