Preparation of Ultrafine Ni-Fe Composite Particles by Microemulsion

Nanoparticles of Ni-Fe composite were prepared with the W/O microemulsion method. The investigations by XRD, IR and TEM show the ultrafine particles are coated by surfactants. Their average sizes are less than 30nm and their densities about 2.89g/cm3, the specific saturation magnetization σs=13-16Am2/kg, the coercivity Hc=87-123Oe and the residual magnetism Br=2.25-3.00Am2/kg. The coercivity and residual magnetism are much higher, it is shown that the complex supermicropowders have hard magnetic properties. The analysis by X-ray energy spectroscopy shows that part of Ni-Fe has formed alloy phases. Magneticrheological (MR) effect of the MR fluid prepared from the ultrafine particles is superior and the subsidence stability of the MRF is excellent.