Alloys or metallic compositions – Ferrous – Rare earth metal containing
Patent
1987-07-10
1989-06-06
Yee, Deborah
Alloys or metallic compositions
Ferrous
Rare earth metal containing
420121, 420581, 148302, C22C 3800
Patent
active
048371092
ABSTRACT:
A method of producing a neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet alloy having a composition of 25.0-50.0 weight % of neodymium, 0.3-5.0 weight % of boron and balance substantially iron, including the steps of adding metal calcium, calcium hydride or a mixture thereof as a reducing agent to neodymium fluoride, iron and boron (or ferroboron), and further adding thereto at least one of calcium chloride, sodium chloride and potassium chloride as a flux, melting the resulting mixture in an inert gas atmosphere, or in a reducing gas atmosphere or substantially in vacuum at 1,000.degree.-1,300.degree. C., thereby reducing said neodymium fluoride to provide said alloy with as small a calcium content as 0.1 weight % or less. The starting materials may contain dysprosium fluoride and niobium to provide Nd-Dy-Fe-B-Nb alloys containing 0.5-15.0 weight % Dy and 0.05-5.0 weight % Nb. This method makes it possible to produce Nd-Fe-B or Nd-Dy-Fe-B-Nb permanent magnet alloys with as small a calcium content as 0.1 weight % or less directly from starting materials. Accordingly, it is economically advantageous over the conventional reduction method which produces mother alloys.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4597938 (1986-07-01), Matsuura et al.
Hiraki Akitoshi
Tokunaga Masaaki
Uchida Kimio
Hitachi Metals Ltd.
Yee Deborah
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