Magnetic microstructure of YFe11Ti aggregates

Nunes, Daniela; Colaço, R.; Hosson, J.Th.M. De; Gonçalves, A.P.; Pereira, Laura C. J.; Carvalho, P.A.

doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2009.07.150

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“…As a result, these structures have been extensively investigated by powder X-ray diffraction (Chin et al, 1989; Jian et al, 2000; Yu et al, 2000). However, the materials produced are often multiphasic and evidence homogenization ranges suggesting ongoing phase transformations that require additional microstructural studies (Nunes et al, 2009 a , 2009 b , 2011).…”

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Electron Diffraction of ThMn₁₂/Th₂Zn₁₇-Type Structures in the Nd-Fe-Ti System

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Gonçalves²,

Carvalho

2013

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Nd:11Fe:Ti alloys prepared by arc melting followed by splat quenching and annealing have been investigated by electron microscopy. The as-cast microstructure evidenced an α-Fe(Ti) --> NdFe₁₁Ti --> Nd₂(Fe,Ti)₁₇ solidification sequence compatible with a cascade of peritectic reactions. The Nd₂(Fe,Ti)₁₇ phase was not detected in the microstructure of the splat-quenched materials, but after annealing the ternary compound grains consisted of a mixture of ThMn₁₂-type and Th₂Zn₁₇-type structures exhibiting a consistent (020)₁:₁₂//(003)₂:₁₇ and [100]₁:₁₂//[110]₂:₁₇, orientation relation, with the invariant plane sitting at (022)₁:₁₂//(333)₂:₁₇. A series of 3D microdiffraction experiments carried out on grains presenting a random distribution of planar defects has been used to map the reciprocal space of the intergrown phases.

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Electron Diffraction of ThMn₁₂/Th₂Zn₁₇-Type Structures in the Nd-Fe-Ti System

Nunes

Gonçalves²,

Carvalho

2013

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“…A large number of experimental studies has been done on these compounds, which are usually measured on alloys structurally characterized only by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). However, the materials are often multiphasic and their quenched or annealed microstructures evidence homogenization ranges, second phases (resulting from segregation) and on-going phase transformations that may not be easily detectable by XRD [1,2]. Additional microstructural studies on these systems are therefore required.…”

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TEM studies of the ThMn₁₂–type and Th₂Zn₁₇–type phases in the Nd-Fe-Ti system

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Rare-earth intermetallic compounds with high Fe concentrations and adopting the ThMn 12 -type and Th 2 Zn 17 -type structures have attracted considerable attention in the field of permanent magnets. A large number of experimental studies has been done on these compounds, which are usually measured on alloys structurally characterized only by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD). However, the materials are often multiphasic and their quenched or annealed microstructures evidence homogenization ranges, second phases (resulting from segregation) and on-going phase transformations that may not be easily detectable by XRD [1,2]. Additional microstructural studies on these systems are therefore required.Among the Fe-based systems, the ThMn 12 -type and Th 2 Zn 17 -type structures usually require stabilization by a third element, such as Ti. In the present work Nd:11Fe:Ti has been prepared by melting Nd, Fe and Ti in an arc furnace followed by subsequent splat-quenching and/or annealing treatments. The resulting materials have been characterized by XRD, scanning and transmission electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive spectroscopy.The results have shown that the presence of α-Fe(Ti) could not be avoided during the solidification of the Nd:11Fe:Ti alloy. Furthermore, the microstructure morphologies and elemental analyses showed that at moderate cooling rates a secondary crystallization phase of Th 2 Zn 17 -type appeared in the Nd:11Fe:Ti alloy as result of a peritectic reaction. This lower temperature phase was however not detected in the splat-quenched material, where the high cooling rate route suppressed its crystallization [3]. Nevertheless during a subsequent heat-treatment at 800 ºC the following decomposition took place: NdFe 11 Ti → Nd 2 (Fe,Ti) 17 + α-Fe(Ti) + Fe 2 Ti. This reaction had already been proposed by Jang and Stadelmaier [4], who suggested that the NdFe 11 Ti compound is unstable at temperatures below 1000 °C. The current study shows that this transformation results in the fine lamellar intergrowth of the Th 2 Zn 17 -type phase in ThMn 12 -type grains, displaying random distribution of planar defects (Figure 1). The reciprocal space of the combined parent and intergrown phases has been mapped through a series of 3-D microdiffraction experiments (Figure 2). This allowed to establish that the preferred orientation relation between the two phases is (020)

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