Bulk FePt Fe3 Pt nanocomposite magnets prepared by spark plasma sintering

Chuan Bing Rong*, Vikas Nandwana, Narayan Poudyal, J. Ping Liu, Tetsuji Saito, Yaqiao Wu, Matthew J. Kramer

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Abstract

FePt Fe3 Pt bulk nanocomposite magnets have been prepared by the spark plasma sintering of chemically synthesized FePt and Fe3 O4 nanoparticles under 100 MPa at 400-600 °C. It was found that the phase transition of the FePt compound from the face centered cubic to the L 10 started at 500 °C and was almost completed at 600 °C during the sintering. The activated atomic diffusion during the phase transition led to a significant increase in density. The density about 70% of the theoretical value has been obtained. Grain size of the sintered samples remains nanoscale even after a postannealing at 700 °C. Pressure rather than temperature was more effective in enhancing intergrain exchange coupling compared to temperature.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number09K515
JournalJournal of Applied Physics
Volume101
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by US DoD/MURI Grant No. N00014-05-1-0497 and DARPA through ARO under Grant No. DAAD 19-03-1-0038. The work at Ames Laboratory was supported by the United States Department of Energy (USDOE), Office of Science (OS), Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) through Iowa State University under Contract W-7405-ENG-82.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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