abstract
Many modern technologies require permanent magnets with combinations of properties that cannot be met by conventional metallic or ceramic magnets. Ferrite/polymer composite magnets are a type of rare-earth free magnet with a wide range of magnetic and material property combinations. The uncertainty surrounding the supply and pricing of rare-earth elements, along with environmental issues of using these elements, have motivated many researchers to develop high-performance ferrite-based magnets via an exchange spring method. The present study explores magnetite coated M-type ferrite nanocomposites synthesised via a hydrothermal and coprecipitation method, and investigates the mechanical and magnetic properties of warm compressed high-performance exchange-coupled nanocomposites in an epoxy matrix. We show how the powder-to-resin ratio and preparation conditions lead to optimised mechanical properties, and enhancement in the maximum energy product of the composite magnet by up to 120% compared to a commercial SrM bonded plasto-ferrite magnet. These high performance composite magnets can lower the final cost of ferrite based bonded magnets without reducing the permanent magnetic properties or can be used in applications that a ferrite magnet has inadequate performances.
keywords
STRONTIUM FERRITE; PERMANENT-MAGNET; SOFT
subject category
Physics
authors
Mohseni, F; Pullar, RC; Vieira, JM; Amaral, JS
our authors
Farzin Mohseni
PhD Student
João Cunha de Sequeira Amaral
Assistant Researcher
Rob Pullar
CollaboratorGroups
G2 - Photonic, Electronic and Magnetic Materials
G4 - Renewable Materials and Circular Economy
acknowledgements
This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020 & UIDP/50011/2020, financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. R C Pullar thanks FCT Grant IF/00681/2015 and J S Amaral thanks FCT grant IF/01089/2015 for supporting this work.