Crystallographic alignment and magnetic anisotropy in melt-spun Nd-Fe-B/α-Fe composite ribbons with different neodymium contents

Crystallographic alignment and magnetic anisotropy were studied for NdxFe94-xB6 (x=8, 9, 10, 11) ribbons prepared via melt-spinning. Effect of Nd content and wheel speed on the crystal structure and magnetic properties of the ribbons was investigated. Both the free and wheel side of the ribbons could obtain strong c-axis crystal texture of Nd2Fe14B phase perpendicular to the ribbons surface at low wheel speed, but the texture weakened gradually with the increase of the wheel speed. Increase of Nd content led to better formation of crystal texture in the ribbons, indicating that the alpha-Fe phase might undermine the formation of crystal texture. Magnetic measurement results showed that the magnetic anisotropy of the ribbons exhibited corresponding behavior with the invariance of the c-axis crystal texture of Nd2Fe14B phase in the ribbons, and the coercivity of the ribbons rose with the increase of both Nd content and wheel speed during melt-spun process.