HARD MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MULTILAYERED SmCo/Co PERMANENT MAGNETS
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- 10 October 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in International Journal of Modern Physics B
- Vol. 15 (24n25) , 3243-3246
Abstract
We have prepared (Sm-Co)/Co multilayers with two different Co thicknes to study the hard magnetic properties (coercivity Hci and energy product BHmax ) of nanostructured SmCo magnets consisting of hard SmCo and softer higher moment Co phases. Samples are annealed at a temperature in the range 450 – 700°C, for 20 minutes in vacuum (standard anneal) or rapidly annealed for 30 seconds under flowing nitrogen (rapid anneal) to form the hard Sm-Co phase. We find that samples subjected to a standard anneal at 500°C or a rapid anneal at 650°C show the largest energy products in these thin films, about 21 MG.Oe. This is closely related to the fact that the high field magnetization is highest for these anneal temperatures and decreases at higher anneal temperatures.Keywords
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