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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1998
Tadao Nomura, Fukui-ken, JP;
Ken Ohashi, Fukui-ken, JP;
Takehisa Minowa, Fukui-ken, JP;
Yoshio Tawara, Fukui-ken, JP;
Masaru Ito, Fukui-ken, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a rare earth-based, magnetically anisotropic permanent magnet material consisting of a rare earth element, e.g., neodymium or praseodymium, iron optional in combination with cobalt and boron and having excellent magnetic properties by virtue of the magnetic coupling between the magnetically hard and soft phases. The magnet material has a structure consisting of crystalline particles of, e.g., Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B, having a particle diameter of 1 .mu.m or larger and fine crystals of iron of submicron size in a rod-shaped or platelet form precipitated within each crystalline particle of Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B. This magnet material can be prepared by several different methods including, for example, a solid phase reaction of an intermetallic compound of Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.17 with boron to effect a double decomposition reaction producing Nd.sub.2 Fe.sub.14 B and iron.