● FY2011 Kazuhiro Hono (Fellow, National Institute for Materials Science)

Coercivity enhancement of Nd-Fe-B based permanent magnets

Research Project Outline（From Oct. 2011 to Mar. 2016）
Coercivity enhancement of Dy-free Nd-Fe-B based permanent magnets
◎Understanding the coercivity mechanism of Nd-Fe-B permanent
magnets
◎Application of the fundamental knowledge to the development of high
coercivity Nd-Fe-B magnets
→Basic research on the coercivity-microstructure relationships to
develop high coercivity Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets for HV and EV

Research Results (FY2013)

◆Chemical composition and magnetism of grain boundaries
of sintered Nd-Fe-B magnets
Determined the magnetization of the thin grain Coercivity mechanism
boundary phase in Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets of Nd-Fe-B sintered
Confirmed the ferromagnetism of the grain
magnets
boundary phase - need to reconsider the coercivity
mechanism

H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, T. Shima, and K. Hono, Acta Mater. 60, 819 (2012). Atom probe analysis result of a
grain boundary in Nd-Fe-B magnet

◆Development of Dy-free high coercivity Nd-Fe-B magnet

Achieve Hc~2 T with m0Mr~1.36 T using hot-

Dy-free high Hc Nd-
deformed Nd-Fe-B w/o Dy
Comparable to 4%Dy containing Nd-Fe-B Fe-B sintered magnet
sintered magnet
T. Akiya, J. Liu, H. Sepehri-Amin, T. Ohkubo, K. Hioki, A. Hattori, K. Hono, Atom probe analysis of intergranular
Scripta Mater. 81, 48 - 51 (2014). phases in hot-deformed magnet