Rare earth permanent magnets - samarium cobalt (SmCo) magnets

タイトルまたは説明

Sintered SmCo magnets, i.e. sintered samarium cobalt magnets, are those permanent magnetic materials that based on a hexagonal crystal structure (1:5 type SmCo magnets) or a rhombohedral crystal structure (2:*7 type SmCo magnets), and they are manufactured through a powder metallurgy process. They contain two basic elements samarium and cobalt. The samarium element can be substituted by a portion of other rare earth elements including praseodymium (Pr), cerium (Ce), gadolinium (Gd), erbium (Er), etc. The cobalt element can be substituted by a portion of iron (Fe) element to increase the magnets saturation magnetization (Ms). In order to control the microstructure and the microchemistry so as to meet required performance, it is also critical to add a small portion of copper (Cu), zirconium (Zr), titanium (Ti), etc.