Influence of Ti and V substitution for Al on the properties of Nd60Fe30Al10 alloys

Abstract Systems with compositions Nd 60 Fe 30 Al 10− x Ti x and Nd 60 Fe 30 Al 10− x V x ( x =2, 4, 6, 8, and 10) have been prepared by arc melting and copper mold suction-casting. The cast surface of the samples is partially crystalline. At increasing the Ti or V content, the crystalline fraction in the samples increases and for x =10, the alloys are fully crystalline. Melting temperatures also increase with increasing Ti or V content in the samples. All samples, some of them in a partly crystalline state, exhibit good hard magnetic properties at room temperature. With increasing Ti or V content, the magnetization continuously decreases, whereas both the coercivity and the Curie temperature increase. Thermomagnetic curves measured for all samples at low field exhibit an interesting shape. The temperature dependence of the coercivity of the samples has been determined.