A STUDY ON THE ULTRASONIC VELOCITY AND ATTENU-ATION IN NdFeB MAGNET WITHIN THE TEMPERATURE RANGE OF 80 - 300K (Ⅱ)

Based on the ultrasonic measurements of an isotropic NdFeB magnet in the temperature range of 77 - 300 K, it was found that the elastic parameters, such as Young's modulus E, and Poisson ratio v, change abruptly near the spin reorientation temperature T_sr. This indicates that soft mode emerges in the process of spin reorientation. Thermal hysteresis was observed during heating-up and cooling-down processes. Both Debye temperature and heat capacity were calculated, which suggests that the magnetic entropy of the Nd-sublattice is larger in easy-cone state than in easy-axis state.