The influence of small dysprosium additions on the microstructural development and the coercivity of melt-spun iron-rich Nd^(15-χ)Dy_(χ)Fe_(77)C_(8) (x = 0.5 ∼ 5.0) alloys was investigated. By x-ray diffraction analysis, it was found that amorphiz...
The influence of small dysprosium additions on the microstructural development and the coercivity of melt-spun iron-rich Nd^(15-χ)Dy_(χ)Fe_(77)C_(8) (x = 0.5 ∼ 5.0) alloys was investigated. By x-ray diffraction analysis, it was found that amorphization of as-spun ribbons spun at 25 m/s was promoted by increasing the Dy addition. The ribbons became fully amorphous with 5.0 at% Dy. Small additions of Dy not only improved the thermal stability of Nd_(2)Fe_(14)C, which was obtained by a proper annealing, but also enhanced the grain refinement of the Nd_(2)Fe_(14)C, resulting in a large increase in coercivity. When the addition of Dy was more than 3.0 at%, the intrinsic coercivities of more than 17 kOe, which would be the highest coercivity ever obtained from iron-rich Nd-Fe-C alloys, were easily obtained after annealing 10 min. at 800 ∼ 900℃.