Additive manufacturing of functionally graded Co–Fe and Ni–Fe magnetic materials

Varun Chaudhary, Nartu Mohan Sai Kiran Kumar Yadav, Srinivas Aditya Mantri, Sriswaroop Dasari, Abhinav Jagetia, R. V. Ramanujan, R. Banerjee*

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Abstract

Accelerated development of soft magnetic materials is vital for addressing the challenges associated with improving the performance of electrical machines, transformer cores, electric vehicles etc. A combinatorial assessment of the structural, magnetic and mechanical properties of Co100-xFex (x = 30 to 70) and Ni100-xFex (x = 30 to 70) alloys has been carried out on samples fabricated via laser additive manufacturing (AM). Co100-xFex showed a bcc structure in the composition range studied while Ni100-xFex exhibited either single phase fcc or a mixture of fcc and bcc phases, depending on the composition. The saturation magnetization (Ms) for both Co100-xFex and Ni100-xFex compositionally graded alloys increases monotonically with increasing Fe content while the coercivity (Hc) variation is not monotonic. The Ms value of 199.3 emu/g for Co70Fe30 increases to 248 emu/g for Co30Fe70 alloys. Ni70Fe30 exhibits a Ms of 119.8 emu/g which increases to 168.7 emu/g for Ni30Fe70. The peak hardness is 260 VHN for the Co100-xFex series and 160VHN for the Ni100-xFex series. Such AM processed graded magnetic materials can be used for accelerated experiments to discover novel materials.

Original languageEnglish
Article number153817
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume823
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 15 2020
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

Keywords

  • Additive manufacturing
  • Fe–Co
  • Fe–Ni
  • Soft magnetic materials

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