Microstructure analysis of Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets improved by Tb-metal vapour sorption

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Watanabe, N ^a   Umemoto, H ^a   Ishimaru, M ^a   Itakura, M ^a   Nishida, M ^a   MacHida, K ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Energy dispersive X ray spectroscopy (EDS); Grain boundary; Terbium; Transmission electron microscopy (TEM); Wetting layer

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON ALLOYS; NEODYMIUM ALLOYS; SINTERING; WETTING;

AMORPHOUS PHASIS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY (EDS); GRAIN-BOUNDARIES; METAL VAPOR; MICROSTRUCTURES ANALYSIS; ND-FE-B SINTERED MAGNETS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR SORPTION; WETTING LAYER;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

NEODYMIUM; TERBIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; MAGNET; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VAPOR;

EID: 70350507681     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03231.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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