Structural and magnetic properties of Pr2Co7-xFe x phase synthesized by mechanical alloying Conference

Bessais, L, Fersi, R, Cabié, M et al. (2013). Structural and magnetic properties of Pr2Co7-xFe x phase synthesized by mechanical alloying . 97-104.

cited authors

  • Bessais, L; Fersi, R; Cabié, M; Mliki, N

authors

abstract

  • This study has highlighted the structural and magnetic evolutions of Pr2Co7-xFex compounds. We have demonstrated that it is possible to obtain almost single-phase Ce2Ni 7structure by mechanical grinding high energy followed by a heat treatment of 30 minutes. With Rietveld analysis, we have determined the crystallographic parameters for each iron content studied. The expansion of the cell volume is pronounced in the basal plane (a, b) when substituting. This is due to the slightly decrease of the lattice parameter ratio c/a with Fe content. The autocoherent diffraction domain size derived from Rietveld analysis, varying between 26 and 130 um, are confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. The study of the intrinsic magnetic properties of these alloys shows that the Curie temperature of the Pr2Co7 alloy was improved by 160 K (an increase of 26%) for x = 0.5, which confirms the hypothesis of influence of iron electronic density on the intrinsic properties. In addition, the study of the extrinsic magnetic properties of the Pr 2Co6.75Fe0.25 compound revealed a significant coercivity at room temperature of the order of 12 kOe, the energy product (BH)max = 9 MGOe for the sample annealed at 973 K. This leads to materials with interesting magnetic properties in the field of the permanent magnets.

publication date

  • April 25, 2013

start page

  • 97

end page

  • 104