Industrial Technology Research Institute

Fu-Teh Jin

Li-Kou Chen

Shiang-Jiun Heh

Swe-Kai Chen

A heat-treatment process for producing rare earth-cobalt permanent magnets having relatively high and reproducible magnetic properties wherein one or more controlled cooling rates are applied in temperatures ranging from a sintering temperature and the isothermal annealing temperature. The controlled cooling rates are preferably divided into two steps. In the first step, the cooling rate is preferably greater than 10.degree. C./min. In the second step, the cooling rate is preferably less than 10.degree. C./min. and is ideally in the range of 2.degree.-4.degree. C./min. By the heat-treatment process of this invention, a permanent magnet having a high intrinsic coercivity of more than 20 kOe, a maximum energy product of greater than 19 MGOe, and a coercivity of greater than 8.1 kOe can be reproducibly obtained.

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Fu-Teh Jin