“…The physical metallurgy and phase diagram characteristics of the La and Ce substituted compounds are well comparable. [13][14][15][16][17][18] Putting aside the need for primary RE supply diversification in the context here, the reduction of resource criticality can be also addressed by developing magnet recycling strategies, on the one hand [19][20][21][22][23][24] and efficient HRE reduction by grain boundary engineering of Nd/Pr─Fe─B magnets, on the other hand. [25][26][27][28] Usually, the grain boundary diffusion process (GBDP) is used, which is a method originally introduced by Park et al [29] In this approach, the HREs are deposited on the surface of sintered magnets by either coating with metal foils, [30] HRE-oxides or -fluorides, [25,31] or low melting eutectic alloys such as DyNiAl [32] followed by a heat treatment at about 800-900 C [25,32,33] for several hours to infiltrate the magnet with the HREs through the grain boundaries (GB).…”