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- the present invention relates to a sintered NdFeB magnet having Nd 2 Fe 14 B as a main phase.
- NdFeB-based sintered magnet is not limited to those containing only Nd, Fe, and B, but contains rare earth elements other than Nd, and other elements such as Co, Ni, Cu, and Al. Also good.
- the “NdFeB-based sintered magnet” in the present application includes both a sintered body before the magnetizing process and a sintered body after the magnetizing process.
- NdFeB-based sintered magnets were discovered by Sagawa (the present inventors) in 1982, but have the feature that many magnetic properties such as residual magnetic flux density are much higher than conventional permanent magnets. Have. Therefore, NdFeB-based sintered magnets are used for hybrid and electric vehicle drive motors, motor-assisted bicycle motors, industrial motors, voice coil motors such as hard disks, luxury speakers, headphones, permanent magnet magnetic resonance diagnostic devices, etc. Used in various products.
- the method of these (3) is excellent in that it is possible to increase the coercive force H cJ without decreasing the remanence B r.
- the mechanism has not been fully elucidated, but qualitatively, it is understood that the smaller the particle size, the smaller the number of crystal defects that are sites where reverse magnetic domains occur near the grain boundaries. ing.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a method (so-called “pressless method”) in which alloy powder is put in a container and magnetic orientation is performed without pressing.
- pressless method since each particle of the alloy powder can rotate relatively freely during magnetic orientation, the degree of orientation can be increased, and the residual magnetic flux density of the generated magnet can be increased.
- the pressless method since it is not necessary to use a large press or the like in a magnet manufacturing process such as magnetic orientation, the whole can be easily performed in a specific atmosphere such as an oxygen-free atmosphere.
- Patent Document 1 discloses such a process, whereby the grain size of the crystal grains can be reduced and the influence of oxidation can be prevented, so that NdFeB-based sintering with a high coercive force H cJ is achieved. It is possible to produce a magnetized magnet.
- NdFeB-based sintered magnets it is necessary not only to increase the coercive force but also to increase the magnetization characteristics.
- the magnetization characteristics will be described.
- the entire sintered body obtained through the sintering process is heated to a temperature (around 1000 ° C) higher than the Curie temperature (about 310 ° C) in the sintering process. Magnetization has disappeared. Therefore, the process which magnetizes a sintered compact is performed by applying a magnetic field to the obtained sintered compact. Such a process is called “magnetization”.
- NdFeB-based sintered magnets are characterized by the fact that the magnetization increases rapidly as the external magnetic field is increased from the thermal demagnetization state due to the coercive force mechanism called “nucleation type”. It is magnetized with a magnetic field of about 20 kOe, which is lower than that of an SmCo sintered magnet having a coercive force mechanism called “type”. However, if the grain size of the crystal grains is reduced in order to increase the coercive force H cJ without reducing the residual magnetic flux density Br as described above, the problem that the magnetization characteristics deteriorate becomes significant.
- the sintered body is shipped without performing the magnetizing process when manufacturing the NdFeB sintered magnet.
- the magnetizing process is often performed after the magnet is incorporated into the product.
- the external magnetic field that can be applied to the magnet in such a state is generally smaller than when a sintered magnet is manufactured.
- the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an NdFeB-based sintered magnet having improved magnetization characteristics while reducing the grain size of the crystal grains in order to increase the coercive force of the NdFeB-based sintered magnet.
- the present invention made to solve the above problems is a NdFeB-based sintered magnet having a c-axis oriented in one direction,
- the median of the grain size of the crystal grains in the cross section perpendicular to the c-axis is 4.5 ⁇ m or less,
- the area ratio of crystal grains having a grain size of 1.8 ⁇ m or less is 5% or less.
- the area ratio of crystal grains having the median particle diameter of 1.6 ⁇ m or less may be 2% or less.
- the diameter of a circle having the cross-sectional area is defined as the grain diameter of the crystal grain in the cross section.
- the median value of the grain size of the crystal grains in a cross section perpendicular to the c-axis of the sintered body (hereinafter referred to as “c ridge surface”) is 4.5 ⁇ m or less. This is to increase the coercive force.
- the median value of the alloy powder used as the raw material of the sintered body is measured by a laser-type powder particle size distribution measuring device (patent document) Refer to 1. It is generally 3.5 ⁇ m or less, preferably 3.0 ⁇ m or less, which is different from the median value of the grain size of the crystal grains in the cross section of the NdFeB-based sintered magnet.
- the present inventor has a grain size distribution measurement in c ⁇ surface of a NdFeB sintered magnet increases the magnetic field applied to the NdFeB sintered magnet Chaku ⁇ , in each field, measuring the magnetic flux caused by the magnetization Two measurements were performed. As a result, in the magnetic flux measurement, as the magnetic field increased, a plateau region in which the increase in magnetic flux dulled within a specific magnetic field range appeared, and then the magnetic flux increased again on the higher magnetic field side. .
- the present inventors the value obtained by dividing magnetization rate in the plateau region (percentage) from 100%, a value close to the crystal grains of the area ratio particle size of c ⁇ plane determined by the particle size distribution measurement is less than 1.8 ⁇ m It was found to have This means that the crystal grain diameter of c ⁇ plane is not more than 1.8 ⁇ m is a single domain particle. That is, since these crystal grains are single magnetic domain particles, they are not magnetized within the above-mentioned specific magnetic field range (the reason will be described later), so that a plateau region appears. Accordingly, the magnetization characteristics increase as the area ratio of the single magnetic domain grains having a grain size of 1.8 ⁇ m or less in the cross section of the sintered body is reduced. Specifically, by setting the area ratio of such crystal grains to 5% or less, the magnetization rate when magnetized using an external magnetic field of 20 kOe can be 90% or more.
- the NdFeB-based sintered magnet 10 in the thermally demagnetized state (a) before the magnetic field is applied, the NdFeB-based sintered magnet 10 has a plurality of magnetic domains 13 having a plurality of magnetic domains 13 separated by domain walls. A magnetic domain particle 11 is formed, and a particle having a small particle size is a single magnetic domain particle 12 having no magnetic domain.
- the multi-domain particles 11 are magnetized in the direction of the magnetic field by the magnetic wall rising smoothly in the crystal grains in a relatively weak magnetic field (magnetization).
- the single magnetic domain particle 12 no magnetic domain is formed in a weak magnetic field to the extent that the multi-domain particle 11 is magnetized, so that there is no magnetization reversal. Therefore, in the above-mentioned specific magnetic field, only the multi-domain particles 11 have the magnetization aligned in the direction of the magnetic field, and the single-domain particles 12 do not have the magnetization direction aligned. Only when a magnetic field stronger than the magnetic field is applied, the reversed magnetic domain 14 is formed in the single magnetic domain particle 12 (c). When a stronger magnetic field is applied, the domain wall in the single domain particle 12 moves smoothly, and the magnetization of the single domain particle 12 is directed in the magnetic field direction (d). Thus, the magnetization is aligned in the direction of the magnetic field in the crystal grains of the entire NdFeB-based sintered magnet 10, and the NdFeB-based sintered magnet 10 is magnetized.
- the area ratio occupied particle size in c ⁇ plane of the crystal grains is less than 1.8 ⁇ m can be adjusted, for example, by the following method.
- the first method is to adjust the content of rare earth elements in the raw alloy powder. Specifically, the area ratio can be reduced as the content rate is increased. This increases the amount of rare earth-rich phase with a rare earth content higher than that of the surroundings at the grain boundaries of the crystal grains, so that fine grains are absorbed by the larger grains during sintering. It becomes easy to reduce the ratio of fine crystal grains. Adjustment of such a content rate can be performed by a preliminary experiment.
- the area ratio occupied by crystal grains having a grain size of 1.8 ⁇ m or less could be 5% or less. Details thereof will be described later as an embodiment of the present application.
- the second method of adjusting the area ratio is to adjust according to the sintering conditions. For example, as long as coarse particles are not generated, the sintering temperature is set as high as possible and / or the sintering time is set as long as possible. Increasing the sintering temperature in this way can increase the amount of the Nd-rich phase at the grain boundary, thereby contributing to facilitating absorption of minute crystal grains by other crystal grains. Further, increasing the sintering time directly contributes to facilitating absorption of minute crystal grains by other crystal grains.
- the NdFeB-based sintered magnet according to the present invention preferably contains one or more metal elements having a melting point of 700 ° C. or lower. Among these elements, those having a melting point of 400 ° C. or lower are more desirable, and those having a melting point of 200 ° C. or lower are more desirable. Since the NdFeB-based sintered magnet contains such an element, the metal of the element melts into a liquid during sintering, and the NdFeB-based microcrystal grains are absorbed into the liquid and decomposed. The ratio of the fine crystal grains can be reduced.
- metal elements examples include Al (660 ° C), Mg (650 ° C), Zn (420 ° C), Ga (30 ° C), In (157 ° C), Sn (252 ° C), Sb (631 ° C), Te (450 ° C.), Pb (327 ° C.), Bi (271 ° C.), etc. (melting point in parentheses).
- an NdFeB-based sintered magnet having a high coercive force and high magnetization characteristics can be obtained.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing magnetization characteristics in Examples 1G to 3G and Comparative Examples 1G and 2G.
- FIG. The graph which shows the magnetization characteristic in Example 2G, 4G, and 5G and the comparative example 3G.
- Example 4 Graph showing the particle size distribution in the c ⁇ surface of NdFeB sintered magnets in Example 4.
- 7 is a graph showing the particle size distribution on the c // plane of the NdFeB-based sintered magnet of Example 5.
- NdFeB-based sintered magnets having five types of compositions shown in Table 1 as “Composition 1” to “Composition 5” were produced by the pressless method described below.
- the numerical value shown in Table 1 shows the content rate of each element in the weight percentage.
- “TRE” in Table 1 means the total content of rare earth elements, and this table shows the total content of Nd, Pr and Dy.
- an alloy lump as a starting material was coarsely pulverized by a hydrogen crushing method, and then finely pulverized using a jet mill to obtain an alloy powder.
- the target value of average particle diameter was 3 ⁇ m
- multiple types of alloy powders having different target values of average particle diameter were produced.
- the c-axis is in the thickness direction. And magnetically aligned so as to be aligned in parallel with each other. Then, the alloy powder in the container was heated as it was and sintered.
- Table 3 shows the results of measuring the following magnetic properties for Examples 1, 2, and 4 to 6 and Comparative Examples 1 and 3.
- Examples 2, 4 and 5 having the same composition are compared with Comparative Example 3, Examples 2, 4 and 5 have the characteristics that magnetic characteristics are better than Comparative Example 3, and that the coercive force H cJ is particularly high. .
- Examples 1 and 6 have a lower coercive force H cJ than the other examples and comparative examples listed in Table 3, but this is because the samples of Examples 1 and 6 do not contain Dy. Therefore, it cannot be simply compared with other examples.
- the grain boundary diffusion treatment refers to a sintered body obtained by attaching a powder containing Dy and / or Tb to the surface of a sintered body of an NdFeB-based magnet and heating the temperature to 750 to 950 ° C.
- This refers to a process of diffusing elements of Dy and / or Tb only in the vicinity of the grain boundary among the crystal grains inside.
- the experimental method is as follows. First, the sample is set in the air core coil, and the sample is magnetized in the crystal orientation direction by a pulse magnetic field generated by applying a pulse current to the air core coil. Then, stop the application of the magnetic field (an external magnetic field to zero), the value of the demagnetizing field H d (H d due to magnetization in the sample is proportional to the permeance coefficient p c in the second quadrant of the BH curve slope Corresponding to the value of the magnetic field H at the operating point that intersects the straight line having), and the magnetization remains.
- a magnetic flux generated by this magnetization (the magnetic flux density is a value B d at the operating point of the BH curve) is converted into a search coil having a coil winding number of 60 turns (a coil different from the above-described air-core coil for applying a pulsed magnetic field) and flux.
- Detection was performed using a meter (manufactured by Electronic Magnetic Industry Co., Ltd., FM2000). In this experiment, the operation of stopping the applied magnetic field and detecting the magnetic flux each time while increasing the strength of the applied magnetic field was performed until the detected magnetic flux was saturated.
- the magnetization rate was calculated by obtaining the ratio of the magnetic flux in the weak magnetic field, assuming that the value at which the detected magnetic flux is maximum is 100%.
- FIG. 2 shows the results of the magnetization characteristic measurement experiment for Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Example 1. From this experimental result, the magnetization rate becomes 100% when the magnetizing magnetic field is 25 kOe or more in Example 1, 30 kOe or more in Example 2, 35 kOe in Comparative Example 1, and Comparative Example 1 In Examples 1 and 2, it was possible to completely magnetize with a weaker magnetic field. When the magnetization magnetic field was 25 kOe or less, the magnetization rate was highest in Example 1, followed by Example 2 and Comparative Example 1. When the magnetizing magnetic field was 20 kOe, the magnetization rate exceeded 90% in Example 1 and Example 2, whereas it was 90% or less in Comparative Example 1.
- FIG. 3 shows the results of measurement experiments of magnetization characteristics for Examples 1G to 3G and Comparative Examples 1G and 2G.
- the magnetization rate in each magnetic field is lowered, and the plateau region appears in the magnetization curve. I can say that.
- Such deterioration of the magnetization characteristics is caused by the fact that the magnetization of individual crystal grains is increased by the grain boundary diffusion process, and it is difficult for the magnetization reversal to occur, and is inevitable as long as the grain boundary diffusion process is performed.
- Examples 1G to 3G have higher magnetization characteristics than Comparative Example 1G, it can be said that the effects of the present invention appear when samples subjected to grain boundary diffusion treatment are compared.
- the comparative example 2G has the same magnetization characteristics as the examples 1G to 3G, but has a poor coercive force HcJ as shown in Table 4.
- FIG. 4 shows the results of measurement experiments of the magnetization characteristics for Examples 2, 4 and 5 and Comparative Example 3 having the same composition. Regardless of the examples and comparative examples, these samples had a relatively high magnetization magnetic field of 35 kOe. Regardless of the examples and comparative examples, these samples have a magnetization rate exceeding 90% when the magnetization magnetic field is 20 kOe. Of the examples 2, 4 and 5, the example 2 has the highest magnetization rate and the plateau region is not noticeable. Therefore, it can be said that the magnetization characteristics are the highest. In Comparative Example 3, although the magnetization characteristics are good, the coercive force is low as described above. Therefore, it is not Comparative Example 3 but Examples 2, 4 and 5 that achieve the object of the present invention “to obtain a NdFeB-based sintered magnet having a high coercive force and a high magnetization rate”.
- FIG. 5 shows the results of measurement experiments of the magnetization characteristics for Examples 2G, 4G, and 5G, and Comparative Example 3G that have been subjected to grain boundary diffusion treatment.
- the magnetization characteristics are deteriorated as compared with the sample before the grain boundary diffusion treatment, but the same tendency as in Examples 2, 4 and 5 and Comparative Example 3 shown in FIG. 4 is observed. It can be seen.
- FIG. 6 shows the result of the measurement experiment of the magnetization characteristics for Example 6G together with the magnetization characteristics of Example 2G.
- Example 6G has a similar composition to that of Example 2G and a particle size of the alloy powder except that 0.2% by weight of Ga is contained.
- Example 6G has higher magnetization characteristics than Example 2G. It can be said that such high magnetization characteristics are caused by the fact that Example 6G contains Ga.
- FIG. 7 shows, as an example, an optical micrograph of the c- shaped surface in Example 1.
- image analysis was performed by adjusting brightness, contrast, and the like so that the grain boundaries between crystal grains became clear.
- the cross-sectional area of each crystal grain was calculated, and the diameter of the circle was calculated as the grain diameter of the crystal grain by regarding the cross-section of each crystal grain as a circle having the same area as the obtained cross-sectional area.
- the particle size distribution was obtained by calculating the particle size for all the crystal grains for three fields of view.
- crystal grains are classified by unit particle size (0 to 0.2 ⁇ m, 0.2 to 0.4 ⁇ m, etc.) in increments of 0.2 ⁇ m, and the number of particles is determined for each unit particle size.
- the value n i ⁇ i / S obtained by dividing the product of the number n i of particles in each unit particle size and the average cross-sectional area ⁇ i by the cross-sectional area S of the entire measurement object was defined as “area ratio” (in each figure Inset).
- the sum of the area ratios below the unit particle diameter is defined as “cumulative area ratio”. Accordingly, the cumulative area ratio when the unit particle diameter is 1.8 ⁇ m corresponds to the above-mentioned “area ratio of crystal grains having a particle diameter of 1.8 ⁇ m or less”. In each figure, the cumulative area ratio obtained by enlarging the range in which the particle diameter is 2.5 ⁇ m or less is greatly shown, and the area ratio and the cumulative area ratio are shown in an inset for the entire particle diameter range. In some of the figures, n, which is the number of crystal grains in the entire measurement object, is shown. Comparative Examples 2 and 3 show only the data of c ⁇ plane.
- crystal grain area ratio particle size is less than 1.8 ⁇ m in c ⁇ surface in Comparative Examples 2 and 3 is 5% or less
- the center value D of the crystal grains having a grain size is an index related to the coercive force Since 50 exceeds 4.5 ⁇ m, it is not included in the present invention.
- particle size in the samples of Examples 1-5 grain area ratio is less than 1.8 ⁇ m is not more than 5%, 90% or more of the destination using the external magnetic field of 20kOe It became clear that magnetic susceptibility can be realized. This is considered to be because the volume occupied by the crystal grains having a small grain size (area in the cross section of the sintered magnet) can be reduced, thereby making it difficult to form a single magnetic domain.
- the c ⁇ surface, the area ratio of the particle diameter is 1.6 ⁇ m or less crystal grains, whereas more than 2% in Example 1 and 2, exceeds 2% in Example 3-5 . This corresponds to the fact that the plateau region is not noticeable in Examples 1 and 2.
- FIG. 22 shows the median D 50 of the crystal grains and the area ratio of the grains having a grain size on the cone surface of 1.8 ⁇ m or less.
- the graph shows the relationship (cumulative area ratio at 1.8 ⁇ m). From this graph, it can be seen that these two indicators are in a trade-off relationship. That, reducing the median D 50 particle size in order to increase the coercive force, will be cumulative area ratio is increased in a particle diameter 1.8 ⁇ m of c ⁇ plane magnetization characteristics is lowered.
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このプレスレス法では、磁気配向等の磁石製造プロセスにおいて大型プレス等を用いる必要がないため、全体を無酸素雰囲気等の特定の雰囲気下で行うことが容易となる。実際、特許文献1ではそのような工程が開示されており、これにより、結晶粒の粒径を小さくし、且つ、酸化による影響を防止することができるため、保磁力HcJが高いNdFeB系焼結磁石を作製することが可能となっている。
NdFeB系焼結磁石を製造する際には、焼結工程においてキュリー温度(約310℃)よりも高い温度(1000℃前後)に加熱するため、焼結工程を経て得られた焼結体全体では磁化が消失している。そのため、得られた焼結体に磁界を印加することにより、焼結体を磁化させる処理が行われる。このような処理を「着磁」と呼ぶ。NdFeB系焼結磁石は、「核生成型」と呼ばれる保磁力メカニズムに起因して、熱消磁状態から外部磁界を強めるに従って急速に磁化が大きくなるという特徴を有するため、一般的には、「ピンニング型」と呼ばれる保磁力メカニズムを有するSmCo系焼結磁石よりも低い20kOe程度の磁界で着磁する。しかし、上記のように残留磁束密度Brを低下させることなく保磁力HcJを高めるために結晶粒の粒径を小さくすると、着磁特性が悪化するという問題点が顕著となる。
前記c軸に垂直な断面における結晶粒の粒径の中央値が4.5μm以下であり、
前記断面における、前記粒径が1.8μm以下である結晶粒の面積率が5%以下である
ことを特徴とする。
第1の方法は、原料の合金粉末における希土類元素の含有率によって調整するものである。具体的には、前記含有率を多くするほど、前記面積率を小さくすることができる。これにより、結晶粒の粒界において、希土類の含有率が周囲よりも高い希土類リッチ相の量が多くなり、それにより、焼結時において、微小な結晶粒がそれよりも大きい結晶粒に吸収されやすくなるため、微小な結晶粒の比率が小さくなると考えられる。このような含有率の調整は予備実験により行うことができる。本願発明者が行った予備実験では、希土類元素の含有率を31重量%以上としたときに、粒径が1.8μm以下である結晶粒の占める面積率を5%以下にすることができた。その詳細は本願実施例として後述する。
11…多磁区粒子
12…単磁区粒子
13…多磁区粒子に形成される磁区
14…単磁区粒子に形成される逆磁区
Claims (7)
- c軸が1方向に配向したNdFeB系焼結磁石であって、
前記c軸に垂直な断面における結晶粒の粒径の中央値が4.5μm以下であり、
前記断面における、前記粒径が1.8μm以下である結晶粒の面積率が5%以下である
ことを特徴とするNdFeB系焼結磁石。 - c軸が1方向に配向したNdFeB系焼結磁石であって、
前記c軸に垂直な断面における結晶粒の粒径の中央値が4.5μm以下であり、
前記断面における、前記粒径が1.6μm以下である結晶粒の面積率が2%以下である
ことを特徴とするNdFeB系焼結磁石。 - 希土類元素の含有率が31重量%以上であることを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載のNdFeB系焼結磁石。
- 融点が700℃以下である金属の元素を1種又は2種以上含有していることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれかに記載のNdFeB系焼結磁石。
- 前記金属元素がAl, Mg, Zn, Ga, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Pb, Biのうち1種又は2種以上であることを特徴とする請求項4に記載のNdFeB系焼結磁石。
- 前記金属元素がGaであることを特徴とする請求項5に記載のNdFeB系焼結磁石。
- 請求項1~6のいずれかに記載のNdFeB系焼結磁石を基材として、粒界拡散処理が行われていることを特徴とするNdFeB系焼結磁石。
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