INTER-GRAIN EXCHANGE INTERACTION FOR SINGLE-PHASE NANOCRYSTALLINE Nd-Fe-B MAGNETS

The demagnetization curve as a function of intensity of the inter-grain exchange interaction was calculated for single-phase nanocrystalline Nd-Fe-B magnets by use of the finite-element technique of micromagnetics. Also, the strength of the exchange interaction was estimated as a function of the Nd content x for the nanocrystalline Nd_xFe_94-xB₆ magnets by comparing the above result with the experimental relation between _iH_c and x for the magnets. We found that the inter-grain exchange interaction decreases with the increase of x, are ≈70% and ≈60% of the inter-grain exchange interaction for x=15.5(\mu_0iH_c≈2.0T) and x=19(\mu_0iH_c≈2.3T), respectively.