WO2017164376A1 - 磁性材料とその製造法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a soft magnetic material or a semi-hard magnetic material and a manufacturing method thereof.
- the existing soft magnetic materials used for these applications are roughly classified into two types: metallic magnetic materials and oxide magnetic materials.
- the former metallic magnetic materials include silicon steel (Fe—Si), which is a Si-containing crystalline material, which is a typical example of electromagnetic steel, and Sendust (Fe—Al—Si), which is an intermetallic compound containing Al. )
- Electromagnetic soft iron (Fe) which is pure iron with a low carbon content and low impurity content with a C content of 0.3% by mass or less, permalloy mainly composed of Fe-Ni, and Metograss (Fe-Si-B)
- nano means a size of 1 nm or more and less than 1 ⁇ m.
- the nanocrystalline soft magnetic material is a heterogeneous system including a crystalline phase, an amorphous phase, a Cu-enriched phase, and the like, and magnetization reversal is considered to be mainly due to magnetization rotation.
- oxide-based magnetic material examples include ferrite-based magnetic materials such as Mn—Zn ferrite and Ni—Zn ferrite.
- Silicon steel is the most widely used soft magnetic material to date in high performance soft magnetic material applications. It has a high magnetization and low coercivity with a saturation magnetization of 1.6 to 2.0 T and a coercive force of 3 to 130 A / m. Magnetic material with magnetic force. This material is obtained by adding up to about 4% by mass of Si to Fe, reducing the coercive force by reducing the magnetocrystalline anisotropy and the saturation magnetostriction constant without significantly impairing the large magnetization of Fe. is there. In order to improve the performance of this material, by appropriately combining hot and cold rolling and annealing of appropriately controlled materials, the foreign matter that obstructs the domain wall movement is removed while increasing the crystal grain size. It is necessary to.
- this material is a rolled material, it has a thickness of generally less than 0.5 mm, and since it is a homogeneous metal material, it has a low electrical resistance of approximately 0.5 ⁇ m.
- each silicon steel sheet surface is covered with an insulating film, It is punched with a mold and applied to large-scale equipment with a thickness while suppressing eddy current loss that occurs in high rotation applications such as for next-generation automobiles by lamination and welding. Therefore, process costs for punching and stacking and deterioration of magnetic characteristics are serious problems.
- Nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials such as Fe-Cu-Nb-Si-B are obtained by heat-treating an alloy that has become amorphous by quenching once at a temperature higher than the crystallization temperature. It is a soft magnetic material having a nanocrystalline structure with a random orientation having an amorphous grain boundary phase precipitated in an amorphous state.
- the coercive force of this material is as low as 0.6 to 6 A / m and the saturation magnetization is 1.2 to 1.7 T, which is higher than that of an amorphous material.
- This material is a relatively new material developed in 1988, and the principle of its magnetic properties is that the crystal grain size is made smaller than the ferromagnetic exchange length (also called exchange coupling length) and the randomly oriented main phase.
- ferromagnetic phases are ferromagnetically coupled through the amorphous interfacial phase, so that the magnetocrystalline anisotropy is averaged and a low coercive force is obtained.
- This mechanism is called a random magnetic anisotropy model or a random anisotropy model (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1).
- the product thickness is about 0.02 to 0.025 mm, and it is insulated, cut, aligned, laminated,
- the welding and annealing processes are more complicated than silicon steel and have problems such as workability and thermal stability.
- the electrical resistivity is as small as 1.2 ⁇ m, and the problem of eddy current loss similar to other rolled materials and ribbons has been pointed out.
- ferrite-based oxide materials have the least eddy current loss problem in high-speed applications.
- the electrical resistivity of this material is 10 6 to 10 12 ⁇ m, and it can be easily bulked to 0.5 mm or more by sintering and formed into a molded body without eddy current loss. It is a suitable material.
- it since it is an oxide, it does not rust and has excellent magnetic property stability.
- the coercive force of this material is relatively high at 2 to 160 A / m, and the saturation magnetization is particularly small at 0.3 to 0.5 T, so that it is not suitable for, for example, a high-performance high-rotation motor for next-generation automobiles.
- metallic soft magnetic materials such as silicon steel are rolled materials and are used because they are thin and have a low thickness.
- they have low electrical resistance and cause eddy current loss for high-speed, high-performance motors.
- oxide-based soft magnetic materials such as ferrite have high electrical resistance and no problem with eddy current loss, but their saturation magnetization is as low as 0.5T or less, making them suitable for next-generation automotive high-performance motors. Absent.
- an oxide-based soft magnetic material is superior in stability and superior to a metal-based soft magnetic material.
- the upper limit of the thickness that can be used for the motor is estimated below.
- the skin depth s at which the intensity is 1 / e is as shown in the following relational expression (1).
- the skin depth is 0.14 mm when the number of poles of the next-generation automobile motor is 8 poles, the highest speed is 10,000 rpm, that is, f is 667 [Hz].
- the condition that does not significantly reduce the effective magnetization of the material is to make the particle size of the material not more than twice the skin depth. Therefore, for example, when a silicon steel plate is used at 667 Hz, the plate thickness must be about 0.3 mm.
- soft magnetic materials that have higher electrical resistance than metallic silicon steel plates, saturation magnetization is higher than ferrite magnetic materials, and have physical properties to compensate for both problems, that is, high saturation magnetization of metal magnetic materials. And the appearance of soft magnetic materials that combine the advantages of both oxide-based magnetic materials with low eddy current loss, no lamination and complicated processes, and high oxidation resistance and good magnetic stability. It was rare.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a new magnetic material with high magnetic stability and a method for manufacturing the same, which can solve the above-mentioned problems such as eddy current loss because the electric resistivity is higher than that of a magnetic material. .
- an object is to provide a powder sintered magnetic material that can be reduced.
- the inventors of the present invention simultaneously satisfy the two points of contradictory characteristics, high magnetization, and high electrical resistivity that can solve the above-mentioned problem of eddy current loss in a conventional magnetic material, and also a lamination process and the like.
- manganese ferrite in the present invention, “a completely different crystalline or amorphous material, or a nanocrystalline soft magnetic material in which homogeneous nanocrystals are precipitated in an amorphous state”).
- the magnetic material containing two or more crystal phases, or one crystal phase and an amorphous phase was found by disproportionation during the reduction reaction (also referred to as “Mn-ferrite”).
- the present invention has been achieved by controlling the particle diameter of the powder, establishing a method for producing the magnetic material, and establishing a method for solidifying the magnetic material without being laminated.
- the saturation magnetization is 0.3 T, and the density of the magnetic material of the present invention is close to that of a metal system. Therefore, when calculated by the density of Fe, it is about 30 emu / g or higher.
- a magnetic material having a resistivity of 1.5 ⁇ m or more is required.
- the saturation magnetization is preferably 100 emu / g or more, more preferably 150 emu / g or more.
- the present invention is as follows.
- a soft magnetic or semi-hard magnetic material comprising a second phase that is larger than the Mn content when the total amount of Fe and Mn contained in the first phase is 100 atomic%.
- the Mn content is The above (1), which is an amount that is 2 times or more and 10 5 times or less and / or 2 atoms% or more and 100 atoms% or less with respect to the Mn content when the total amount of Fe and Mn contained is 100 atom%.
- Fe is 20 atom% or more and 99.998 atom% or less
- Mn is 0.001 atom% or more and 50 atom% or less
- O is 0.001 atom% or more and 55 atom% or less with respect to the composition of the whole magnetic material.
- the magnetic material according to (6) or (7), having a composition in the range of (10) The magnetic material according to any one of (1) to (9) above, wherein the average crystal grain size of the first phase, the second phase, or the entire magnetic material is 1 nm or more and 10 ⁇ m or less.
- At least the first phase has a bcc phase having a composition represented by a composition formula of Fe 100-x Mn x (x is an atomic percentage of 0.001 ⁇ x ⁇ 1), and a crystallite size of the bcc phase
- a magnetic material in the form of powder which has an average powder particle size of 10 nm to 5 mm in the case of a soft magnetic material, and 10 nm to 10 ⁇ m in the case of a semi-hard magnetic material
- the above-mentioned (1) to (13), wherein the first phase and the second phase are bonded together directly or via a metal phase or an inorganic phase to form a lump as a whole magnetic material.
- the manganese ferrite powder having an average powder particle size of 1 nm or more and less than 1 ⁇ m is reduced in a reducing gas containing hydrogen gas at a reduction temperature of 400 ° C. or more and 1350 ° C. or less, as described in (12) above.
- a magnetic material By reducing a manganese ferrite powder having an average powder particle diameter of 1 nm or more and less than 1 ⁇ m in a reducing gas containing hydrogen gas, and generating a first phase and a second phase by a disproportionation reaction, A method for producing the magnetic material according to any one of (1) to (13) above.
- a magnetic material having a high saturation magnetization and a small eddy current loss in particular, a soft magnetic material suitably used for a high-rotation motor, and various soft magnetic materials and semi-hard magnetic materials having high oxidation resistance.
- a soft magnetic material suitably used for a high-rotation motor, and various soft magnetic materials and semi-hard magnetic materials having high oxidation resistance.
- it can be used in the form of a powder material such as ferrite, it can be easily bulked by sintering or the like. Therefore, such as lamination by using an existing thin metal-based soft magnetic material. Problems such as complicated processes and resulting high costs can also be solved.
- Reduction temperature dependence of saturation magnetization (emu / g) and coercivity (kA / m) in Fe—Mn magnetic material powders (Examples 1 to 11 and Comparative Example 5)
- SEM image of (Fe 0.994 Mn 0.006 ) 43 O 57 Mn-ferrite nanopowder Comparative Example 6)
- SEM image of Fe 71.1 Mn 28.9 solid magnetic material surface of Example 19 Oxygen characteristic X-ray surface distribution diagram of Fe 71.1 Mn 28.9 solid magnetic material surface of Example 19
- the “magnetic material” referred to in the present invention means a magnetic material called “soft magnetism” (ie, “soft magnetic material”) and a magnetic material called “semi-hard magnetism” (ie, “semi-hard magnetic material”). )).
- soft magnetic material refers to a magnetic material having a coercive force of 800 A / m ( ⁇ 10 Oe) or less
- spinmi-hard magnetic material refers to a coercive force exceeding 800 A / m.
- a semi-hard magnetic material is required to have an appropriate coercive force according to the application and to have high saturation magnetization and residual magnetic flux density.
- a soft magnetic or semi-hard magnetic material for high frequency generates a large eddy current, so that the material has a high electrical resistivity, a small powder particle diameter, or a thickness of a thin plate or ribbon. It becomes important.
- ferromagnetic coupling refers to a state in which adjacent spins in a magnetic material are strongly linked by exchange interaction.
- two adjacent crystal grains and / or amorphous grains are used.
- the state in which the inner spin is strongly linked by exchange interaction across the crystal boundary. Since the exchange interaction is an interaction that only reaches the distance based on the short range order of the material, if there is a nonmagnetic phase at the crystal boundary, the exchange interaction does not work on the spins on both sides, and the crystal grains on both sides There is no ferromagnetic coupling between (and / or amorphous grains).
- the term “crystal grains” includes amorphous grains depending on circumstances. The characteristics of the magnetic curve of a material in which ferromagnetic coupling is made between different types of adjacent crystal grains having different magnetic characteristics will be described later.
- disproportionation means that two or more kinds of phases or crystal structures having different crystal structures are produced from a phase having a homogeneous composition by a chemical reaction. This results from the reduction reaction involving a reducing substance such as hydrogen in the phase. During this “disproportionation” reaction, water is often produced as a by-product.
- the meaning of “including Fe component and Mn component” means that the magnetic material of the present invention always contains Fe and Mn as its components, and the Mn may be any other atom.
- the Mn may be any other atom.
- oxygen (O component) may be contained, and when O component or iron oxyoxide exists as a subphase, H may be mainly contained as an OH group, and other inevitable impurities and raw materials
- An alkali metal such as K derived from Cl or Cl may be contained.
- Alkali metals such as K are suitable components in that they may have an effect of promoting a reduction reaction.
- Magnetic powder generally refers to powder having magnetism, but in the present application, the powder of the magnetic material of the present invention is referred to as “magnetic material powder”. Therefore, “magnetic material powder” is included in “magnetic powder”.
- the present invention relates to a magnetic material including a phase containing manganese in an ⁇ -Fe phase (first phase) and a Mn-enriched phase (second phase) having a higher Mn content than that phase.
- the best form is a “powder” in which both phases are mixed and bonded at the nano level.
- These magnetic material powders are directly compressed or sintered and used in various devices. Further, depending on the application, it can be molded by blending an organic compound such as a resin, an inorganic compound such as glass or ceramic, or a composite material thereof.
- the composition of the first phase containing Fe and Mn, and the second phase enriched with Mn, the crystal structure and morphology, the crystal grain size and the powder grain size, and the production methods thereof Explains the method for producing nano-composite oxide powder that is the precursor of the magnetic material of the invention, the method for reducing the powder, the method for solidifying the reduced powder, and the method for annealing in each step of these production methods To do.
- the first phase is a crystal having a crystal structure of a cubic crystal (space group Im3m) having a bcc structure containing Fe and Mn.
- the Mn content of this phase is preferably 0.001 atomic percent or more and 33 atomic percent or less, assuming that the total sum (total content) of Fe and Mn contained in the phase is 100 atomic percent. That is, the composition of the first phase is expressed as Fe 100-x Mn x (x is an atomic percentage of 0.001 ⁇ x ⁇ 33) using the composition formula.
- the Mn content or the Fe content is the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the respective phases (in this application, the total content may be referred to as the above, or the total amount as described above). It is also the value of the atomic ratio of Mn or Fe to In the present invention, this may be expressed as an atomic percentage, where the total sum (total content) of Fe and Mn contained in the phase is 100 atomic%.
- the Mn content is 33 atomic% or less in order to suppress a decrease in magnetization. Moreover, it is more preferable that the Mn content is 20 atomic% or less because magnetization exceeding 1 T can be realized depending on the manufacturing method and conditions. Furthermore, when the Mn content is 10 atomic% or less, a magnetic material having a saturation magnetization exceeding 1.6 T can be produced. Moreover, it is preferable to make it 0.001 atomic% or more from the point which enables adjustment of the magnetic characteristic in a soft magnetic area
- a particularly preferable range of the Mn content is 0.01 atomic percent or more and 10 atomic percent or less, and in this region, a semi-hard magnetic material can be prepared from soft magnetic depending on manufacturing conditions, and more preferable electromagnetic characteristics can be obtained. It becomes the magnetic material which it has.
- the Mn content of the first phase is preferably 5 atomic% or less. Since the first phase of the Fe—Mn composition having the bcc structure has the same crystal symmetry as the ⁇ phase that is the room temperature phase of Fe, this is also referred to as an ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase in the present application.
- the Mn component content of the first phase of the present invention is 100 atomic%, 0.001 atomic% or more and less than 50 atomic% of the Mn is Zr, Hf, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, It can be substituted with any one or more of W, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, and Si (in the present application, these substitution elements are also referred to as “M components”). Therefore, in the present invention, when Mn contained in the first phase has a composition substituted by M component, the combination of Mn and M component in the composition corresponds to the above-mentioned “Mn component” The Mn component content (specifically, the sum of the Mn content and the M component content in the composition) is 100 atomic%.
- co-addition of many element species to the soft magnetic material of the present invention has an effect of reducing the coercive force.
- Ti, V, Cr, Mo is contained in an atomic percentage of 1 atomic% or more when the content of Mn component in the first phase is 100 atomic%, it does not greatly depend on the cooling rate in the reduction treatment or annealing treatment. This is effective in that the nanocrystallites of the present invention can be easily produced.
- Zr, Hf, Ti, Cr, V, Ni, Co, and Si are preferable as components that coexist in the soft magnetic material of the present invention because they reduce the anisotropic magnetic field.
- Ni is added in an amount of approximately 5 atomic% or less and Co is added in an amount of approximately less than 50 atomic% because saturation magnetization is improved.
- Zr, Hf, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W are atomic percentages when the Mn component content of the first phase is 100 atomic%, and even in addition of 1 atomic% or less, Ti, Ni, Co, Cu, and Zn are preferable in order to suppress inappropriate grain growth and improve oxidation resistance and formability.
- Ti is added to Mn, not only the above effects but also a unique synergistic effect that achieves both low coercivity and high magnetization is exhibited.
- a preferable substitution amount of Ti for Mn is 0.01 atomic% or more and less than 50 atomic%.
- a more preferable M component content is 0.1 atomic% or more and 30 atomic% or less in terms of substitution amount with respect to Mn regardless of the element type. Therefore, for example, when the first phase has a composition formula of Fe 100-x Mn x (x is 0.001 ⁇ x ⁇ 33 in atomic percentage), the Mn component is 0.01 atomic% or more depending on the M component.
- the composition formula is Fe 100-x (Mn 100-y M y ) x / 100 (x and y are atomic percentages 0.001 ⁇ x ⁇ 33, 0.001 ⁇ y ⁇ 50, M is represented by Zr, Hf, Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Ni, Co, Cu, Zn, or Si.
- a more preferable M component content is 0.1 atomic% or more and 30 atomic% or less as a substitution amount with respect to Mn, regardless of the element type.
- “inappropriate grain growth” means that the nano-fine structure of the magnetic material of the present invention collapses and crystals grow with a homogeneous crystal structure.
- “grain growth” suitable in the present invention is a disproportionation reaction after the powder particle diameter grows large while maintaining the nano-structure that is the feature of the present invention, or after the powder particle diameter grows large. , Either the nanostructure appears in the crystal due to phase separation or the like, or both.
- the term “grain growth” in the present invention refers to grain growth that is not inappropriate, and generally refers to grain growth that can be said to be appropriate. Note that, regardless of whether the grain growth is inappropriate or appropriate, the surface area of the magnetic material per unit mass or per unit volume is reduced, so that the oxidation resistance generally tends to be improved.
- any M component the addition of 0.001 atomic% or more is preferable in terms of the atomic percentage when the content of the Mn component of the first phase is 100 atomic%, from the viewpoint of the above-described addition effect, and less than 50 atomic% Addition is preferable from the viewpoint of preventing inhibition of various effects of the Mn component in the magnetic material of the present invention.
- Mn component when expressed as “Mn component”, or in a formula such as “ ⁇ - (Fe, Mn)” phase or in the context of discussing magnetic material composition, it is expressed as “Mn” or “manganese”.
- the content thereof is 5 atomic% or less, preferably 2 atomic% or less, more preferably 0.1 atomic% or less, particularly preferably 0, based on the whole (that is, the total of Fe and Mn contained in the first phase). 0.001 atomic% or less. This is because the greater the content of these impurities, the lower the magnetization, possibly adversely affecting the coercive force and deviating from the target range depending on the application.
- the ⁇ -Fe phase not containing Mn is not included in the first phase or the second phase.
- the ⁇ -Fe phase not containing Mn is expected to have a saturation magnetization like electromagnetic soft iron, but even if the ⁇ -Fe phase is a nano-region powder, This is because the material has little influence on electrical resistivity, poor oxidation resistance, and inferior machinability.
- the ⁇ -Fe phase not containing Mn may exist as a separate phase as long as the object of the present invention is not impaired.
- the volume fraction of the ⁇ -Fe phase is preferably less than 50% by volume with respect to the entire magnetic material of the present invention.
- the volume fraction referred to here is the ratio of the volume occupied by the target component to the total volume of the magnetic material.
- the second phase is a phase in which the content of Mn with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the phase is larger than the content of Mn with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the first phase.
- the second phase is a phase in which the atomic percentage of Mn with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the phase is larger than the atomic percentage of Mn with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the first phase. is there.
- cubic ⁇ - (Fe 1-y Mn y ) phase space group Im3m, the same crystal phase as the first phase, but a phase having a higher Mn content than the first phase
- ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase space group Fm3m
- wustite phase typically composition is (Fe 1-z Mn z ) a O phase
- a is usually 0.83 to 1
- a solid solution of FeO and MnO In the present specification, it may be simply referred to as a (Fe, Mn) O phase or a (Mn, Fe) O phase.
- the term “wustite” simply includes manganosite and 0 ⁇ z ⁇ 1), MnO phase (manganosite phase), Mn-ferrite phase (typical composition is (Fe 1-w Mn w ) 3 O 4 phase), ⁇ - (Mn v Fe 1-v) phase (alpha-Fe structure is classification Sturukturbericht A2
- the phase described here is a phase belonging to the space group of Im3m, the phase described here is the same system as ⁇ -Mn, and the A12 form in the Strukturbericht classification when the element type is Mn type is I43m (4 In this specification, it may be simply expressed as ⁇ - (Mn, Fe) phase), ⁇ - (Mn, Fe) phase (space group P4 1 32), ⁇ - Hexagonal Mn (Fe 1-a Mn a ) 2 O 3 phase (different in crystal structure from rhombohedral Mn - hematite phase), ⁇ -Mn 2 O 3
- rutile phase is orthorhombic MnO (H) phase (manganite phase, grout mineral phase), such as, such as more Mn-Fe amorphous phase, or mixtures thereof.
- the Mn—Fe amorphous phase varies depending on the Mn content and the reducing conditions, but when this phase exists, microcrystals such as the existing nanocrystal-amorphous phase separation type material described above are island-like. In many cases, it does not have a fine structure that floats in the amorphous sea, but is separated from the first phase and exists in an island shape.
- the content of the Mn—Fe amorphous phase is between 0.001 and 10% by volume, and it is preferably not more than this from the viewpoint of suppressing a decrease in magnetization, and more preferable for obtaining a highly magnetized magnetic material. Is 5% by volume or less.
- An amorphous phase or the like may be intentionally included in order to control the disproportionation reaction itself, but in this case, it is preferably 0.001% by volume from the viewpoint of exhibiting the reaction control effect.
- the second phase described above is almost inferior to the saturation magnetization as compared with the first phase, but the electrical resistivity is greatly increased by the coexistence of these phases. Furthermore, in the present invention, when a semi-hard magnetic material is formed, the coercive force is improved. On the contrary, in the present invention, when a soft magnetic material is formed, a small coercive force can be realized by ferromagnetic coupling with a phase crystal structure, composition, microstructure, interface structure, and the like. Further, in the second phase, like the first phase, less than 50 atomic% of the Mn content (however, the content of the Mn component in the second phase is set to 100 atomic%) can be replaced with the M component.
- the “Mn component” of the second phase also has a composition in which Mn contained in the second phase is replaced by the M component, like the “Mn component” of the first phase described above. Means a combination of Mn and M components in the composition.
- a phase that does not contain Fe or Mn and is mixed only with the compound of the M component is not included in the first phase or the second phase.
- the electrical resistivity, oxidation resistance, sinterability, and electromagnetic characteristics of the semi-hard magnetic material of the present invention may be improved.
- a phase that does not contain the Mn component, such as the compound phase of the M component and the Fe compound phase, and a phase in which the content of the M component is greater than or equal to the content of the Mn element are referred to as “subphases”.
- the preferred range of the content of these phases is 50% by volume or less with respect to the volume of the entire magnetic material.
- the content of the M component in all phases including the first phase, the second phase, and the subphase must not exceed the content of Mn contained in the first phase and the second phase with respect to the total phase.
- the M component is contained in excess of the Mn content, the effect on the electromagnetic characteristics peculiar to Mn, for example, the effect of improving the magnetization when added in a small amount or the effect of suppressing the decrease in magnetization even when adding more, the electrical resistivity This is because the unique characteristics such as improvement and remarkable effect on oxidation resistance are lost.
- the Mn content of the first phase and / or the second phase refers to an amount including such an M component.
- the second phase may have the same crystal structure as the first phase, but it is important that the compositions are sufficiently different from each other, for example, the second phase relative to the sum of Fe and Mn in the second phase.
- the Mn content of the second phase is more than twice the Mn content of the first phase relative to the sum of Fe and Mn in the first phase, or the Mn content of the second phase relative to the sum of Fe and Mn in the second phase Is greater than or equal to 2 atomic percent and greater than or equal to the Mn content of the first phase relative to the sum of Fe and Mn in the first phase (ie, the Mn content of the second phase is It is preferable that the amount is more than twice the Mn content and further 2 atom% or more).
- the Mn content of the second phase itself does not exceed 100 atomic%, and if the lower limit of the Mn content of the first phase is 0.001 atomic%, the Mn content of the second phase is the first phase. It does not exceed 10 5 times the Mn content.
- the Mn content of the second phase is preferably 80 atomic% or less of the Mn content of the first phase. If the Mn content exceeds 80 atomic% while maintaining the same crystal structure as that of the first phase at room temperature (therefore, the Mn content of the second phase is 8 ⁇ 10 4 of the Mn content of the first phase). This is because the thermal stability of the entire magnetic material of the present invention may deteriorate.
- the Mn content of the second phase is “twice or more” of the first phase
- the Mn content of each phase is obtained with one significant digit, and then the Mn content of the second phase It means that the content is twice or more the Mn content of the first phase.
- the present invention aims to reduce the coercive force using the above-mentioned random magnetic anisotropy model or the fluctuation of magnetic anisotropy according to the model, and is a first phase that is crystallographically independent.
- the second phase are magnetically coupled by exchange coupling at the nano level, or the Mn content in the bcc phase including the first phase and the second phase has a spatial change at the nano scale ( In the present invention, this is sometimes referred to as “concentration fluctuation”).
- concentration fluctuation In the present invention, if the Mn composition ratio of the two phases is too close, the crystal orientations of the crystal phases may be aligned in the same direction, and the magnitude of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant is often the second phase.
- the magnetocrystalline anisotropy is increased and averaged. Is not sufficiently small, so that a sufficiently low coercive force is not realized. Therefore, the preferred Mn content of the second phase is 2 atomic% or more, more preferably 5 atomic% or more, based on the total of Fe and Mn in the second phase. In the latter case, the two-phase magnetocrystalline anisotropy is reduced to less than half compared to the case of not containing Mn. If the Mn content is 8 atomic% or more, the magnetocrystalline anisotropy is extremely small, which is more preferable.
- phase (first phase) in which the Mn content is lower than the Mn content of the entire magnetic material of the present invention (first phase) the phase (second phase) in which the Mn content is higher than that of the magnetic material of the present invention is also the same magnetic material Will exist within. Therefore, if they are ferromagnetically coupled to achieve isotropic properties, the magnetic material of the present invention, specifically, the soft magnetic material is obtained, and the coercive force is appropriately interposed through the interface of the first phase. If it has a function of increasing the electric resistance as a range, the magnetic material of the present invention, specifically, a semi-hard magnetic material can be obtained.
- the magnetic materials of the present invention whose coercive force is reduced by such a mechanism generally have a Mn content of 10 atomic% or less with respect to the sum of Mn and Fe in the magnetic material.
- the above is a magnetic composition of the present invention that is not found in many existing soft magnetic materials such as magnetic steel sheets and sendust that are designed so that the heterogeneous phase is thoroughly removed and the domain wall motion is not hindered as a highly homogeneous composition. This is one of the characteristics of the material, and can be said to be a characteristic common to magnetic materials in which magnetization reversal occurs due to rotation of magnetization.
- the state in which only the first phase and only the second phase are magnetically coupled by exchange coupling at the nano level may be included. Even in this case, the crystal axis orientations of adjacent nanocrystals are not aligned. It is important that it is isotropic or that there is a spatial distribution of the Mn content in the nanoscale in the bcc phase including the first and second phases.
- a magnetic material composed only of the first phase microcrystals and a magnetic material composed only of the second phase microcrystals are not achieved, and even when such a structure is included, In the present invention, the first phase and the second phase always exist in the magnetic material.
- the nanocrystal generation itself is a ferrite powder containing manganese, which is used for producing the magnetic material of the present invention, and has a nanoscale size (in this application, “manganese ferrite This is because it is greatly involved in the disproportionation reaction in each step of the reduction process starting with the reduction of “nanopowder” or “Mn-ferrite nanopowder”.
- a ferrite powder having a nanoscale size is also referred to as “ferrite nanopowder”, and the nanoscale refers to a scale of 1 nm to less than 1 ⁇ m unless otherwise specified.
- the first phase is an ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, which mainly ensures high saturation magnetization.
- the second phase is a phase in which the content of Mn with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the phase is larger than the content of Mn with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn contained in the first phase.
- the second phase may be an ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase that is higher than the Mn content of the entire magnetic material, or may be another crystalline phase, an amorphous phase, or a mixed phase thereof.
- the soft magnetic material of the present invention has an effect of keeping the coercive force low, and even if a semi-hard magnetic material is included, it has an effect of imparting oxidation resistance and improving electric resistivity. Therefore, since the second phase is a total of the phases having these effects, the magnetic material of the present invention can be used if the presence of any of the phases exemplified above having a higher Mn content than the first phase can be shown. I understand that. If such a second phase does not exist and is composed only of the first phase, any one of magnetic properties such as coercive force, oxidation resistance and electrical conductivity is inferior, or the workability is further reduced. Therefore, the magnetic material is inevitably complicated in the molding process.
- the Mn composition may change continuously with the first phase.
- the Mn content of the second phase is greater than the Mn content of the first phase, and more than twice as much as the Mn content of the first phase and / or 2 atomic% or more. It is desirable that there is a difference in composition.
- the composition ratio of Fe and Mn is preferably 1: 1 or less.
- the content of Mn with respect to the total amount of Fe and Mn is 0.01 atomic% or more and 50 atoms. % Or less is desirable.
- the content of Mn including the first phase and the second phase is 50 atomic% or less in order to avoid a decrease in saturation magnetization, and that it is 0.01 atomic% or more means oxidation resistance, etc. There is no effect of adding Mn to the metal, and this is preferable in order to prevent the coercive force from becoming so high that it does not correspond to the intended application. Further, the content of Mn including the first phase and the second phase, which is preferable from the viewpoint of a good balance between oxidation resistance and magnetic properties, is 0.02 atomic% or more and 33 atomic% or less, and a particularly preferable range thereof is 0.05 atomic% or more and 25 atomic% or less.
- the volume ratio of the first phase and the second phase is arbitrary, but the first phase, the first phase, and the volume of the entire magnetic material of the present invention including the first phase, the second phase, and the subphase
- the total volume of the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase in the second phase is preferably 5% by volume or more. Since the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase bears the main magnetization of the magnetic material of the present invention, it is preferably 5% by volume or more in order to avoid a decrease in magnetization. Furthermore, it is preferably 25% by volume or more, more preferably 50% by volume or more. In order to achieve particularly high magnetization without reducing the electrical resistivity so much, it is desirable that the total volume of the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase is 75% by volume or more.
- the second phase of the soft magnetic material of the present invention it is preferable that there is a ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic phase (in this application, weak magnetism is also included therein) because the first phase crystal magnetism This is because there is an effect of reducing anisotropy.
- the Mn content of the second phase with respect to the sum of Fe and Mn in the second phase is the Fe phase in the first phase. More than the Mn content of the first phase with respect to the total of Mn and Mn, and preferably the Mn content is 0.1 atomic% or more and 20 atomic% with respect to the total of Fe and Mn in the second phase.
- ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase that is more preferably 2 atomic% to 15 atomic%, and particularly preferably 5 atomic% to 10 atomic%.
- the first phase also has a low coercive force when the Mn content is 5 atomic% or more and 10 atomic% or less with respect to the total of Fe and Mn in the first phase, but the Mn content is large to this extent. Then, saturation magnetization close to 2T cannot be exhibited. Therefore, it is preferable to realize a magnetic material having a large saturation magnetization and a small coercive force by combining the first phase having a Mn content of less than 5 atomic% and the second phase having a Mn content of 5 atomic% or more. .
- preferred examples of the second phase include both oxide phases of Mn-ferrite phase and wustite phase.
- the former is ferromagnetic and the latter is antiferromagnetic, but both can promote ferromagnetic coupling if they are between the first phase.
- These oxide phases may be nano-sized and have a very fine structure.
- the wustite phase has a thickness of several atomic layers and is finely dispersed in the bcc phase or layered between the bcc microcrystalline phases. Sometimes it exists. When such an oxide layer is present, the crystal orientation of the bcc phase may be uniform in the region of several hundred nm to several tens of ⁇ m.
- the coercive force is lowered by a mechanism slightly different from random anisotropy.
- the mechanism is assumed to be as follows. Disproportionation causes a difference between the Mn content of the first phase relative to the sum of Fe and Mn in the first phase and the Mn content of the second phase relative to the sum of Fe and Mn in the second phase. If there is a fluctuation in the concentration of fine Mn content on the nanoscale, spatial fluctuation of magnetic anisotropy occurs, and when an external magnetic field is applied (as if a resonance phenomenon occurred) This is a mechanism that reverses magnetization. The fluctuation of the concentration has the same effect of reducing the coercive force not only when the second phase is an oxide phase but also when it is an ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase.
- Patent Document 1 International Publication No. 2009/057742 (hereinafter referred to as “Patent Document 1”), N. Imaoka, Y. Koyama. T. Nakao, S. Nakaoka, T. Yamaguchi, E. Kakimoto, M. Tada, T. Nakagawa and M. Abe, J. Appl. Phys., Vol. (Refer to non-patent document 3)), and in both cases, a ferrite phase exists between the Sm 2 Fe 17 N 3 phases of the hard magnetic material, and these phases are ferromagnetically coupled to constitute an exchange spring magnet. .
- the present invention relates to a soft magnetic material or a semi-hard magnetic material, and has a completely different function from the hard magnetic exchange spring magnet.
- the presence of the second phase that is a Mn-ferrite phase or a wustite phase mediates the exchange interaction between the first phases, and the second phase surrounds the first phase. If present, the electrical resistance is high and the coercive force is also reduced. Therefore, it is one of the very preferable second phases particularly in the soft magnetic material of the present invention.
- oxide phases are preferably 95% by volume or less of the entire magnetic material.
- Mn-ferrite is a ferromagnetic material
- its magnetization is lower than that of the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase
- wustite is weak even though it is antiferromagnetic. This is because the magnetization of the entire magnetic material may be lowered if it exceeds 95 vol.
- the content of the oxide phase is more preferably 75% by volume or less, particularly preferably 50% by volume or less.
- the above oxide phase is preferably 25% by volume or less.
- the preferable volume fraction is 0.001% by volume or more, In particular, 0.01% by volume or more is more preferable, and 0.1% by volume or more is particularly preferable in order to allow the wustite phase or the like to be present without significantly reducing magnetization and to effectively improve the electrical resistivity.
- the range of the volume fraction is the same.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, the Mn-ferrite phase, and the wustite phase, which have a higher Mn content than the first phase, are exemplified as preferred phases of the second phase.
- a 1/4 major loop (when sweeping from 7.2 MA / m to zero magnetic field) out of the magnetic curve of the entire magnetic material obtained by measuring magnetization in a wide magnetic field range of 0 to 7.2 MA / m of external magnetic field
- a smooth step due to the above-mentioned circumstances or an inflection point based on it is certain on the 1/4 major loop. I can guess.
- these dissimilar magnetic materials are integrated by ferromagnetic coupling, there is no smooth step or inflection point on the major loop in the range of 7.2 MA / m to zero magnetic field, and the monotonous increase. Exhibits a convex magnetic curve.
- the wustite phase can exist stably even at a high reduction temperature and molding temperature. Therefore, it is a very preferable phase for constituting the magnetic material of the present invention. It is.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having various compositions generated by the disproportionation reaction from this phase is used as the first phase or the first phase and the second phase. It is an important phase that plays the role of the magnetic body expressed by the magnetic material. In the region where the Mn content is 0.5 atomic% or more, the reduction reaction proceeds to the highly magnetic metal phase, particularly via the wustite phase.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase is already directly ferromagnetically coupled with the wustite phase from the stage of the disproportionation reaction, and the second phase of the magnetic material of the present invention, particularly the soft magnetic material, It is a very preferable phase to utilize as.
- the local composition analysis of the metal element of the magnetic material of the present invention is mainly performed by EDX (energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy), and the composition analysis of the entire magnetic material is performed by XRF (fluorescent X-rays). Elemental analysis method).
- the Mn content of the first phase and the second phase is measured by an EDX apparatus attached to an SEM (scanning electron microscope), FE-SEM, TEM (transmission electron microscope), etc.
- FE-SEM, etc. attached with FE may be referred to as FE-SEM / EDX).
- the crystal structure of the first phase and the second phase is a fine structure of 300 nm or less, accurate composition analysis cannot be performed by SEM or FE-SEM, but Mn of the magnetic material of the present invention If only the difference in the Fe component is detected, it can be used as an auxiliary.
- Mn of the magnetic material of the present invention If only the difference in the Fe component is detected, it can be used as an auxiliary.
- a certain point in the magnetic material is observed, and its quantitative value is 5 atomic% or more as the Mn content.
- a structure having a Mn content of 5 atomic% or more or a part of the structure exists within a range of 300 nm in diameter centering on one point.
- the electron beam can be narrowed down to 0.2 nm, and a very fine composition analysis can be performed.
- the composition distribution measurement method described above must be selected as appropriate to specify the compositional and structural characteristics of the magnetic material of the present invention, such as the composition of the first phase and the second phase and the crystal grain size.
- composition of the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase can also be determined by confirming the position of the diffraction peak with an XRD (X-ray diffractometer).
- the diffraction peak of the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase tends to shift to a lower angle as the Mn content increases when the Mn content is 0 atomic percent or more and 3 atomic percent or less and 4 atomic percent or more.
- the Mn content of the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase can be known with one significant digit. Note that, in the region where the Mn content is more than about 3 atomic percent and less than 4 atomic percent, the diffraction angle tends to increase with an increase in the Mn content. In contrast, when the Mn content is 4 atomic percent, the Mn content is 0%. The diffraction angle is also high, that is, the lattice constant is smaller than that of the ⁇ -Fe phase.
- the orientation of crystal grains and the distribution of the composition can be known, and the Mn composition characteristic of the present invention is not obtained.
- Leveling helps to verify the existence of various crystal phases and whether their crystal axes are randomly oriented.
- composition of the whole magnetic material in the present invention is such that the Fe component is 20 atomic% or more and 99.999 atomic% or less, the Mn component is 0.001 atomic% or more and 50 atomic% or less, and O ( (Oxygen) is preferably in the range of 0 atomic% to 55 atomic% and satisfying these simultaneously. Furthermore, an alkali metal may be contained in a range of 0.0001 atomic% to 5 atomic%. It is desirable that the subphase including K or the like does not exceed 50% by volume of the whole.
- the magnetic material of the present invention does not necessarily contain oxygen, but it is desirable to include even a small amount in order to obtain a magnetic material with remarkably high oxidation resistance and electrical resistivity.
- the surface of the metal powder reduced in the slow oxidation step described later is passivated, or an oxide layer such as a wustite phase is present in a part of the crystal grain boundary of the solid magnetic material by the operation.
- the composition range of the entire magnetic material of the present invention is as follows: Fe component is 20 atomic% or more and 99.998 atomic% or less, Mn component is 0.001 atomic% or more and 50 atomic% or less, and O is 0.001. It is desirable to be in the range of atomic% to 55 atomic%.
- a more preferable composition of the magnetic material of the present invention is that the Fe component is 50 atomic% or more and 99.98 atomic% or less, the Mn component is 0.01 atomic% or more and 49.99 atomic% or less, and O is 0.01 atomic% or more and 49 or less. .99 atomic% or less, and the magnetic material of the present invention in this range has a good balance between saturation magnetization and oxidation resistance.
- the present invention has a composition range in which the Fe component is 66.95 atomic% or more and 99.9 atomic% or less, the Mn component is 0.05 atomic% or more and 33 atomic% or less, and O is 0.05 atomic% or more and 33 atomic% or less.
- the magnetic material of the invention is preferable in that it has excellent electromagnetic characteristics and excellent oxidation resistance.
- the Fe component when the magnetic material of the present invention is particularly excellent in performance with a magnetization of 1 T or more, the Fe component is 79.95 atomic% or more and 99.9 atomic% or less, and the Mn component is 0. It is preferable that the composition range be from 0.05 atomic% to 20 atomic% and O is from 0.05 atomic% to 20 atomic%.
- the semi-hard magnetic material tends to contain more oxygen than the soft magnetic material.
- One of the present inventions is a magnetic material having a coercive force of 800 A / m or less, which is suitable for soft magnetic applications, and a magnetic material having oxidation resistance. This will be described below.
- the “magnetic properties” referred to herein include material magnetization J (T), saturation magnetization J s (T), magnetic flux density (B), residual magnetic flux density B r (T), and exchange stiffness constant A (J / m). , Magnetocrystalline anisotropy magnetic field H a (A / m), magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy E a (J / m 3 ), magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant K 1 (J / m 3 ), coercive force H cB ( A / m), intrinsic coercive force H cJ (A / m), permeability ⁇ 0 , relative permeability ⁇ , complex permeability ⁇ r ⁇ 0 , complex relative permeability ⁇ r , its real term ⁇ ′, imaginary term ⁇ ”And at least one of the absolute values
- the unit of“ magnetic field ”in the present specification uses A / m of SI unit system and Oe of cgs Gauss unit system together.
- the unit of “saturation magnetization” and “residual magnetic flux density” in this specification uses both SI unit system T and cgs Gauss unit system emu / g.
- the saturation magnetization value M s in the SI unit system is 2.16T.
- the coercive force refers to the intrinsic coercive force HcJ .
- Oxidation resistance refers to the above in various oxidizing atmospheres such as room temperature air. This is a change in magnetic characteristics over time.
- electromagnetic characteristics The above magnetic characteristics and electrical characteristics are collectively referred to as “electromagnetic characteristics”.
- the magnetization, saturation magnetization, magnetic flux density, residual magnetic flux density, and electrical resistivity are preferably higher, and the saturation magnetization is preferably as high as 0.3 T or 30 emu / g, particularly soft magnetism.
- the saturation magnetization is preferably as high as 0.3 T or 30 emu / g, particularly soft magnetism.
- a height of 100 emu / g or more is desirable, and an electrical resistivity of 1.5 ⁇ m or more is desirable.
- Other magnetic properties of the present invention such as crystal magnetic anisotropy constant, coercive force, magnetic permeability, relative magnetic permeability, etc., are appropriate depending on the application, including whether to use a semi-hard magnetic material or a soft magnetic material. To control.
- permeability, relative permeability not always highly necessary for some applications, if kept low core loss and coercivity sufficiently low, for example, dare relative permeability from 10 0 10 4 out of size
- dare relative permeability from 10 0 10 4 out of size
- One of the features of the present invention is not only the magnetization reversal due to the domain wall movement but also the magnetization reversal mechanism mainly due to the direct rotation of the magnetization, so the coercive force is low and the eddy current loss due to the domain wall movement is small, and the iron loss is kept low.
- the magnetic permeability can be reduced by causing some local magnetic anisotropy at the crystal boundary to suppress the magnetization rotation by the external magnetic field.
- the reason why such a magnetic permeability can be adjusted is that the magnetic material has a large electrical resistivity even if it is sintered as it is, so that the iron loss due to eddy current is small, so that the coercive force is sacrificed a little. This is because the total iron loss can still be kept small even if the hysteresis loss slightly increases by designing the material to suppress the magnetic permeability.
- the soft magnetic material of the present invention exhibits an electric resistivity of 1.5 ⁇ m or more, and a semi-hard magnetic material exhibits a higher electric resistivity.
- the saturation magnetization tends to decrease as the electrical resistivity increases. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the composition of the raw material and the degree of reduction according to the desired electromagnetic characteristics. There is. In particular, less than 1000 ⁇ m is preferable for obtaining the feature that the magnetic material of the present invention has high magnetization. Therefore, a preferable range of electrical resistivity is 1.5 ⁇ m or more and 1000 ⁇ m or less.
- ⁇ Crystal boundary> Whether the magnetic material of the present invention is soft magnetic or semi-hard magnetic depends on the coercive force as described above, and is particularly closely related to its fine structure.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase may be observed as a continuous phase at first glance. However, as shown in FIG. 1, the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase includes many heterophasic interfaces and grain boundaries.
- Twins, intergrowth twins, ring twins, multiple twins including repetitive twins, intergrowth, skeletons in the present invention, not only heterogeneous interfaces and polycrystalline grain boundaries, but also various of these When crystals are separated by crystal habit, crystal phase, intergrowth structure, dislocation, etc., the boundary surfaces are collectively referred to as “crystal boundaries”). Unlike the linear grain boundaries, the crystal boundaries are often presented as a group of curves, and in such a structure, the Mn content is greatly different depending on the location.
- the magnetic material of the present invention having the fine structure as described above is often a soft magnetic material.
- the first phase and the second phase when the second phase is an ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, start from the manganese ferrite nanopowder, As the reduction reaction proceeds with growth, oxygen in the crystal lattice is lost along with the disproportionation reaction of the composition, and finally a large volume reduction of up to 52% by volume usually occurs.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, the first phase and the second phase have a variety of microstructures such as crystals such as quartz, minerals such as pyrite, meteorite, and rock crystals. It is held in a scale-down form and contains various phases and nanocrystals with various Mn contents.
- the structure that appears to be a crystal grain boundary or a intergrowth also has a difference in Mn content depending on the observation location, and may be a heterogeneous interface.
- the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy is reduced. Further, even when Mn is added to Fe up to about 8 atomic%, the magnetization does not decrease so much, but only decreases by about 5%. Furthermore, if the amount of Mn exceeds 0 and less than 1 atomic%, the saturation magnetization per mass may exceed iron depending on conditions.
- the crystal homology of the first phase of the nanopowder or the crystal phases of the first phase and the second phase are, for example, (shape magnetism) They are laminated at the nanoscale like perlite (with anisotropy averaged) and / or the microcrystals are bonded at the nanoscale like eutectic structure, which causes strong It is thought that this is because the lattice of the magnetic phase is distorted or stretched, and it is speculated that this is an effect that cannot be seen in macroscopic crystals.
- Mn is added in an amount of 2 atomic% or more, there is an effect that a fine structure having a fluctuation of the composition is maintained even when the cooling rate is slow, and a certain amount of cooling is performed even in a region exceeding 0 and less than 2 atomic%. If controlled within the speed, a fine structure tends to be maintained.
- the decrease in coercive force is caused by a principle different from the random anisotropy model. That is, the magnetic anisotropy fluctuation based on the fluctuation of the concentration of the nanoscale Mn content is generated by the interaction of one or more of the first phase, the second phase, the first homology, and the second homology. Thus, the magnetization reversal is promoted, and the coercive force is reduced.
- the magnetization reversal mechanism based on this mechanism is unique to the present invention and, as far as the present inventors can know, has been found for the first time by the present inventors.
- the particles When there is not enough grain growth at the time of reduction, when the particles are not fused so that the ferromagnetic phase is continuous, or the particles are separated without a phase that is not ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic When such phase separation occurs, in order to bring the coercive force of the magnetic material powder of the present invention to the soft magnetic region, it is then solidified by sintering or the like, that is, “the first phase and It is desirable that the second phase is continuously bonded directly or via a metal phase or an inorganic phase to form a lump as a whole.
- the exchange interaction is an interaction or force that works within a short-range order of several nanometers.
- the second phase needs to be ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic in order to transmit the exchange interaction. Even if a part of the first phase and / or the second phase is in the superparamagnetic region, the material itself is ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic in the bulk state. If there is sufficient exchange coupling, there may be a phase where exchange interaction is transmitted.
- the solidification described above is necessary to obtain a semi-hard magnetic material having a high residual magnetic flux density, although not limited to the above.
- the average crystal grain size of the first phase or the second phase of the soft magnetic material of the present invention, or the average crystal grain size of the entire magnetic material is preferably 10 ⁇ m or less.
- the average crystal grain size of the entire magnetic material is 10 ⁇ m or less.
- either the first phase or the second phase is in the nano region.
- both the first phase and the second phase are ferromagnetic phases, both preferably have an average crystal grain size of 10 ⁇ m or less, and less than 1 ⁇ m realizes low coercivity based on a random magnetic anisotropy model.
- the thickness is preferably 500 nm or less, more preferably 200 nm or less, although it depends on the Mn content, and is particularly preferable because of the remarkable effect of reducing the coercive force due to the mechanism unique to the present invention.
- the case towards K 1 of the first phase is large is large, in particular, the first phase, 10 [mu] m or less, preferably 500nm or less, even more preferably as long as 200nm or less, the coercive force Becomes extremely small and becomes a soft magnetic material suitable for various transformers, motors and the like.
- the second phase is not a ferromagnetic phase
- the second phase is not involved in the coercive force reduction by the above-described random anisotropy model or the mechanism peculiar to the present invention.
- Preferred component Preferred component.
- the first phase in order to develop a coercive force, the first phase is kept at a nano-level average crystal grain size, an appropriate surface oxide layer is used as the second phase, or the second phase is several
- An effective method is to provide high resistance to oxidation by imparting the coercive force of the semi-hard magnetic region by making it exist at the grain boundary of the first phase as an average crystal grain size of nm.
- ⁇ Measurement of crystal grain size> In the measurement of the crystal grain size of the present invention, an image obtained by the SEM method, the TEM method or the metal microscope method is used. Within the observed range, not only the heterogeneous interface and the grain boundaries, but also all the crystal boundaries are observed, and the diameter of the crystal region surrounded by the boundaries is defined as the crystal grain size. If the crystal boundary is difficult to see, it is better to etch the crystal boundary using a wet method using a nital solution or the like, or a dry etching method. In principle, the average crystal grain size is selected from a representative portion and measured in a region containing at least 100 crystal grains.
- the average crystal grain size is obtained by photographing the observation region, defining an appropriate right-angled rectangular region on the photographic plane (enlarged projection surface on the subject photographing surface), and applying the Jeffry method to the inside.
- the crystal boundary width may be too small to be observed with respect to the resolution, but in that case, the measured value of the average crystal grain size is the upper limit of the actual crystal grain size. give. Specifically, it is only necessary to have an average crystal grain size measurement value whose upper limit is 10 ⁇ m.
- the magnetic material falls below 1 nm, which is the lower limit of the crystal grain size, due to phenomena such as no clear diffraction peak on XRD and superparamagnetism confirmed on the magnetic curve. If indicated, the actual crystal grain size must be determined anew by TEM observation. In the present invention, it may be necessary to measure the crystal grain size irrespective of the crystal boundary. That is, when the crystal structure is finely modulated due to fluctuations in the Mn content concentration, the crystal grain size of the magnetic material of the present invention having such a fine structure is modulated by the Mn content. The width is the crystal grain size.
- the method of determining the crystal grain size is specifically exemplified by a method using TEM-EDX analysis in Examples 20 and 21 of the present invention.
- phase separation occurs due to the disproportionation reaction, and a composition width occurs in the Mn content of the bcc phase of the first phase and / or the second phase. Since the X-ray diffraction line peak position varies depending on the Mn content, for example, even if the line width of the diffraction line at (200) of the bcc phase is obtained, there is not much meaning in determining the crystallite size. .
- the crystallite refers to a small single crystal at a microscopic level that constitutes a crystal substance, and is smaller than individual crystals (so-called crystal grains) that constitute a polycrystal.
- the deviation of the diffraction line of (200) is within about 0.026 ° (Co—K ⁇ ray), so it is effective within the range of 1 nm to less than 100 nm. It is significant to measure the crystallite size of a single digit.
- the crystallite size using excluding the effect of the K [alpha 2 diffraction line (200) diffraction line width and the Scherrer equation, the dimensionless form factor as 0.9 to determine the crystallite size of the bcc phase .
- the first phase has the phase (that is, only the first phase has the bcc phase and both the first phase and the second phase have the bcc phase)
- a preferable range of the crystallite size of the bcc phase is 1 nm or more and less than 100 nm. If it is less than 1 nm, it becomes superparamagnetic at room temperature, and the magnetization and permeability may become extremely small.
- the crystallite size of the bcc phase is less than 100 nm, the coercive force enters the soft magnetic region and becomes extremely small, which is preferable because it becomes a soft magnetic material suitable for various transformers, motors and the like.
- 50 nm or less is a very preferable range because it is a region having a low Mn content, so that not only high magnetization exceeding 2T can be obtained, but also low coercive force can be achieved at the same time.
- the size of the powder of the soft magnetic material of the present invention is preferably 10 nm or more and 5 mm or less.
- the coercive force is not sufficiently reduced.
- the thickness exceeds 5 mm, a large strain is applied during sintering, and the coercive force is increased and warped without annealing after solidification. More preferably, they are 100 nm or more and 1 mm or less, Especially preferably, they are 0.5 micrometer or more and 500 micrometers or less. If the average powder particle size is within this region, a soft magnetic material having a low coercive force is obtained.
- the particle size distribution is sufficiently wide within each average powder particle size range defined above, high filling can be easily achieved with a relatively small pressure, and the magnetization per volume of the solidified molded body increases. preferable.
- the particle size of the powder is too large, the domain wall movement may be excited. In the process of producing the soft magnetic material of the present invention, the domain wall movement is hindered by the heterogeneous phase formed by the disproportionation reaction. The magnetic force may increase. Therefore, when the soft magnetic material of the present invention is molded, it may be better that the surface of the magnetic material powder of the present invention having an appropriate powder particle size is oxidized.
- the Mn-containing alloy of the present invention has a fine structure due to the disproportionation reduction reaction.
- the surface is oxidized to some extent by oxidation, it often does not greatly affect the internal magnetization rotation.
- the sex is extremely high.
- the free energy of oxidation is considerably lower than that of Fe, and even when oxidized by external oxygen, Mn is preferentially oxidized, and the effect of suppressing the oxidation of the Fe component constituting the main component of the magnetic material of the present invention is also achieved. Presumed to have been done. Therefore, depending on the composition, shape, and size of the magnetic material powder of the present invention, appropriate gradual oxidation of the powder surface, handling of each process in air, solidification treatment in an inert gas atmosphere instead of a reducing atmosphere, etc. Is also effective in stabilizing the coercive force.
- the magnetic powder of the semi-hard magnetic material of the present invention is preferably in the range of 10 nm to 10 ⁇ m.
- the thickness is less than 10 nm, it is difficult to mold, and the dispersibility is extremely poor when dispersed in a synthetic resin or ceramic.
- the particle diameter exceeds 10 ⁇ m, the coercive force reaches the soft magnetic region, and therefore belongs to the category of the soft magnetic material of the present invention.
- a more preferable powder particle diameter is 10 nm or more and 1 ⁇ m or less, and if it is within this range, a semi-hard magnetic material in which both saturation magnetization and coercive force are balanced can be obtained.
- the powder particle diameter of the magnetic material of the present invention is evaluated based on the median diameter obtained from a distribution curve obtained by measuring a volume equivalent diameter distribution mainly using a laser diffraction particle size distribution meter.
- representative portions are selected based on a photograph obtained by SEM or TEM of a powder, or a metal micrograph, and at least 100 diameters are measured, and the volume average is obtained. Although it may be less than this, in that case, it is required that there is a statistically sufficient portion representative of the whole and that the portion is measured.
- priority is given to a method using SEM or TEM.
- the numerical value R n is R / 2 ⁇ R n ⁇ 2R.
- the particle size of the powder is determined with R being the geometric mean of the lower limit and the upper limit.
- the method for measuring the powder particle size of the magnetic material of the present invention is as follows: (1) When the measured value is 500 nm or more and 1 mm or less, the laser diffraction particle size distribution analyzer is given priority; (2) If it is less than 500 nm or exceeds 1 mm, the microscopic method is given priority. (3) When (1) and (2) are used together at 500 nm or more and 1 mm or less, the average powder particle size is determined with the above R.
- the powder particle diameter is represented by 1 to 2 significant digits in the case of (1) or (2), and is represented by 1 significant digit in the case of (3).
- the reason for using the particle size measurement method together is that when the particle size is just above 500 nm and below 1 mm, the method (1) may give an inaccurate value even with one significant figure, Since the method (2) requires time and effort to confirm that it is not local information, the value of the average powder particle size is first obtained by the method (1), and the value can be easily obtained by the method (2). This is because it is very reasonable to compare the two and determine the average powder particle size with the above R.
- the average particle size of the magnetic material powder of the present invention is determined by the above method. However, if (1) and (3) or (2) and (3) do not match with one significant digit, repeat the measurement with (1) or (2) again according to the average particle size range. , R must be determined.
- any one of the methods (1), (2), or (3) may be selected and adopted in a limited manner without depending on the above principle. In other words, within the range of the measurement methods (1) to (3), a method considered most appropriate for capturing the true appearance of the magnetic material and obtaining a volume average value of the powder particle diameter as close to the true value as possible. It is better to choose. In order to distinguish the magnetic material of the present invention from other magnetic materials, it is sufficient that the average powder particle size is determined by one significant digit.
- the macroscopic powder shape when reducing manganese ferrite nanopowder having an Mn content of 10 atomic% or less to 900 ° C. or more, the macroscopic powder shape has a three-dimensional network shape including hollow portions that are many through holes, It may be a sponge shape. These are considered to be formed by the large volume reduction caused by the progress of grain growth by the reduction reaction and at the same time oxygen escapes from the crystal lattice or the Mn component sublimates.
- the powder particle size in this case is measured including the volume of the hollow portion inside.
- the magnetic material of the present invention is a magnetic material in a state in which the first phase and the second phase are continuously bonded directly or via a metal phase or an inorganic phase to form a lump as a whole (in this application, It can also be used as a “solid magnetic material”.
- the powder is made of an organic compound such as a resin, an inorganic compound such as glass or ceramic, or a composite material thereof. Can also be molded.
- the filling rate is not particularly limited as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved.
- the content is set to 60% by volume or more and 100% by volume or less. This is preferable because it is excellent from the viewpoint of the balance between resistivity and magnetization height.
- the filling rate here refers to the volume of the magnetic material of the present invention relative to the total volume of the magnetic material of the present invention including voids (that is, the magnetic material of the present invention, excluding portions that are not the magnetic material of the present invention such as voids and resins).
- the ratio of the volume occupied only by the material is expressed as a percentage.
- the further preferable range of the filling rate is 80% or more, and particularly preferably 90% or more.
- the magnetic material of the present invention originally has high oxidation resistance, but as the filling rate increases, the oxidation resistance further increases, and not only the application range is expanded, but also the saturation magnetization is improved and the performance is high. A magnetic material is obtained.
- the soft magnetic material of the present invention also brings about an effect that the combination of powders increases and the coercive force decreases.
- One of the major characteristics of the magnetic material powder of the present invention is that it is a sinterable powder material such as ferrite.
- Various solid magnetic materials having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more can be easily manufactured. Further, various solid magnetic materials having a thickness of 1 mm or more and 5 mm or more can be manufactured relatively easily by sintering or the like if the thickness is 10 cm or less.
- the electrical resistivity is large.
- the magnetic material powder of the present invention contains many crystal boundaries and various phases. Itself has the effect of increasing the electrical resistivity.
- the surface oxide layer of the powder before solidification that is, MnO, wustite, magnetite, Mn-ferrite, ilmenite, titano present on the surface of the first phase or the second phase.
- the electrical resistivity of the bulk body is also increased.
- a layer having a high oxygen content such as hematite or amorphous, particularly an oxide layer containing a large amount of Mn and / or a metal layer (that is, a metal layer containing a large amount of Mn) is interposed, the electrical resistivity of the bulk body is also increased.
- a preferred constituent compound of the surface oxide layer that increases the electrical resistivity at least one of MnO, wustite, and Mn-ferrite can be given.
- the magnetic material of the present invention has the above characteristics because the present invention is a magnetic material that is highly magnetized and formed by a method that is essentially different from other metal-based soft magnetic materials for high frequency applications, that is, manganese. Because we mainly reduce the ferrite nano-powder to produce metal powder with nano-crystallites and then mold it into solid magnetic material, we mainly provide build-up type bulk magnetic materials. is there.
- the electrical resistance is higher than that of existing metallic soft magnetic materials typified by silicon steel, so the lamination process that is normally required when manufacturing rotating equipment, for example, is considerably simplified. it can.
- the electrical resistivity of the magnetic material of the present invention is about 30 times that of silicon steel, the limit of the thickness at which eddy current does not occur is about 5 times based on the relational expression (1).
- the number of layers is also 1/5.
- the thickness is allowed to be 1.5 mm.
- the solid magnetic material of the present invention when it is applied as a soft magnetic material, it may be used in various shapes depending on the application.
- the solid magnetic material of the present invention does not contain a binder such as a resin, has a high density, and can be easily processed into an arbitrary shape by a normal processing machine by cutting and / or plastic processing.
- a binder such as a resin
- one of the major features is that it can be easily processed into a shape such as a prismatic shape, a cylindrical shape, a ring shape, a disc shape, or a flat plate shape having high industrial utility value.
- a shape such as a prismatic shape, a cylindrical shape, a ring shape, a disc shape, or a flat plate shape having high industrial utility value.
- the cutting process mentioned here is a general metal material cutting process, which is machining by a saw, a lathe, a milling machine, a drilling machine, a grindstone, etc.
- a plastic process is a die cutting, forming, rolling, or explosion by a press. For example, molding.
- annealing can be performed in a range from room temperature to 1290 ° C. to remove strain after cold working.
- the method for producing the magnetic material of the present invention comprises: (1) Manganese ferrite nanopowder manufacturing process (2) Including both steps of the reduction step, if necessary, any one or more of the following steps may be further included. (3) Slow oxidation process (4) Molding process (5) Annealing process Each process is specifically described below.
- Manganese ferrite nanopowder manufacturing process (also referred to as “(1) process” in the present application)
- a preferable manufacturing process of the nanomagnetic powder which is a raw material of the magnetic material of the present invention
- Known methods for producing ferrite fine powder include dry bead mill method, dry jet mill method, plasma jet method, arc method, ultrasonic spray method, iron carbonyl vapor phase decomposition method, etc. If the magnetic material of this invention is comprised, it is a preferable manufacturing method.
- Non-patent Document 4 Masaki Abe, Journal of Japan Society of Applied Magnetics, 22 Vol. 9, No. (1998), page 1225 (hereinafter referred to as “Non-patent Document 4”) and International Publication No. 2003/015109 (hereinafter referred to as “Patent Document 2”), in this manufacturing process.
- Patent Document 2 International Publication No. 2003/015109
- raw materials used for ferrite plating eg, manganese chloride and iron chloride
- this step is referred to as a “manganese ferrite nanopowder manufacturing step” (or “manganese ferrite nanopowder manufacturing method”).
- An appropriate amount of an aqueous solution adjusted in advance to an acidic region is placed in a container (also referred to as a reaction field in the present application), and the reaction is carried out in a room-temperature atmosphere under ultrasonic excitation or with mechanical stirring at an appropriate strength or rotation speed.
- a pH adjusting solution is dropped simultaneously with the solution to gradually change the solution pH from an acidic region to an alkaline region, thereby producing manganese ferrite nanoparticles in the reaction field. Thereafter, the solution and the manganese ferrite nanopowder are separated and dried to obtain a manganese ferrite powder having an average powder particle size of 1 nm or more and less than 1000 nm (1 ⁇ m).
- the above method has a simple process, it is mentioned as an inexpensive method.
- all the processes are performed at room temperature, and therefore, the manufacturing process without using the heat source reduces burdens such as equipment cost and running cost.
- the method for producing the manganese ferrite nanopowder used in the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned production method, but the initial solution of the reaction field used in the production method before the start of the reaction (in this application, this is referred to as the reaction field). (Also referred to as a liquid), the reaction liquid, and the pH adjusting liquid will be described below.
- an acidic solution is preferable.
- inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid
- hydrophilic solvent solutions such as aqueous solutions of organic acids (for example, acetic acid, oxalic acid, etc.), and combinations thereof can also be used.
- preparing the reaction solution in the reaction field in advance is effective for efficiently proceeding the synthesis reaction of the manganese ferrite nanopowder.
- the pH is less than ⁇ 1, the material that provides the reaction field may be restricted, and inevitable contamination may be allowed. Therefore, it is desirable to control the pH between ⁇ 1 and less than 7. .
- a particularly preferred pH range is 0 or more and less than 7 in order to increase the reaction efficiency in the reaction field and to minimize elution and precipitation of unnecessary impurities.
- the pH range where the balance between reaction efficiency and yield is good is more preferably 1 or more and less than 6.5.
- the solvent for the reaction field a hydrophilic solvent among organic solvents can be used, but it is preferable that water is contained so that the inorganic salt can be sufficiently ionized.
- the reaction solution contains a chloride such as iron chloride or manganese chloride, a nitrate such as iron nitrate, or a nitrite, sulfate, phosphoric acid containing an Fe component and / or a Mn component (optionally including an M component).
- a solution mainly composed of water of an inorganic salt such as a salt or fluoride, or a solution mainly composed of a hydrophilic solvent such as water of an organic acid salt can be used if necessary. Also, a combination thereof may be used. It is essential that the reaction solution contains iron ions and manganese ions.
- the iron ions in the reaction solution will be described either in the case of only divalent iron (Fe 2+ ) ions, in the case of a mixture of trivalent iron (Fe 3+ ) ions, or in the case of only trivalent iron ions.
- the valence of Mn ions is typically divalent, tetravalent or heptavalent, but in the reaction solution or reaction field solution, divalence is the most excellent in terms of reaction homogeneity.
- pH adjusting liquid examples include alkaline solutions such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydroxide, acidic solutions such as hydrochloric acid, and combinations thereof.
- alkaline solutions such as sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydroxide, acidic solutions such as hydrochloric acid, and combinations thereof.
- a pH buffer solution such as an acetic acid-sodium acetate mixed solution or addition of a chelate compound is also possible.
- the oxidizing agent is not necessarily essential, but is an essential component when only Fe 2+ ions are contained as Fe ions in the reaction field solution and the reaction solution.
- oxidants include nitrite, nitrate, hydrogen peroxide, chlorate, perchloric acid, hypochlorous acid, bromate, organic peroxide, dissolved oxygen water, and combinations thereof. It is done.
- an inert gas such as nitrogen gas or argon gas may be introduced continuously or temporarily by bubbling the reaction field to limit the effect of other oxidants by limiting the oxidizing action of oxygen.
- the reaction can be controlled stably.
- formation of manganese ferrite nanoparticles proceeds by the following reaction mechanism.
- the nuclei of the manganese ferrite nanoparticles are generated in the reaction solution via an intermediate product such as green last or directly.
- the reaction solution contains Fe 2+ ions, which are adsorbed on the already formed powder nuclei or OH groups on the surface of the powder that has grown to some extent, and release H + .
- an oxidation reaction is performed by oxygen in the air, an oxidant, an anode current (e + ), or the like, a part of the adsorbed Fe 2+ ions are oxidized to Fe 3+ ions.
- Fe 2+ ions or Fe 2+ and Mn 2+ ions in the liquid (or Mn and M component ions) are adsorbed again on the metal ions that have already been adsorbed, and release H + with hydrolysis.
- a ferrite phase having a spinel structure is formed. Since OH groups are present on the surface of the ferrite phase, metal ions are adsorbed again, and the same process is repeated to grow into manganese ferrite nanoparticles.
- the pH is adjusted so that the equilibrium curve in the pH-potential diagram of Fe crosses the line separating Fe 2+ ions and ferrite.
- the reaction system should be shifted (slowly) from the stable region of Fe 2+ ions to the region where ferrite precipitates.
- Mn 2+ is in a divalent state from the beginning of the reaction, and has almost no effect on changes in the redox potential.
- the reaction ie, from the mixed solution to the ferrite solid phase
- the reaction is caused by the change in the redox potential of Fe. Progress).
- the reaction solution is adjusted on the acidic side, and the alkaline solution is added at once to make the reaction field a basic region. Often generated. It can be considered that due to the difference in solubility product between the Fe component and the Mn component, consideration was given to avoiding non-uniformity. Of course, it may be prepared by this method, and since very small nanoparticles can be produced, it can also be used as a ferrite raw material for the magnetic material of the present invention.
- the pH adjuster is also dropped at the same time to gradually change the pH from acidic to basic.
- the process is designed so that the Mn component is steadily incorporated into the Fe-ferrite structure.
- H + released when ferrite is generated by the mechanism as described above at the stage of producing the manganese ferrite nanopowder is added to the continuous reaction field of the pH adjusting liquid. Neutralized, one after another generation and growth of manganese ferrite particles. In the initial stage of the reaction, there is a period in which the green field is generated and the reaction field becomes green.
- Mn component is mixed in the green field, and when this is finally converted to ferrite, Mn is taken in, and in the subsequent reduction reaction, Mn is taken into the ⁇ -Fe phase having the bcc structure in the first phase and the second phase.
- Dispersion is very important to prevent fine particles generated by manganese ferrite nanopowder synthesis reaction from aggregating and inhibiting homogeneous reaction. Dispersion is very important. Depending on the purpose of reaction control, such as a method of conveying and circulating the liquid with a pump, a method of simply stirring with a stirring spring or a rotating drum, or a method of swinging or vibrating with an actuator, etc., any one of known methods, Or the combination is used.
- the reaction temperature is generally selected from 0 to 100 ° C. from the freezing point to the boiling point of water at atmospheric pressure because the reaction is in the presence of water in the method for producing manganese ferrite nanopowder used in the present invention. It is.
- reaction excitation method in addition to the above-mentioned temperature and ultrasonic waves, pressure and optical excitation may be effective.
- the manganese ferrite nanopowder production method is applied using an aqueous solution containing Fe 2+ as a reaction solution (particularly when the reaction is performed under the condition that Fe is mixed into the manganese ferrite nanoparticles as divalent ions).
- the Mn content is less than 40 atomic%, it is important that divalent ions of Fe are observed in the finally produced ferrite nanopowder of the magnetic material of the present invention.
- the amount is preferably Fe1 / Fe3 + ratio and is 0.001 or more.
- an electron beam microanalyzer EPMA
- EMA electron beam microanalyzer
- the surface of the manganese ferrite nanoparticles is analyzed by EPMA, the X-ray spectrum of FeL ⁇ -FeL ⁇ is obtained, the difference between the above two materials is taken, and iron oxide containing Fe 2+ (eg, magnetite) And the amount of Fe 2+ ions in the manganese ferrite nanoparticles can be identified by comparison with the spectrum of a standard sample of iron oxide (eg, hematite or maghematite) containing only Fe 3+ .
- a standard sample of iron oxide eg, hematite or maghematite
- the measurement conditions of EPMA are an acceleration voltage of 7 kV, a measurement diameter of 50 ⁇ m, a beam current of 30 nA, and a measurement time of 1 second / step.
- Typical impurity phases of manganese ferrite nanopowder include oxides such as Mn-hematite, goethite, acagenite, lepidochrosite, ferrooxy height, ferrihydrite, green rust and other iron oxyoxides, potassium hydroxide
- hydroxides such as sodium hydroxide, and in particular, when ferrihydrite phase and Mn-hematite phase are included, these form ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase and other second phases after reduction. Therefore, it is not always necessary to remove.
- These ferrihydrite phases and Mn-hematite phases are observed as a plate-like structure having a thickness of several nm in SEM observation or the like.
- the particles have a large area for the thickness, they may promote large and inappropriate grain growth in the reduction reaction process, and since there are many impurities other than Fe component, Mn component and oxygen, this amount is manganese ferrite. It is desired that the volume fraction is smaller than that of nanopowder.
- the Mn ratio of the phase other than the manganese ferrite nanopowder centered on ferrihydrite and Mn-hematite is manganese ferrite.
- the degree of aggregation of impurity phases such as ferrihydrite phase and Mn-ferrite phase Be careful).
- the content of the ferrihydrite phase and Mn-ferrite phase in which Mn is easily taken in with respect to the total magnetic material is intentionally set to 0 so that the above-mentioned inappropriate subphase not containing Mn is not precipitated. It is also possible to coexist in a range of 0.01 volume% to 33 volume%. This has a great industrial merit because it is not necessary to strictly maintain the control conditions for producing the manganese ferrite nanopowder.
- the average particle size of the manganese ferrite nanopowder used as the raw material of the present invention is preferably 1 nm or more and less than 1 ⁇ m. More preferably, they are 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less. If it is less than 1 nm, the reaction during the reduction cannot be sufficiently controlled, resulting in poor reproducibility. If it exceeds 100 nm, inappropriate grain growth of the metal component reduced in the reduction step becomes remarkable, and in the case of a soft magnetic material, the coercive force may increase, and therefore, 100 nm or less is preferable.
- the thickness is 1 ⁇ m or more, the ⁇ -Fe phase is separated, and Mn is not taken into this phase, so that only the magnetic material having excellent electromagnetic characteristics and poor oxidation resistance of the present invention may be obtained. Less than is preferable.
- Manganese ferrite nanopowder used in the present invention is mainly produced in an aqueous solution, decantation, centrifugation, filtration (especially suction filtration among them), membrane separation, distillation, vaporization, organic solvent substitution, Water is removed by solution separation by magnetic field recovery of powder, or a combination thereof. Thereafter, it is vacuum dried at room temperature or at a high temperature of 300 ° C. or lower, or dried in air. Hot air drying in air, inert gas such as argon gas, helium gas, nitrogen gas (however, in the present invention, nitrogen gas may not become an inert gas depending on the temperature range during heat treatment) or hydrogen It can also be dried by heat treatment in a reducing gas such as a gas or a mixed gas thereof.
- a reducing gas such as a gas or a mixed gas thereof.
- (2) Reduction step (also referred to herein as “(2) step”) This is a process for producing the magnetic material of the present invention by reducing the manganese ferrite nanopowder produced by the above method.
- a method of reducing in the gas phase is particularly preferred, and the reducing atmosphere includes hydrogen gas, carbon monoxide gas, ammonia gas, organic compound gas such as formic acid gas, and a mixed gas of these and inert gas such as argon gas and helium gas.
- low-temperature hydrogen plasma, supercooled atomic hydrogen, etc. and these can be circulated, refluxed, or sealed in horizontal and vertical tubular furnaces, rotary reactors, sealed reactors, etc. Examples thereof include a heating method, a heating method using infrared rays, microwaves, laser light, and the like.
- a method of reacting continuously by using a fluidized bed is also mentioned.
- a method of reducing with solid C (carbon) or Ca a method of mixing calcium chloride or the like and reducing in an inert gas or a reducing gas, and a method of industrially reducing Mn oxide with Al.
- a method of reducing with solid C (carbon) or Ca a method of mixing calcium chloride or the like and reducing in an inert gas or a reducing gas, and a method of industrially reducing Mn oxide with Al.
- a preferable method in the production method of the present invention is a method of reducing in a hydrogen gas or a mixed gas of an inert gas as a reducing gas.
- reduction with C or Ca is too strong to control the reaction for constituting the soft magnetic material of the present invention.
- problems such as the generation of toxic CO after reduction and the presence of calcium oxide that must be washed away, but the reduction with hydrogen gas is consistently clean. This is because a reduction process can be performed.
- non-patent document 6 ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) is produced when Mn-ferrite is reduced with hydrogen gas, and the main Mn ions in Mn-ferrite are not mentioned.
- ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) is produced when Mn-ferrite is reduced with hydrogen gas, and the main Mn ions in Mn-ferrite are not mentioned.
- Mn oxides are understood not to be easily reduced in H 2 gas .
- H 2 / H 2 O ratio when reduced from magnetite to metallic iron is approximately 1
- MnO is approximately 10 5
- H 2 gas flows Even so, it is understood that Mn oxide is unlikely to be reduced with H 2 gas. Therefore, it is usual to consider that a simple mixture or solid solution of Fe oxide and Mn oxide becomes ⁇ -Fe and MnO or (FeMn) O by hydrogen reduction.
- Mn 2+ ions which are the main Mn ions in Mn-ferrite, are reduced to the valence of Mn metal has been found for the first time by the present inventors. At present, this fact is analogized as follows.
- the Mn-ferrite of the present invention has a diameter of 1 nm or more and less than 1000 nm (1 ⁇ m), and Mn is dispersed atomically in a highly active nanopowder, and the affinity between Mn and Fe is high. Since it is high, it is alloyed as ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) under a hydrogen gas stream. Nano-domain particles are highly reactive, often contrary to thermodynamic expectations, leading to results beyond the norm in metallurgy. Conventionally, it is a Mn oxide that can be substantially reduced only in the presence of Ca, Al, etc., but according to the method of the present invention, a part of the Mn component is the first phase, or the first phase and the second phase.
- the metal can be reduced to a metallic state and exist as an alloy.
- the present inventors presume that the coexistence of a trace amount of alkali metal such as K also affects the reaction promoting action.
- the oxygen content in the material of the present invention is generally determined by an inert gas-melting method. If the oxygen content before the reduction is known, the present invention can be obtained from the weight difference before and after the reduction. The oxygen in the material can be estimated. However, when a halogen element such as chlorine whose content easily changes before and after reduction, an alkali element such as K or Na, or a volatile component such as water or an organic component is contained in a large amount, The contents of these elements and components should be identified separately. This is because the oxygen content cannot be strictly estimated only by the weight change before and after the reduction reaction.
- alkali metals derived from raw materials for example, K begins to dissipate from the magnetic material by vaporization at 450 ° C., and most of it is removed at 900 ° C. or higher. Therefore, in the initial stage of the reduction reaction, if the alkali metal derived from the raw material, which should be left in order to utilize its catalytic action, is not preferable in the product stage depending on the application, the reducing conditions are By appropriate selection, the alkali metal can be appropriately removed to a finally acceptable range.
- the range of the final content of alkali metals such as K that can be easily removed while providing an effective effect for reduction is a lower limit value of 0.0001 atomic% or more and an upper limit value of 5 atomic% or less.
- the upper limit value can be further controlled to 1 atomic% or less, and can be 0.01 atomic% when it is most precisely controlled.
- Halogen elements such as Cl (chlorine) remaining in the manganese ferrite nanopowder are released out of the material system mainly as hydrogen halides such as HCl in a reducing atmosphere. Residual Cl and the like begin to decrease significantly at a reduction temperature of 450 ° C. or higher, and depending on the Mn and K contents, and further the content change in the reduction process, if a reduction temperature of approximately 700 ° C. or higher is selected, It can be removed almost completely from within the material.
- the weight loss due to evaporation of O component mainly as H 2 O is caused by volatile components such as Mn content, M component content, oxygen content, subphase and impurity content, and water. Usually, it is between 0.1% by mass and 80% by mass, although it depends on the amount or the reducing reaction conditions such as reducing gas species.
- the local oxygen content is obtained based on a photograph such as SEM or EDX, or the phase identified by XRD or the like is specified on a microscopic observation image. You can also. This is a method suitable for roughly estimating the oxygen content and distribution of the first phase and the second phase.
- the reduction temperature of the present invention refers to the highest temperature among the temperature at the time of switching from the temperature raising process to the temperature lowering process and the temperature in the process of maintaining the temperature for a certain time.
- the reduction temperature is 400 ° C. or higher and 1350 ° C. or lower, depending on the Mn content.
- the temperature is lower than 400 ° C., the reduction rate is very slow, and the reduction time becomes long and the productivity may be poor.
- the lower limit of the reduction temperature is preferably 500 ° C. or higher.
- the magnetic material being reduced may be dissolved depending on the Mn content. Therefore, if the Mn content is usually in the range of 0.01 atomic percent to 33 atomic percent, a reduction treatment can be performed by freely selecting a temperature range of approximately 400 ° C. or higher and 1350 ° C. or lower. When the amount is more than 33 atom% and up to 50 atom%, it is preferable to select a temperature of 400 ° C. or more and 1230 ° C. or less. According to the method of the present invention, Mn is reduced to a metallic state, and the microstructure of the magnetic material of the present invention is coarsened even in a reduction reaction at or above the melting point. In this case, it is preferable not to set the temperature above the melting point as the reduction temperature. Although depending on the coexisting M component, it is generally desirable not to select a temperature exceeding 1538 ° C. as the reduction temperature.
- Mn has a high vapor pressure
- the Mn vaporizes from the inside of the material, particularly the first phase, or in addition to the second phase (referred to as “vaporization” including sublimation) when the reduction reaction is performed.
- the amount of loss increases. Therefore, from this point of view, when reducing in hydrogen at a normal pressure of, for example, 800 ° C. or higher, it is desirable to take measures such as setting the amount of added Mn to be excessive from the target composition. . This is because such vaporization may contribute to disproportionation of the composition inside the material and may be effective in reducing the coercive force.
- the preferred reduction temperature range for the magnetic material of the present invention in which the reduction time is short and the productivity is high and the magnetic material does not melt, is 400 ° C. or higher and 1350 ° C. or lower regardless of the Mn content.
- the reduction temperature is controlled in the range of 800 ° C. or higher and 1230 ° C. or lower while allowing vaporization and loss from the material of Mn, the soft magnetic material of the present invention having a smaller coercive force can be obtained. Is particularly preferred in the present invention for producing a soft magnetic material having high magnetic properties.
- the reduction reaction proceeds as the reduction time increases. Therefore, the longer the reduction time, the higher the saturation magnetization.
- the coercive force does not necessarily decrease the coercive force even if the reduction time is increased or the reduction temperature is increased.
- the reduction time is preferably selected as appropriate according to the desired magnetic properties.
- the reduction temperature is preferably selected in the range of 400 ° C. to 1230 ° C., depending on the Mn content. If the temperature is lower than 400 ° C., the reduction rate is very slow, and the reduction time may be long, resulting in poor productivity. Conversely, if the temperature exceeds 1230 ° C., melting starts depending on the Mn content. This is because the characteristics of the nanocrystals of the invention are hindered, and the magnitude of the coercive force cannot be appropriately controlled.
- a more preferable range of the reduction temperature is 450 ° C. or higher and 800 ° C. or lower, and a particularly preferable range is 500 ° C. or higher and 700 ° C. or lower.
- the preferable range of the reduction temperature is 400 ° C. or higher and 1350 ° C. or lower.
- the reduction rate is extremely slow compared with Fe-ferrite, for example, an intermediate between magnetite and maghemite (see Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 3).
- Fe-ferrite for example, an intermediate between magnetite and maghemite
- it is almost reduced to 100% by volume ⁇ -Fe just by reduction in hydrogen at 450 ° C. for 1 hour. Even under the condition of 425 ° C. for 4 hours, the Fe-ferrite is reduced to such an extent that it is not observed by X-ray diffraction.
- the magnetic material of the present invention due to the slow reduction rate of Mn-ferrite, reduction at high temperature is allowed, and the nano-fine structure does not become coarse while containing Mn in the ⁇ -Fe phase.
- the disproportionation reaction an aggregate of microcrystalline structures including the first phase and the second phase can be obtained.
- the first phase and the second phase are phase-separated at the nanoscale in the reduction process.
- various Mn contents phases of crystal structures are separated by disproportionation reaction, and their orientation is random, or Mn content at the nanoscale It is necessary that the amount of concentration fluctuation is inherent, and furthermore, each crystal phase must be ferromagnetically coupled.
- the manganese ferrite nanoparticles grow, and at this time, depending on the reduction temperature, due to the Mn content of the original manganese ferrite nanoparticles, the first phase and the first phase that are crystal phases to be generated
- the two-phase crystal structure and the Mn content vary widely. In the temperature range of 400 ° C. or more and 912 ° C. or less, generally, the higher the temperature to be reduced to the metal phase, the lower the Mn content of the first phase, and conversely, the temperature range of 912 ° C. or more and 1538 ° C. or less and The Mn content of the first phase in the temperature range from room temperature to less than 400 ° C. tends to increase as the temperature increases.
- the Mn component is vaporized and released as described above, so that not only the first phase but also the entire Mn content is affected by the reduction time.
- the reduction time is long, the Mn content tends to decrease.
- composition of the crystal phase will change depending on the heating rate during the heating process and the temperature distribution in the reactor.
- a Mn-ferrite nanopowder having an Mn content of 33 atomic% and an average powder particle size of 100 nm or less was reduced at 450 ° C. or less for 1 hour.
- the entire reduced powder first becomes a (Fe, Mn) O phase of 100 nm or less.
- the temperature rises to 500 ° C. or higher a plurality of phases are combined to grow grains, and reduction proceeds to reduce the (Fe, Mn) O wustite phase, mainly having a smaller Mn content than the original wustite phase.
- The-(Fe, Mn) phase and the wustite phase having a Mn composition larger than that of the original wustite phase begin to phase-separate due to the disproportionation reaction.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having various compositions and the second phase including the (Fe, Mn) O phase having various compositions may be folded or a large number of protrusions may appear on the particle surface. As a result, powders with various structures begin to appear.
- FIG. 2 (A) three phases with Mn content ranging from 39.4 atomic% to 41.2 atomic% from particles with 9.4 atomic% are potato buds (potato eyes). The structure which protrudes by phase-separation like this is seen.
- FIG. 2 (B) it can be seen that the Mn contents of the three phases separated by the grain boundaries gathering at the grain boundary triple points are significantly different from the range of 11.9 atomic% to 49.1 atomic%, respectively. Can do.
- the phase having a Mn content of 30.0 atomic% to 49.1 atomic% is identified as the wustite phase from the analysis by X-ray diffraction and oxygen characteristic X-ray.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having a small Mn content sometimes grows from several tens to several hundreds of nanometers as the reduction temperature increases.
- (Fe, Mn) O phases of several nm to several tens of nm are phase-separated, and a structure in which the phases are combined and an interface having a certain area is formed with different composition and crystal structure of the phases. Yes.
- the temperature is lowered to 400 ° C. or lower, the amount of Mn solid solution in the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase decreases, so that the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase has a large Mn content as the second phase.
- the (Fe, Mn) phase begins to separate.
- a ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, ⁇ - (Mn, Fe) phase, or ⁇ - (Mn, Fe) phase having a large Mn solid solution range may be generated.
- the Fe, Mn it can be estimated that the range in which the composition ratio is uniform is considerably widened by the size of the nano-region.
- ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phases having various Mn contents are phase-separated according to the change in temperature. The magnitude and composition of the phase separation depend on the cooling rate.
- FIG. 3 is an SEM image of a magnetic material powder obtained by hydrogen reduction of Mn-ferrite nanopowder at 1100 ° C.
- the entire phase having an average Mn content of 0.7 atomic% is a fine particle of 50 nm or less. It can be seen that it is an aggregate of crystal grains.
- the temperature increase / decrease rate is from 0.1 ° C / min to 5000 ° C / min. It is desirable to appropriately select between min.
- the Mn content is more than 20 atomic%, it is preferable to control the temperature raising / lowering rate at a rate between 1 ° C./min and 500 ° C./min because a soft magnetic material having a low coercive force can be prepared.
- Mn can be dissolved in the ⁇ -Fe phase to about 3 atomic% at around 500 ° C., but Mn is almost dissolved in the ⁇ -Fe phase at room temperature. do not do.
- the Mn content in the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase of the magnetic material of the present invention can exist far beyond the solid solution source having this equilibrium composition, these are naturally non-equilibrium phases. If an operation of lowering the temperature from the reduction temperature to room temperature over an infinite time (the rate of temperature decrease is infinitely small) can be performed, almost Mn cannot coexist in the ⁇ -Fe phase.
- the rate of temperature reduction is infinite
- an ⁇ with an Mn content of about 3 atomic% at the reduction temperature is assumed. Even if the (Fe, Mn) phase exists, the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having various Mn contents is not phase-separated from the phase by the disproportionation reaction.
- the soft magnetic material of the present invention cannot be constituted even by the manufacturing method in the limit. However, the magnetic material of the present invention has a completely different microstructure from the existing bulk material and does not have a composition distribution according to the equilibrium diagram at room temperature.
- the temperature raising / lowering rate in the reduction step of the present invention varies depending on the desired electromagnetic characteristics and Mn content, but is usually appropriately between 0.1 ° C./min and 5000 ° C./min. It is desirable to choose.
- the XRD diffraction peak shifts to the lower angle side as the reduction temperature increases. This is because as the disproportionation reaction by reduction proceeds, the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having a small Mn content is successively phase-separated from the wustite phase, and as a result, Mn is condensed in the wustite phase. This indicates that the Mn content gradually increases and approaches the manganosite phase.
- the phase separation phenomenon due to the disproportionation reaction occurs frequently through the temperature rising process, the constant temperature holding process, and the temperature lowering process, and various compositions are produced during that time.
- Various phases having the above appear and the magnetic material of the present invention is constituted.
- the reason why appropriate grain growth occurs while maintaining the nano-fine structure even in a high temperature region exceeding 800 ° C. is unknown.
- the raw material is manganese ferrite nanopowder, and this is reduced to a metal state like the first phase by hydrogen reduction, the original grain shape and composition distribution are completely microstructured if appropriate reduction conditions are selected. Inappropriate grain growth that does not reflect the above and the crystal grain size becomes coarse due to the structure having a homogeneous composition distribution has not occurred. Since grain growth occurs along with the reduction reaction in this way, when considering that the volume reduction due to reduction usually occurs up to 52% by volume, disproportionation proceeds while leaving a structure similar to intergrowth and body crystals. It can be easily analogized.
- Phase separation due to disproportionation during the temperature lowering process occurs mainly in the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, and nanoparticles and nanostructures precipitate, resulting in a very fine nanoscale as a whole. It is considered that a disproportionated structure is formed.
- the reduction rate it is known that the oxide phase containing Mn such as Mn-ferrite phase and wustite phase tends to become slower as the Mn content increases, and once the disproportionation occurs, the reduction reaction rate is reduced within the material. We believe that non-uniformity also works favorably to maintain nanostructures.
- the above series of considerations is supported by the fact that the magnetic material of the present invention should lose its characteristics when melted.
- step (3) Slow oxidation step (also referred to as “step (3)” in the present application) Since the magnetic material of the present invention after the reduction step contains nano metal particles, there is a possibility of spontaneous ignition and combustion when taken out into the atmosphere as it is. Therefore, although it is not an essential step, it is preferable to carry out a gradual oxidation treatment immediately after completion of the reduction reaction, if necessary. Slow oxidation is to suppress rapid oxidation by oxidizing and inactivating the surface of nanometal particles after reduction (providing a surface oxide layer such as wustite or Mn-ferrite).
- the magnetic material powder of the present invention having a large Mn content, sufficiently low reduction temperature and time, and having undergone grain growth, even if it is released into the atmosphere as it is without being subjected to this gradual oxidation step, it is not stable.
- a dynamic membrane may be formed, and in this case, a special slow oxidation step is not required. In this case, opening to the atmosphere itself can be regarded as a slow oxidation process.
- ferromagnetic coupling may be broken by the oxidized layer or passivated film layer. Is preferred. Otherwise, it is preferable to perform the next molding step without passing through the gradual oxidation step as described above, and it is desirable to continue the reduction step and the molding step by deoxygenation or a low oxygen process.
- the magnetic material of the present invention is a magnetic material in which the first phase and the second phase are continuously bonded directly or via a metal phase or an inorganic phase to form a lump as a whole (that is, a solid phase). It is used as a magnetic material.
- the magnetic material powder of the present invention is used for various applications by solidifying itself or molding it by adding a metal binder, other magnetic material, resin or the like.
- the first phase and the second phase are already continuously or directly through the metal phase or the inorganic phase. In this case, it functions as a solid magnetic material without going through the main forming step.
- a method of solidifying only the magnetic material of the present invention it is put into a mold and compacted in a cold state and used as it is, or subsequently formed by performing cold rolling, forging, shock wave compression molding or the like.
- sintering is performed while being heat-treated at a temperature of 50 ° C. or higher.
- a method of sintering by performing heat treatment as it is without applying pressure is referred to as a normal pressure sintering method.
- the heat treatment atmosphere is preferably a non-oxidizing atmosphere, and the heat treatment may be performed in an inert gas such as a rare gas such as argon or helium or nitrogen gas, or in a reducing gas containing hydrogen gas.
- the heat treatment temperature is preferably 50 ° C. or higher and 1400 ° C. or lower in pressure molding, and 400 ° C. or higher and 1400 ° C. or lower in normal pressure sintering, in addition to room temperature molding performed at less than 50 ° C. If the temperature exceeds 1230 ° C., the material may be dissolved, and it is preferable to carefully select the composition range. Therefore, a particularly preferable temperature range in molding is 50 ° C. or more and 1230 ° C. or less.
- This heat treatment can be performed at the same time as compacting, and can also be performed by a hot pressing method, a HIP (hot isostatic pressing) method, a pressure sintering method such as an electric current sintering method, an SPS (discharge plasma sintering) method, It is possible to mold the magnetic material of the present invention.
- the applied pressure in the heating and sintering process is within a range of 0.0001 GPa to 10 GPa. If it is less than 0.0001 GPa, the effect of pressurization is poor, and there is no change in atmospheric pressure sintering and electromagnetic characteristics. If the pressure exceeds 10 GPa, the pressurizing effect is saturated, so that productivity is only lowered even if the pressure is increased.
- a large pressurization imparts induced magnetic anisotropy to the magnetic material, and the magnetic permeability and coercive force may deviate from the range to be controlled. Therefore, a preferable range of the applied pressure is 0.001 GPa to 2 GPa, and more preferably 0.01 GPa to 1 GPa.
- the ultra-high pressure HP method in which the green compact is charged into a capsule that is plastically deformed and heat-pressed by heat treatment while applying a large pressure from the uniaxial to triaxial directions is unnecessary and excessive. It is possible to prevent oxygen contamination.
- hot pressing which uses a uniaxial compressor and pressurizes and heats in cemented carbide and carbon molds, materials with a pressure of 2 GPa or more that are difficult even with tungsten carbide cemented molds can be used without problems such as damage to the mold.
- the capsule is plastically deformed by pressure and the inside is sealed, molding can be performed without touching the atmosphere.
- coarse pulverization, fine pulverization, or classification can be performed using a known method.
- Coarse pulverization is a step performed before molding when the reduced powder is a lump of several mm or more, or a step performed when powdering again after molding.
- adjusting the particle size using a sieve, a vibration or sonic classifier, a cyclone, etc. is also effective for adjusting the density and formability during molding.
- annealing in an inert gas or hydrogen can remove structural defects and distortion, and is effective in some cases.
- the fine pulverization is performed when the magnetic material powder after reduction or the magnetic material after molding needs to be pulverized from submicron to several tens of ⁇ m.
- dry and wet fine pulverization apparatuses such as a rotating ball mill, a vibration ball mill, a planetary ball mill, a wet mill, a jet mill, a cutter mill, a pin mill, an automatic mortar, and their A combination or the like is used.
- a manganese ferrite nanopowder is produced by the step (1), and subsequently reduced by the step (2), and then the step (3) ⁇ (4 ) Or only the step (4).
- manganese ferrite nanopowder is prepared by the wet method exemplified in the step (1) and then reduced by the method containing hydrogen gas shown in the step (2).
- the present solid magnetic material can be molded to a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and can be processed into an arbitrary shape by cutting and / or plastic processing.
- Step (1) ⁇ Step (2), Step (1) ⁇ Step (2) ⁇ Step (3), Step (1) ⁇ Step (2) ⁇ Step (5) described later
- Step (1) ⁇ Step (2) ⁇ Step (3) ⁇ Magnetic material powder obtained in step (5) described later, or magnetic material powder obtained in the above step (4)
- the magnetic material powder obtained by pulverizing the magnetic material formed in the above step, the magnetic material powder obtained by annealing the magnetic material powder obtained in the above step in the step (5) described later, and the magnetic sheet for high frequency When it is applied to a composite material such as a resin, compression molding is performed after mixing with a thermosetting resin or a thermoplastic resin, injection molding is performed after kneading with a thermoplastic resin, and extrusion molding, rolls are further performed. Molding is performed by molding or calendar molding.
- a batch type sheet by roll molding for example, when applied to an electromagnetic noise absorbing sheet, a batch type sheet by roll molding, roll molding, Examples include various roll-shaped sheets formed by calendar molding, and cutting or molded sheets having various sizes including A4 plate.
- the magnetic material of the present invention typically has a first phase and a second phase, and one or both of the crystal grain sizes are in the nano region.
- annealing may be preferable to perform annealing for various purposes such as crystal distortion and defects generated in each step and stabilization of the non-oxidized active phase, as long as the object of the present invention is not impaired.
- the purpose of the present invention is not to impede that annealing causes, for example, inappropriate grain growth, and the nanocrystals become coarse or near the crystal boundary, which is necessary for appropriately adjusting the magnetic permeability. By eliminating the magnetic anisotropy, it means that the coercive force is not increased, and the realization of the low magnetic permeability of the present invention is not hindered.
- the manganese ferrite nanopowder manufacturing process of (1) stable reduction is performed simultaneously with drying for the purpose of removing volatile components such as water content.
- the coercive force of the soft magnetic material of the present invention can be reduced by removing distortions and defects of crystal lattices and microcrystals caused by volume reduction due to grain growth and reduction. .
- a pulverization step is sandwiched after this step or after this step. Later, when annealed under appropriate conditions, the electromagnetic properties may be improved.
- annealing may be useful for removing distortions and defects near the surface, interface, and boundary caused by surface oxidation. Annealing after the molding step (4) is the most effective, and removes crystal lattices, microstructure distortion, and defects caused by subsequent cutting and / or plastic processing such as preforming, compression molding and hot pressing. Therefore, an annealing process may be actively performed after this process.
- the steps (1) to (4), the steps (2) to (4), the steps (3) and (4), and the step (4) It is also possible to perform annealing by summing up the strains in the above or the integrated strains.
- any of vacuum, reduced pressure, normal pressure, and pressurization of 200 MPa or less is possible, and as a gas type, an inert gas typified by a rare gas such as argon, nitrogen gas, A reducing gas such as hydrogen gas, or an atmosphere containing an oxygen source such as in the air can be used.
- the annealing temperature can be from room temperature to 1350 ° C., and in some cases, treatment can be performed from liquid nitrogen temperature to room temperature.
- an apparatus for the annealing process an apparatus used in a reduction process or a molding process can be used, and a known apparatus can be used in combination.
- the saturation magnetization was corrected with a 5N Ni standard sample, and obtained by the saturation asymptotic rule.
- the magnetic field shift in the low magnetic field region was corrected using a paramagnetic Pd standard sample.
- the “inflection point on the 1/4 major loop” is “ It was judged as “No”.
- the direction of the measurement magnetic field is the axial direction in the case of magnetic powder, and the radial direction in the case of a molded body.
- the saturation was converted into T (Tesla) units using the density.
- the relative magnetic permeability of the molded body was roughly estimated using a magnetic curve in which the demagnetizing factor was determined using a Ni standard sample having the same shape as the measurement sample and the demagnetizing field was corrected based on the value.
- ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase volume fraction value was also confirmed from the saturation magnetization value measured in (I).
- the oxygen content was basically determined by an inert gas melting method. Further, the amount of oxygen in the magnetic material after the reduction process was also confirmed by a decrease in weight after the reduction. Furthermore, image analysis by SEM-EDX was used for identification of each phase. The amount of K was quantified by fluorescent X-ray analysis.
- V Average powder particle diameter Magnetic powder was observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) or a transmission electron microscope (TEM) to determine the powder particle diameter. A part that sufficiently represents the whole was selected, and the number of n was determined to be 100 or more with one significant digit.
- SEM scanning electron microscope
- TEM transmission electron microscope
- the volume equivalent diameter distribution was measured, and the median diameter ( ⁇ m) obtained from the distribution curve was evaluated. However, only when the obtained median diameter was 500 nm or more and less than 1 mm, the value was adopted, and it was confirmed that the powder particle diameter roughly estimated by a method using a microscope coincided with one significant digit.
- (VI) Average crystal grain size The magnetic material was observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and the size of the portion surrounded by the crystal boundary was determined with one significant digit. For the measurement region, a part representative of the whole was selected, and the n number was 100 or more. The crystal grain size was determined by separately measuring the overall average value and the average value of only the first phase and the second phase. In addition, by using an EDX apparatus attached to a transmission electron microscope (TEM), the size of a portion having a difference in Mn content was examined, and the crystal grain size on a fine scale was estimated. The number of Mn contents was 65536.
- SEM scanning electron microscope
- Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 An aqueous solution of MnCl 2 .4H 2 O (manganese (II) chloride tetrahydrate) and FeCl 2 .4H 2 O (iron (II) chloride tetrahydrate) was separately prepared and mixed to obtain 50.3 mM. The mixed aqueous solution of MnCl 2 and FeCl 2 prepared in the above was put into a reactor to obtain a reaction field solution. Subsequently, with vigorous stirring in the atmosphere, a 660 mM aqueous potassium hydroxide solution (pH adjusting solution) is dropped, and the pH of the system is gradually increased from the acidic side to the alkaline side in the range of 4.64 to 12.97.
- pH adjusting solution pH of the system is gradually increased from the acidic side to the alkaline side in the range of 4.64 to 12.97.
- reaction solution a mixed aqueous solution (reaction solution) of 168 mM FeCl 2 and MnCl 2 was added dropwise to react for 15 minutes, and then the addition of the pH adjustment solution and the reaction solution was stopped, followed by further stirring for 15 minutes. Operation continued. Subsequently, the solid component is precipitated by centrifugation, dispersed again in purified water, and centrifuged repeatedly, so that the pH of the supernatant solution is 8.34, and finally the precipitate is dispersed in ethanol, followed by centrifugation. went.
- This Mn-ferrite nanopowder was charged into an aluminum titanate crucible and heated in a hydrogen stream to 10 ° C./min from 300 ° C. to 2 ° C./min from 300 ° C. to 900 ° C. Thereafter, reduction treatment was performed at 900 ° C. for 1 hour. Thereafter, the temperature was lowered to 400 ° C. at 75 ° C./min, and was allowed to cool from 400 ° C. to room temperature over 40 minutes. Subsequently, a slow oxidation treatment was performed at 20 ° C. for 1 hour in an argon atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of 1 vol%, and a magnetic material having a composition ratio of manganese and iron of Fe 67.0 Mn 33.0 was obtained. .
- an ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase which is a bcc phase was a main component.
- the presence of a (Mn, Fe) O wustite phase having a higher Mn content than this phase was also confirmed.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase of the bcc phase corresponds to the first phase
- the wustite phase corresponds to the second phase.
- the wustite phase in this example has a diffraction line peak position between FeO wustite and MgO manganosite not containing Mn, and is expected to have a composition almost similar to manganosite.
- the peak position of the (110) diffraction line of the first phase observed by X-ray diffraction is the same as described above except that the Mn component is not added and the reduction temperature is 450 ° C. when measured by CoK ⁇ ray. Compared to the ⁇ -Fe powder produced by the method, it was on the 0.099 ° lower angle side, and the line width was 0.29 °.
- the Mn content of the magnetic material of this example was measured by using XRD, which is generally said to be excellent in capturing the macro characteristics of the entire material.
- XRD X-ray diffraction
- the peak position of the diffraction line is generally shifted to the lower angle side (this is not true in the range of Mn content from more than 3 atomic% to less than 4 atomic%).
- the Mn content is estimated to be about 30 atomic% or less. It was confirmed that the Mn content at the peak position of the diffraction line was about 5 atomic%.
- the magnetic material powder was also observed by the FE-SEM / EDX method suitable for knowing the local Mn content of the magnetic material and the presence and degree of disproportionation.
- the content of Mn in each phase of the magnetic material (the numerical value in the figure is the Mn content in each phase, and the atomic ratio of Mn to the sum of Mn and Fe in each phase)
- the value was expressed as a percentage) and was found to be highly disproportionately distributed in the range of 8.1 atomic% to 75.1 atomic%.
- an infinite number of curved crystal boundaries curved at intervals of the order of 10 nm were observed even in a region considered as one ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase.
- the crystal phase observed in this region is a measurement result obtained by averaging the composition of the crystal phase in the region between the radius of 100 nm and 150 nm with respect to the Mn content, and the averaged ⁇ - (Fe,
- the composition distribution of the (Mn) phase (in this example, the Mn content of the wustite phase observed by EDX exceeds 50 atomic%) varies from 8.1 atomic% to 28.9 atomic% depending on the location. I found out. Therefore, in the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase region, Mn is contained in a phase that can be distinguished by Mn content, for example, ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having Mn content of 8.1 atomic%.
- the amount is 2 times to 10 5 times that of the phase, and 28.9 atomic% ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase of 2 atomic% to 100 atomic% is also present, that is, ⁇ - ( Regarding the (Fe, Mn) phase, it was also clarified from this result that there was a phase corresponding to the second phase in addition to the first phase.
- a phase having a composition of about 5 atomic% was not observed by the FE-SEM / EDX method. Is done.
- the average crystal grain size of the entire magnetic material was 90 nm.
- the crystal grain sizes of the first phase and the second phase were 100 nm and 70 nm, respectively.
- the volume fraction of the bcc phase was estimated to be 57% by volume from these image analysis, X-ray diffraction and oxygen content.
- the saturation magnetization of this magnetic material was 137.7 emu / g, the coercive force was 8 A / m, and there was no inflection point on the quarter major loop.
- Example 1 since the magnetic material of Example 1 has a coercive force of 800 A / m or less, it was confirmed to be a soft magnetic material.
- Table 1 shows the measurement results of the phase, composition, particle size, and magnetic properties of the above Example.
- Ferrite nanopowders were produced in the same manner as in Example 1 except that no Mn component (manganese chloride aqueous solution) was added.
- the ferrite nanopowder was prepared in Example 1 except that the reduction conditions were 425 ° C. for 1 hour (Comparative Example 2), the same temperature for 4 hours (Comparative Example 3), and 450 ° C. for 1 hour (Comparative Example 4).
- Fe metal powder was prepared in the same manner as above.
- these metal powders have a property that magnetic properties are lowered at a stretch just by being left in the air at room temperature.
- Table 2 shows the saturation magnetization change rate ⁇ s (%).
- Comparative Example 5 As a result of the analysis by the X-ray diffraction method, it was found that there was no ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase or Mn-ferrite phase, and it was a single wustite phase.
- the numerical values shown in Table 1 are the analysis results of this (Fe, Mn) O wustite phase.
- the magnetic curve of Comparative Example 5 was shaped like a paramagnetic material having a large magnetic susceptibility plus a magnetic curve of a ferromagnetic material having a small magnetization, and the characteristics of the weak magnetic material were well expressed.
- the saturation magnetization of the material of Comparative Example 5 was found to be very low, 1/7 or less, even when compared with Examples 2-12.
- FIG. 6 is an XRD diagram of Comparative Example 4 ( ⁇ -Fe powder), Example 4 (reduction at 600 ° C.), Example 7 (reduction at 800 ° C.), and Example 9 (reduction at 1000 ° C.) described later.
- Example 4 reduction at 600 ° C.
- Example 7 reduction at 800 ° C.
- Example 9 reduction at 1000 ° C.
- the diffraction peak of the (110) plane of the bcc phase shifted to a low angle as the reduction temperature increased.
- two types of bcc phases were observed, and the presence of the bcc phase as the first phase and the “bcc phase enriched with Mn” as the second phase was clearly distinguished.
- the shoulder structure of the high angle side is due to K [alpha 2 line.
- the actual diffraction line position the generally subtracting the absorption of the K [alpha 2-wire shift to low angle side.
- the presence of Mn in the bcc phase was confirmed by comparison with the magnetic material containing no Mn component in Comparative Example 4, or the average Mn content in the bcc phase based on the low angle shift amount and the literature value
- the values are or determined by one significant figure, in the low-angle shift amount at this time, the influence by the absorption of K [alpha 2-wire is obtained by assuming that generally are canceled.
- the change in diffraction position due to being a nanocrystal is also offset by the subtraction when calculating the low angle shift amount in the above comparison, and further the measurement error due to the stability of the XRD apparatus used in this embodiment
- the samples to be compared on the same day are continuously measured, and the diffraction peak position of the Si standard sample does not change before and after the measurement, thereby guaranteeing the validity of the above comparison.
- the content of K with respect to the entire magnetic material including Mn, Fe, O, and K was 0 atomic% at the reduction temperature of 850 ° C. or higher (Examples 8 to 11). In the temperature range of 500 ° C. to 800 ° C. (Examples 2 to 7 and Example 12), it was 0.1 atomic% or less. As can be seen from a comparison between Examples 3 and 12, it was found that even when the reduction temperature was the same, the bcc phase volume fraction and saturation magnetization increased and the coercive force tended to decrease as the reduction time increased.
- Table 2 shows the saturation magnetization change rate ⁇ s (%) of Examples 1, 4 and 9. The fact that ⁇ s shows a negative value indicates that the saturation magnetization of each magnetic powder is improved after standing at room temperature as compared to immediately after the production. From the result of this table
- surface, it turned out that the oxidation resistance of the metal powder of a present Example is favorable in t 60 or 120.
- Example 13 and Comparative Example 6 The Mn of (Fe 0.994 Mn 0.006 ) 43 O 57 having an average powder particle size of 20 nm was changed in the same manner except that the composition ratio of the mixed solution of MnCl 2 .4H 2 O and FeCl 2 .4H 2 O was changed. -Ferrite nanopowder was prepared. However, the pH in the reaction system changed from 4.56 to 13.14, and the pH at the time when the step of washing the remaining solution by the centrifugation was completed was 7.53. FIG. 8 shows an SEM image of the nanopowder thus produced.
- This Mn-ferrite nanopowder was charged into an aluminum titanate crucible, heated from room temperature to 300 ° C in a hydrogen stream at a rate of 10 ° C / min, and kept at a constant temperature for 15 minutes at 300 ° C.
- the temperature was raised again to 900 ° C. at a rate of 10 ° C./min, and reduction treatment was performed at the same temperature for 1 hour. Thereafter, the temperature was lowered to 400 ° C. at 75 ° C./min, and the mixture was allowed to cool from 400 ° C. to room temperature over 40 minutes. Subsequently, a slow oxidation treatment is performed at 20 ° C.
- FIG. 1 is an SEM image of this Fe—Mn magnetic material powder.
- This magnetic material powder is a soft magnetic material as will be described below, and the analysis relating to this magnetic material was performed by the following method, and this was used as the powder of Example 13.
- the O content of the powder of Example 13 with respect to the entire magnetic material containing Mn, Fe, O, and K was 0.3 atomic%, and the K content was 0 atomic%.
- the average particle size of the Fe—Mn magnetic material powder was 50 ⁇ m.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase which is a bcc phase was the main component.
- the presence of a (Mn, Fe) O wustite phase having a higher Mn content than this phase was also confirmed.
- the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase of the bcc phase corresponds to the first phase
- the wustite phase corresponds to the second phase.
- the position of the (110) diffraction line of the first phase observed by X-ray diffraction is the same as described above except that the Mn component is not added and the reduction temperature is 450 ° C.
- the first phase Mn which is a bcc phase is contained up to about 15 atomic%. Further, ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) having a high Mn content of 1 atomic% or more, in which the Mn content is 2 times or more of the Mn content (0.5 atomic%) of the first phase, is used as the second phase. It was found to be present in 13 materials.
- the Mn content calculated from the maximum value of the low angle shift amount at which the diffraction line intensity of (110) is a maximum value was about 1 atomic%.
- the result was that the Mn content was greatly disproportionated from 0.03 atomic% to 45.3 atomic%.
- An infinite number of curved crystal boundaries (see FIG. 1) curved at intervals of the order of 10 nm were also observed in a region considered to be a bcc phase with a low Mn content.
- the composition of the crystal phase in the region between the radius of 100 nm and 150 nm is a measurement result averaged with respect to the Mn content, and the distribution of the averaged composition is also 0.03 atoms. % To 2.83 atomic%, and it was found that they differ greatly depending on the location.
- the average value of Mn content determined by SEM-EDX was about 0.4 atomic%. Therefore, even in the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase region, the phase can be distinguished by the Mn content, for example, the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having a Mn content of 0.03 atomic%. That the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having a Mn content of 2.83 atomic%, which is more than 2 times and less than 10 5 times, is also present, that is, with respect to the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase, the first This result also revealed that there was a phase corresponding to the second phase in addition to the phase.
- the volume fraction of the entire bcc phase including these second phases was estimated to be about 99% by volume.
- the average crystal grain size of the entire magnetic material of Example 13 was 200 nm.
- the crystal grain sizes of the first phase and the second phase were 200 nm and 100 nm, respectively.
- the saturation magnetization of the magnetic material of Example 13 was 219.1 emu / g, the coercive force was 200 A / m, and there was no inflection point on the quarter major loop. Since the magnetic material of Example 13 had a coercive force of 800 A / m or less, it was confirmed to be a soft magnetic material. The saturation magnetization of this magnetic material showed a value that exceeded the mass magnetization (218 emu / g) of ⁇ -Fe.
- Table 3 shows the measurement results of the phase, composition, particle size, and magnetic properties of the above Examples.
- Example 14 to 16 A magnetic material of the present invention was produced in the same manner as in Example 13 except that the Mn content was changed to the amount shown in Table 3. In all Examples, the presence of the first phase and the presence of the second phase were confirmed. The results of measurement of these phases, composition, particle size and magnetic properties are shown in Table 3. The analysis of the Mn composition amount of the bcc phase was performed in the same manner as in Example 13. In this example, the K content with respect to the entire magnetic material including Mn, Fe, O, and K was all 0 atomic%.
- Example 17 and 18 A magnetic material of the present invention was produced in the same manner as in Example 9 except that the Mn content, the reduction temperature, and the reduction time were set to the values shown in Table 4, and the heating rate and the cooling rate were as shown in Table 4. . In all Examples, the presence of the first phase and the presence of the second phase were confirmed. Table 4 shows the measurement results of the phase, composition, particle size, and magnetic properties of the magnetic material of this example. For comparison, the results of Example 9 in Table 1 are also listed in Table 4. The “fast” and “slow” conditions of the temperature rising / falling speed shown in Table 4 are as follows. (Temperature increase rate) “Fast”: The temperature is raised to a predetermined reduction temperature at 10 ° C./min.
- “Slow” The temperature is increased to 10 ° C./min up to 300 ° C., and the temperature is increased at 2 ° C./min from 300 ° C. to a predetermined reduction temperature. (Cooling rate) “Fast”: The temperature is lowered to 400 ° C. at a temperature lowering rate of 85 ° C./min, and the temperature is lowered from 400 ° C. to room temperature over 40 minutes. “Slow”: Decrease the temperature to 300 ° C. at 2 ° C./min, and allow to cool from 300 ° C. to room temperature over 30 minutes.
- Example 9 when the Mn content is 31 atomic% or more and 32 atomic% or less and the reduction temperature is 1000 ° C., the coercive force is reduced by increasing both the temperature increase and temperature decrease rates. I understand that When either the temperature rise or temperature drop rate is slowed, the semi-hard magnetic material of the present invention is obtained. However, when the temperature rise and temperature drop are both fast, the coercive force reaches 410 A / m and the soft magnetic material region.
- Example 19 The magnetic material powder of Example 9 was charged into a 3 ⁇ tungsten carbide carbide mold and subjected to current sintering under vacuum conditions of 150 ° C. and 1.4 GPa.
- FIG. 9 is an SEM image obtained by observing the surface of the solid magnetic material of this example. It was observed that there were many crystal boundaries in the sintered layer.
- FIG. 10 is an oxygen characteristic X-ray surface distribution diagram of the region of FIG. 9 using SEM-EDX. It can be seen that the white part has a high oxygen content and this part is a wustite phase. In other examples as well, when the phase actually observed by SEM is the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase or the wustite phase, the above method was mainly used.
- Table 5 shows the measurement results of the phase, composition, particle size, magnetic properties, and electrical resistivity of this solid magnetic material.
- the coercive force of this solid magnetic material is 560 A / m, which is the soft magnetic material of the present invention, but in the powder state, the coercive force is 1100 A / m as described in Example 9 above. Semi-hard magnetic material. The coercive force is reduced because the powder is solidified by being connected by ferromagnetic coupling by sintering.
- Comparative Example 7 The powder of Comparative Example 3 was charged into a tungsten carbide superhard metal mold, and sintered in a vacuum at 315 ° C. and 1.4 GPa by an electric current sintering method. The electrical resistivity of this material was 1.8 ⁇ m. Table 5 shows the measurement results of the particle size, magnetic properties, and electrical resistivity of the solidified material.
- the solid magnetic material of the present invention described in Example 19 is one digit higher in electrical resistivity than the solidified material not containing Mn, and is an existing material such as 0.1 ⁇ m of pure iron or electromagnetic It was found that the electric resistivity was about two orders of magnitude higher than 0.5 ⁇ m of the steel plate.
- Example 20 Using the same method as in Example 1, an Mn-ferrite nanopowder having an (Fe 0.999 Mn 0.001 ) 43 O 57 composition with an average powder particle size of 20 nm was obtained. As a result of X-ray diffraction analysis of this nanopowder, it was found that a cubic Mn-ferrite phase was the main phase and a rhombohedral Mn-hematite phase was slightly contained as an impurity phase. . This Mn-ferrite nanopowder was charged into an aluminum titanate crucible and heated in a hydrogen stream to 10 ° C./min from 300 ° C. to 2 ° C./min from 300 ° C. to 900 ° C.
- This magnetic material was analyzed by the following method. As a result of observing this magnetic material powder by the X-ray diffraction method, it was confirmed that the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase which is a bcc phase was the main component. In addition, the presence of a (Mn, Fe) O wustite phase having a higher Mn content than this phase was also confirmed. Thus, it was confirmed that the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase of the bcc phase corresponds to the first phase and the wustite phase corresponds to the second phase.
- the Mn content calculated from the maximum value of the low angle shift amount at which the diffraction line intensity of (110) is a maximum value was about 1 atomic%.
- the crystallite size calculated from the diffraction line width of (200) was about 30 nm.
- the result was that the Mn content was greatly disproportionated from 0.01 atomic% to 0.27 atomic%.
- Innumerable curved crystal boundaries curved at intervals of the order of 10 nm were also observed in the region considered to be a bcc phase with a low Mn content.
- the composition of the crystal phase in the region between the radius of 100 nm and 150 nm is the measurement result averaged with respect to the Mn content, and the distribution of the averaged composition is also 0.01 atom.
- the phase can be distinguished by the Mn content, for example, the ⁇ - (Fe, Mn) phase having a Mn content of 0.01 atomic%.
- the volume fraction of the entire bcc phase including these second phases was estimated to be about 99.9% by volume.
- the average crystal grain size of the entire magnetic material of this example was 300 nm.
- the crystal grain sizes of the first phase and the second phase were 300 nm and 200 nm, respectively.
- the reason why these crystal grain sizes are measured to be larger than the crystallite size of 30 nm is that the SEM observation is used for the measurement of the average crystal grain size of the present example. This is probably because the crystal boundary that cannot be observed is present and the value is measured larger than the actual value. However, even when SEM observation is used to measure the average crystal grain size of this example, this size is 10 ⁇ m or less, and the average crystal grain size of this example is within the range of the magnetic material of the present invention.
- the saturation magnetization of the magnetic material of this example was 219.1 emu / g, the coercive force was 8 A / m, and there was no inflection point on the quarter major loop. Since the magnetic material of this example has a coercive force of 800 A / m or less, it was confirmed to be a soft magnetic material. The saturation magnetization of this magnetic material showed a value that exceeded the mass magnetization (218 emu / g) of ⁇ -Fe.
- FIG. 11 shows a Mn characteristic X-ray surface distribution map by TEM-EDX analysis of a sample cross section obtained by cutting the powder of this example to a thickness of about 100 nm.
- the black part indicates that the Mn content is low, and the gray part indicates that the Mn content is high.
- the screen is divided into 256 ⁇ 256 pixels each having a size of 20 nm, and the aperture characteristic X-ray dose is measured at an electron beam diameter of 0.2 nm at the center of each pixel. According to this analysis, it is generally said that even when the electron beam diameter is reduced to 0.2 nm, composition information of about 1 nm around is picked up.
- the Mn content at all measurement points is 0 or more and less than 0.1 atomic% (shown as 0-0.1 on the horizontal axis in the figure) and 0.1 or more and less than 0.2 atomic% (horizontal axis in the figure).
- the abundance of pixels corresponding to the first phase having a Mn composition of 0 atomic% or more and less than 0.1 atomic% is 63% of the total, having a Mn content at least twice that of the first phase, It was found that the abundance of pixels having a corresponding Mn content of 0.2 atomic% or more was 26% of the whole, and therefore the second phase was present at least 26% or more of the whole. Thus, it was found that the powder of Example 20 was phase-separated into the first phase and the second phase by the disproportionation reaction in the bcc phase.
- the crystal grain size is observed to be 200 nm to 300 nm or less, whereas in the TEM-EDX analysis, the crystal grain size is 1 nm to several tens of nm or less, and the crystallite size by XRD is Close to size.
- the portion where the Mn composition is finely fluctuated cannot be regarded as a crystal boundary in the SEM, so that the measured value of the crystal grain size becomes higher by one digit or more.
- this particle size range falls within the range of 1 nm or more and 10 ⁇ m or less in any measurement method, it was confirmed to be the magnetic material of the present invention.
- Example 21 An Mn characteristic X-ray plane distribution diagram of the TEM-EDX analysis of the Fe 70.2 Mn 29.8 powder prepared using the same method as in Example 1 in the same manner as in Example 20 is shown in FIG.
- the black area indicated by reference numeral 21 in the figure is a hole in the sample.
- the white area indicated by reference numeral 22 in the figure is a wustite phase (because it is almost MnO phase, so this part is hereinafter referred to as MnO phase). Since this is almost the bcc phase, this portion is hereinafter referred to as the bcc phase).
- MnO phase since this is almost the bcc phase, this portion is hereinafter referred to as the bcc phase).
- the bcc phase there is a fluctuation in the composition (concentration) of Mn due to the disproportionation reaction.
- this bcc phase there is a portion (pixel) having a Mn content in the range of 0.02 atomic% to 8.53 atomic%, and the first phase (Mn content 0.02 atomic%).
- FIG. 14B is a diagram plotting the correlation between the Mn content and the O content.
- bcc-MnO line This line is hereinafter referred to as “bcc-MnO line”. Since almost 60,000 compositional analysis points exist uniformly near the bcc-MnO line, the bcc phase occupies a large area (the area indicated by reference numeral 23 in FIG. 13) and the MnO phase. It can be seen that the measurement points belonging to any of the regions occupying the region (the region indicated by reference numeral 22 in FIG. 13) are mostly a mixture of MnO and bcc (the above oxygen content is 0). There is no MnO at the measurement point in atomic%). The measured range is a range of 1 nm in diameter and the depth direction is about 100 nm.
- the bcc phase and the MnO phase are present in this minute volume of 1 nm ⁇ ⁇ 100 nm.
- the area indicated by reference numeral 22 in FIG. 13 is shown as a pure white phase due to the gradation in the figure, but a minute bcc phase also exists in this portion.
- the MnO phase is the second phase, it was found that the first phase and the second phase were disproportionated and phase-separated on a scale of several nm to several tens of nm. Since many of the measurement points are biased toward those having a higher Mn content and lower Fe content than the bcc-MnO wire, Mn is dissolved in a metallic state in the bcc phase. I was able to confirm.
- the average crystal grain size is about 100 nm.
- the grain size of crystals having different Mn compositions is 1 nm to several tens of nm in TEM-EDX analysis.
- FIG. 14 there is a point showing a composition that is almost oxygen, which is due to the fact that the electron beam has passed through the vicinity of the surface of the hole and the end of the sample so as to be blurred.
- the volume fraction of the bulk bcc phase of the powder of this example is 55% by volume, the O content is 14 atomic%, the average powder particle size is 40 ⁇ m, the saturation magnetization is 137.7 emu / g, and the coercive force is 10 A. / M, and no inflection point was found on the 1/4 major loop.
- the conventional magnetic material has contradictory characteristics, high saturation magnetization, and high electrical resistivity, which can solve the problem of eddy current loss, and requires complicated processes such as a lamination process.
- the present invention is mainly used for power equipment, transformers and information communication equipment, and includes various transformers, heads, inductors, reactors, cores (magnetic cores), yokes, magnet switches, choke coils, noise filters, ballasts, and other various actuators.
- Motors for rotating machines such as voice coil motors, induction motors, reactance motors and linear motors, especially motors for driving automobiles exceeding 400 rpm and generators, machine tools, various generators, various pumps, etc.
- the present invention relates to soft magnetic materials used for rotors, stators, etc., such as motors for household electrical products such as motors, air conditioners, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners.
- the present invention relates to a soft magnetic material used for sensors via a magnetic field such as an antenna, a microwave element, a magnetostrictive element, a magnetoacoustic element, a Hall element, a magnetic sensor, a current sensor, a rotation sensor, and an electronic compass.
- a magnetic field such as an antenna, a microwave element, a magnetostrictive element, a magnetoacoustic element, a Hall element, a magnetic sensor, a current sensor, a rotation sensor, and an electronic compass.
- the present invention relates to a semi-hard magnetic material used for magnetic recording media and elements such as sensors, magnetic tags and biases such as spin valve elements, tape recorders, VTRs, and hard disks.
- electromagnetic noise absorbing materials electromagnetic materials such as electromagnetic absorbing materials and magnetic shielding materials, magnetic materials that suppress interference caused by unnecessary electromagnetic interference, inductor element materials such as noise removing inductors, RFID ( Radio Frequency Identification) Used for high-frequency soft magnetic and semi-hard magnetic materials such as tag materials and noise filter materials.
- electromagnetic materials such as electromagnetic absorbing materials and magnetic shielding materials
- magnetic materials that suppress interference caused by unnecessary electromagnetic interference inductor element materials such as noise removing inductors
- RFID Radio Frequency Identification Used for high-frequency soft magnetic and semi-hard magnetic materials such as tag materials and noise filter materials.
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材料の有効磁化を大きく低下させない条件は、材料の粒径を表皮深さの2倍以下にすることである。従って、例えば、667Hzで珪素鋼板を使用する場合は、板厚を約0.3mmとしなければならないが、次世代自動車用モータの厚みは例えば9cmに及ぶため、0.3mm厚のような薄い珪素鋼板を使用する場合、約300枚をそれぞれ絶縁して積層しなければならないことになる。このような薄板を絶縁や、打抜や、整列や、溶接や、焼鈍する工程は煩雑でコスト高である。この積層する板厚をなるべく厚くするためには、材料の電気抵抗率を大きくすることが必要である。
(1)FeとMnを含むbcc構造の結晶を有する第1相と、Mnを含む相であって、その相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量が、第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量よりも多い第2相とを含む、軟磁性又は半硬磁性の磁性材料。
(2)磁性材料が軟磁性である、上記(1)に記載の磁性材料。
(3)第1相がFe100-xMnx(xは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33)の組成式で表される組成を有する、上記(1)または(2)に記載の磁性材料。
(4)第1相がFe100-x(Mn100-yMy)x/100(x、yは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33、0.001≦y<50、MはZr、Hf、Ti、V、Nb、Ta、Cr、Mo、W、Ni、Co、Cu、Zn、Siのいずれか1種以上)の組成式で表される組成を有する、上記(1)~(3)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(5)FeとMnを含むbcc構造の結晶を有する相を第2相として含み、その相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量が、第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量に対して2倍以上105倍の量以下及び/又は2原子%以上100原子%以下の量である、上記(1)~(4)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(6)第2相がMn-フェライト相を含む、上記(1)~(5)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(7)第2相がウスタイト相を含む、上記(1)~(6)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(8)FeとMnを含むbcc構造の結晶を有する相の体積分率が磁性材料全体の5体積%以上である、上記(1)~(7)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(9)磁性材料全体の組成に対して、Feが20原子%以上99.998原子%以下、Mnが0.001原子%以上50原子%以下、Oが0.001原子%以上55原子%以下の範囲の組成を有する、上記(6)又は(7)に記載の磁性材料。
(10)第1相若しくは第2相、或いは磁性材料全体の平均結晶粒径が1nm以上10μm以下である、上記(1)~(9)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(11)少なくとも第1相がFe100-xMnx(xは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦1)の組成式で表される組成のbcc相を有し、そのbcc相の結晶子サイズが1nm以上100nm未満である、上記(1)~(10)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(12)粉体の形態の磁性材料であって、軟磁性の磁性材料の場合には10nm以上5mm以下の平均粉体粒径を有し、半硬磁性の磁性材料の場合には10nm以上10μm以下の平均粉体粒径を有する、上記(1)~(11)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(13)少なくとも第1相及び第2相が隣り合う相と強磁性結合している、上記(1)~(12)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(14)第1相と第2相が、直接、或いは金属相若しくは無機物相を介して連続的に結合し、磁性材料全体として塊状を成している状態である、上記(1)~(13)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料。
(15)平均粉体粒径が1nm以上1μm未満のマンガンフェライト粉体を、水素ガスを含む還元性ガス中で、還元温度400℃以上1350℃以下にて還元することによって上記(12)に記載の磁性材料を製造する方法。
(16)平均粉体粒径が1nm以上1μm未満のマンガンフェライト粉体を、水素ガスを含む還元性ガス中で還元し、不均化反応により第1相と第2相を生成させることによって、上記(1)~(13)のいずれか一つに記載の磁性材料を製造する方法。
(17)上記(15)または(16)に記載の製造方法によって製造される磁性材料を焼結することによって、上記(14)に記載の磁性材料を製造する方法。
(18)上記(15)に記載の製造方法における還元工程後に、或いは上記(16)に記載の製造方法における還元工程後若しくは生成工程後に、或いは上記(17)に記載の製造方法における焼結工程後に、最低1回の焼鈍を行う、軟磁性又は半硬磁性の磁性材料の製造方法。
本発明によれば、フェライトのように粉体材料の形態で使用できるので、焼結などにより容易にバルク化でき、そのため、既存の薄板である金属系軟磁性材料を使用することによる積層などの煩雑な工程やそれによるコスト高などの問題も解決することができる。
本発明で言う「磁性材料」とは、「軟磁性」と称される磁性材料(即ち、「軟磁性材料」)と「半硬磁性」と称される磁性材料(即ち、「半硬磁性材料」)のことである。ここで、本発明で言う「軟磁性材料」とは、保磁力が800A/m(≒10Oe)以下の磁性材料のことで、「半硬磁性材料」とは、保磁力が800A/mを超え40kA/m(≒500Oe)以下の磁性材料のことである。優れた軟磁性材料とするには、低い保磁力と高い飽和磁化或いは透磁率を有し、低鉄損であることが重要である。鉄損の原因には、主にヒステリシス損失と渦電流損失があるが、前者の低減には保磁力をより小さくすることが必要で、後者の低減には材料そのものの電気抵抗率が高いことや実用に給する成形体全体の電気抵抗を高くすることが重要になる。半硬磁性材料では、用途に応じた適切な保磁力を有し、飽和磁化や残留磁束密度が高いことが要求される。中でも高周波用の軟磁性或いは半硬磁性材料では、大きな渦電流が生じるため、材料が高い電気抵抗率を有すること、また粉体粒子径を小さくすること、或いは板厚を薄板或いは薄帯の厚みとすることが重要になる。
「磁性粉体」は、一般に磁性を有する粉体を言うが、本願では、本発明の磁性材料の粉体を「磁性材料粉体」と言う。よって、「磁性材料粉体」は「磁性粉体」に含まれる。
本発明において、第1相は、FeとMnを含むbcc構造の立方晶(空間群Im3m)を結晶構造とする結晶である。この相のMn含有量は、その相中に含まれるFeとMnの総和(総含有量)を100原子%とすると、好ましくは0.001原子%以上33原子%以下である。即ち、第1相の組成は、組成式を用いると、Fe100-xMnx(xは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33)と表される。
ここでMn含有量又はFe含有量とは、特に断わらない限り、それぞれ、その相に含まれるFeとMnの総和(本願では、上述のとおり総含有量と称することもあるし、総量と称することもある。)に対するMn又はFeの原子比の値をいう。本発明では、これを、その相中に含まれるFeとMnの総和(総含有量)を100原子%として、原子百分率で表す場合もある。
このbcc構造を有するFe-Mn組成の第1相は、Feの室温相であるα相と結晶の対称性が同じであるので、本願では、これをα-(Fe,Mn)相とも称する。
したがって、例えば、第1相がFe100-xMnx(xは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33)の組成式を有する場合に、そのMn成分がM成分によって0.01原子%以上50原子%未満の範囲で置換されたとすると、その組成式は、Fe100-x(Mn100-yMy)x/100(x、yは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33、0.001≦y<50、MはZr、Hf、Ti、V、Nb、Ta、Cr、Mo、W、Ni、Co、Cu、Zn、Siのいずれか1種以上)で表される。
本発明において、第2相は、該相に含まれるFeとMnの総和に対するMnの含有量が、第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和に対するMnの含有量よりも多い相である。換言すると、本発明において、第2相は、該相に含まれるFeとMnの総和に対するMnの原子百分率が、第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和に対するMnの原子百分率よりも大きい相である。第2相としては、立方晶である、α-(Fe1-yMny)相(空間群Im3m、第1相と同じ結晶相であるが、第1相よりもMn含有量が多い相)、γ-(Fe,Mn)相(空間群Fm3m)、ウスタイト相(代表的組成は(Fe1-zMnz)aO相、aは通常0.83から1、FeOとMnOの固溶体である。本明細書では単に(Fe,Mn)O相又は(Mn、Fe)O相と標記する場合もある。本願発明では特に断らないかぎり、単にウスタイトと言えば、マンガノサイトを含んで0<z≦1の組成のものを言う。)、MnO相(マンガノサイト相)、Mn-フェライト相(代表的組成は(Fe1-wMnw)3O4相)、α-(MnvFe1-v)相(α-Fe構造はSturukturberichtの分類でA2形であり、Im3mの空間群に属する相であるが、ここで記載されている相はα―Mnと同系であり、元素種がMn一種の場合のStrukturbericht分類におけるA12形、空間群でI43m(4の上にオーバーライン)に属する。本明細書では、単にα―(Mn、Fe)相と表記する場合がある。)、β-(Mn、Fe)相(空間群P4132)、γ-(Fe1-aMna)2O3相(菱面体晶のMn-ヘマタイト相とは結晶構造が異なる)、γ-Mn2O3相、Mn3O4相など、六方晶であるMn(OH)2相など、菱面体晶であるα-(Fe1-bMnb)2O3相(Mn-ヘマタイト相)、(Mn,Fe)CO3相(菱マンガン鉱相、菱マンガン鉱と菱鉄鉱の共晶相)など、正方晶であるMnO2相のうちルチル相など、斜方晶であるMnO(H)相(マンガナイト相、グラウト鉱相)、など、さらにMn-Feアモルファス相など、又はそれらの混合物が挙げられる。なお、Mn-Feアモルファス相に関しては、Mn含有量や還元条件によって異なるが、この相が存在する際には、前述した既存のナノ結晶-アモルファス相分離型材料のような微結晶が島状となってアモルファスの海に浮かぶような微細構造は取らずに、第1相と分離して島状に存在することが多い。Mn-Feアモルファス相の含有量は0.001から10体積%の間にあって、これよりも多くしないのが、磁化の低下抑制の観点から好ましく、さらに高磁化の磁性材料とするためには、好ましくは5体積%以下とする。アモルファス相などは、不均化反応自体を制御するために、敢えて含有させることもあるが、この場合、0.001体積%超とするのが、この反応制御効果の発揮という観点から好ましい。
FeもMnも含まず、M成分の化合物だけで混在する相は、第1相や第2相に含まれない。しかし、電気抵抗率、耐酸化性、焼結性、及び本発明の半硬磁性材料の電磁特性改善に寄与する場合がある。上記のM成分の化合物相やFe化合物相などMn成分を含まない相、及び、M成分の含有量がMn元素の含有量以上である相を本願では「副相」という。
第2相が第1相と同じ結晶構造を有してもよいが、組成には相互に十分に差があることが大切で、例えば、第2相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第2相のMn含有量は、第1相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第1相のMn含有量の2倍以上多いか、又は第2相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第2相のMn含有量が2原子%以上で第1相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第1相のMn含有量よりも多いか、又はその両方を満たす(即ち、第2相のMn含有量は、第1相のMn含有量の2倍以上の量で更に2原子%以上)ことが好ましい。
以下に、第2相の特定の仕方について述べる。まず、上述の通り、第1相はα-(Fe,Mn)相であり、主に高い飽和磁化を保証する。第2相は、その相に含まれるFeとMnの総和に対するMnの含有量が第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和に対するMnの含有量よりも多い相である。本発明では、第2相は、磁性材料全体のMn含有量よりも多いα-(Fe,Mn)相でもよく、他の結晶相或いはアモルファス相、又はそれらの混合相でもよい。いずれであっても、本発明の軟磁性材料においては、保磁力を低く保つ効果があり、半硬磁性材料を含めても、耐酸化性を付与し電気抵抗率を向上させる効果がある。従って、第2相はこれらの効果を有する相の総体であるため、Mnの含有量が第1相よりも高い、先に例示した何れかの相の存在を示すことができれば本発明の磁性材料であるとわかる。もし、このような第2相が存在せず、第1相のみで構成されていれば、保磁力などの磁気特性、耐酸化性及び電気伝導率のうち何れかが劣るか、さらに加工性に乏しく、成形工程が煩雑にならざるを得ない磁性材料となる。
本発明の磁性材料において、強磁性として好ましい第2相の代表例としては、第一に、第2相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第2相のMn含有量が、第1相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第1相のMn含有量よりも多くて、しかも、好ましくはこのMn含有量が、第2相中のFeとMnの総和に対して、0.1原子%以上20原子%以下、さらに好ましくは2原子%以上15原子%以下、特に好ましくは5原子%以上10原子%以下であるようなα-(Fe,Mn)相がある。
不均化により、第1相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第1相のMn含有量と、第2相中のFeとMnの総和に対する第2相のMn含有量との間に差が生じていて、空間的にナノスケールの微細なMn含有量の濃度のゆらぎがあれば、磁気異方性の空間的なゆらぎが生じ、外部磁場が付与されたときに一気に(あたかも共鳴現象が起こったように)磁化反転していくようなメカニズムである。上記の濃度のゆらぎは第2相が酸化物相である場合だけでなく、α-(Fe,Mn)相であっても、同様な保磁力低減の効果がある。
本願の実施例において、本発明の磁性材料の金属元素の局所的な組成分析は、主にEDX(エネルギー分散型X線分光法)により行われ、磁性材料全体の組成分析はXRF(蛍光X線元素分析法)により行われた。一般に第1相と第2相のMn含有量は、SEM(走査型電子顕微鏡)、FE-SEM、或いはTEM(透過型電子顕微鏡)などに付属したEDX装置により測定する(本願においては、このEDXを付属したFE-SEMなどをFE-SEM/EDXなどと記載することがある)。装置の分解能にもよるが、第1相と第2相の結晶構造が300nm以下の微細な構造であれば、SEM或いはFE-SEMでは正確な組成分析はできないが、本発明の磁性材料のMnやFe成分の差のみを検出するためであれば、補助的に利用することができる。例えば、Mn含有量が5原子%以上で、300nm未満の第2相を見出すには、磁性材料中のある1点を観測して、その定量値がMn含有量として5原子%以上であることを確認すれば、その一点を中心として直径300nmの範囲内に、Mn含有量が5原子%以上の組織或いはその組織の一部が存在することになる。また、逆にMn含有量が2原子%以下の第1相を見出すためには、磁性材料中のある1点の観測をして、その定量値がMn含有量として2原子%以下であることを確認すれば、その一点を中心として直径300nmの範囲内に、Mn含有量2原子%以下の組織或いはその組織の一部が存在することになる。
本発明における磁性材料全体における各組成は、磁性材料全体の組成に対して、Fe成分が20原子%以上99.999原子%以下、Mn成分が0.001原子%以上50原子%以下、O(酸素)が0原子%以上55原子%以下の範囲とし、これらを同時に満たすものが好ましい。さらに、アルカリ金属が0.0001原子%以上5原子%以下の範囲で含まれてもよい。Kなどを含めた副相は全体の50体積%を超えないのが望ましい。
本発明のひとつは、保磁力が800A/m以下である軟磁性用途に好適な磁気特性と電気特性、並びに耐酸化性を有する磁性材料であるが、この点について以下に説明する。
10μΩm以上の電気抵抗率を示す本発明の軟磁性材料では、電気抵抗率が増すにつれて飽和磁化が低下する傾向があるので、所望の電磁気特性に合わせて、原材料の組成や還元度合を決定する必要がある。特に1000μΩm未満が、本発明の磁性材料の磁化が高いという特徴を得るのに好ましい。よって、好ましい電気抵抗率の範囲は1.5μΩm以上1000μΩm以下である。
本発明の磁性材料が、軟磁性になるか半硬磁性になるかは、前述のように保磁力の大きさによって分かれるが、特にその微細構造と密接な関係がある。α-(Fe,Mn)相は一見連続相に観察される場合があるが、図1のように、多くの異相界面、結晶粒界を含み、また、接触双晶、貫入双晶などの単純双晶や集辺双晶、輪座双晶、多重双晶などの反復双晶を含む双晶、連晶、骸晶(本発明では、異相界面、多結晶粒界だけでなく、これらの様々な晶癖、晶相、連晶組織、転位などにより、結晶が区分されている場合、それらの境界面を総称して”結晶境界“と呼んでいる)などが含まれており、通常よく見られる直線的な結晶粒界と異なって曲線群として結晶境界を呈する場合が多くあって、さらに、そのような組織においては、場所により大きくMn含有量に差が見られる。以上のような微細構造を有する本発明の磁性材料は、軟磁性材料となる場合が多い。
ランダム異方性モデルで説明される本発明の軟磁性材料では、以下の3条件を充足していることが大切である。
(1)α-(Fe,Mn)相の結晶粒径が小さいこと、
(2)交換相互作用により強磁性結合していること、
(3)ランダムな配向をしていること。
本発明の軟磁性材料の第1相、又は第2相の平均結晶粒径、或いは磁性材料全体の平均結晶粒径は、10μm以下であることが好ましい。第1相及び第2相の平均結晶粒径が10μm以下である場合、磁性材料全体の平均結晶粒径は10μm以下である。
本発明の結晶粒径の測定はSEM法、TEM法または金属顕微鏡法で得た像を用いる。観察した範囲内で、異相界面や結晶粒界だけでなく全ての結晶境界を観察し、それに囲まれた部分の結晶領域の径を結晶粒径とする。結晶境界が見えにくい場合は、ナイタール溶液などを用いた湿式法やドライエッチング法などを用いて結晶境界をエッチングする方がよい。平均結晶粒径は、代表的な部分を選び、最低100個の結晶粒が含まれている領域で計測することを原則とする。これより少なくてもよいが、その場合は、統計的に十分全体を代表する部分が存在していて、その部分を計測していることが求められる。平均結晶粒径は、観測領域を撮影して、その写真平面(対象の撮影面への拡大射影面)上に適当な直角四角形領域を定め、その内部にJeffry法を適用して求める。なお、SEMや金属顕微鏡で観察した場合は、分解能に対して結晶境界幅が小さすぎて観測されないこともあるが、その場合、平均結晶粒径の計測値は実際の結晶粒径の上限値を与える。具体的には、上限が10μmの平均結晶粒径測定値を有していればよい。但し、例えばXRD上で明確な回折ピークを持たない、超常磁性が磁気曲線上で確認されるなどの現象から、磁性材料の一部乃至全部が結晶粒径の下限である1nmを切る可能性が示された場合は、TEM観察により実際の結晶粒径を改めて決定しなければならない。
また、本発明において結晶境界とは関わらない結晶粒径の測定が必要な場合がある。即ち、Mn含有量の濃度のゆらぎにより、微細に結晶組織が変調している場合などであって、そのような微細構造を有する本発明の磁性材料の結晶粒径は、そのMn含有量の変調幅を結晶粒径とする。この結晶粒径の決め方については、本発明の実施例20及び21でTEM-EDX解析を用いた方法を挙げて具体的に例示している。
本発明では、不均化反応により相分離が生じ、第1相及び/又は第2相のbcc相のMn含有量に組成幅が生じる。Mn含有量により、X線の回折線ピーク位置は変化するので、例えばbcc相の(200)における回折線の線幅を求めても、これにより結晶子サイズを決定することには余り意味はない。ここで、結晶子とは、結晶物質を構成する顕微鏡的レベルでの小さな単結晶のことであり、多結晶を構成する個々の結晶(いわゆる結晶粒)よりも小さい。
他方、bcc相のMn含有量が1原子%までの場合、(200)の回折線のずれが約0.026°以内(Co-Kα線)であるので、1nm以上100nm未満の範囲で、有効数字1桁の結晶子サイズを測定することは有意である。
本発明において、結晶子サイズは、Kα2回折線の影響を除いた(200)回折線幅とシェラーの式を用い、無次元形状因子を0.9として、bcc相の結晶子サイズを求めた。
1nm未満となると、室温で超常磁性となり、磁化や透磁率が極端に小さくなる場合があるので、1nm以上とすることが好ましい。
bcc相の結晶子サイズが100nm未満とすると、保磁力は軟磁性領域に入って極めて小さくなり、各種トランス、モータ等に好適な軟磁性材料となるので好ましい。さらに、50nm以下は、Mn含有量の低い領域であるから2Tを超える高い磁化が得られるだけでなく、低い保磁力も同時に達成でき、非常に好ましい範囲である。
本発明の軟磁性材料の粉体の大きさは10nm以上5mm以下が好ましい。10nm未満であると、保磁力が十分小さくならず、5mmを超えると、焼結の際に大きな歪みがかかり、固化後の焼鈍処理が無いと保磁力が反って大きくなる。さらに好ましくは100nm以上1mm以下であり、特に好ましくは0.5μm以上500μm以下である。この領域に平均粉体粒径が収まれば、保磁力の低い軟磁性材料となる。また、上記で規定した各平均粉体粒径範囲内で粒径分布が十分広ければ、比較的小さな圧力で容易に高充填が達成され、固化した成形体の体積当たりの磁化が大きくなるため、好ましい。粉体粒径が大きすぎると磁壁の移動が励起される場合があり、本発明の軟磁性材料の製造過程における、不均化反応によって形成される異相により、その磁壁移動が妨げられ、むしろ保磁力が大きくなる場合もある。そのため、本発明の軟磁性材料の成形の際、適切な粉体粒径を有した本発明の磁性材料粉体の表面が酸化された状態であった方がよい場合がある。本発明のMnを含む合金は、不均化還元反応により、組織が微細化されるので、酸化により表面がある程度酸化されても、内部の磁化回転に大きな影響を及ぼさないことが多く、耐酸化性は極めて高くなる。また、酸化の自由エネルギーがFeよりかなり低く、外部の酸素によりに酸化されても、Mnが優先的に酸化され、本発明の磁性材料の主体を成すFe成分の酸化が抑制される効果ももたらされていると推測される。従って、本発明の磁性材料粉体の組成、形状、大きさによっては、粉体表面の適切な徐酸化、空気中での各工程ハンドリング、還元性雰囲気でなく不活性ガス雰囲気などでの固化処理なども、保磁力を安定化させるうえで有効である。
本発明の半硬磁性材料の磁性粉体は10nm以上10μm以下の範囲にあるのが好ましい。10nm未満であると成形しづらく、合成樹脂やセラミックに分散して利用する際も分散性が極めて悪い。また10μmを超える粉体粒径では、保磁力が軟磁性領域に至るので、本発明の軟磁性材料の範疇に属する。さらに好ましい粉体粒径は10nm以上1μm以下で、この範囲であれば、飽和磁化と保磁力双方のバランスが取れた半硬磁性材料となる。
本発明の磁性材料の粉体粒径は、主としてレーザー回折式粒度分布計を用いて体積相当径分布を測定し、その分布曲線より求めたメジアン径によって評価する。または粉体のSEM法やTEM法で得た写真,または金属顕微鏡写真を元に代表的な部分を選び、最低100個の直径を計測し、それらを体積平均して求める。これより少なくてもよいが、その場合は、統計的に十分全体を代表する部分が存在していて、その部分を計測していることが求められる。特に500nmを下回る粉体、1mmを超える粉体の粒径を計測するときは、SEMやTEMを用いる方法を優先する。又、N種類(N≦2)の測定法又は測定装置を併用し、合計n回の測定(N≦n)を行った場合、それらの数値Rnは、R/2≦Rn≦2Rの間にある必要があって、その場合、下限と上限の相乗平均であるRを持って粉体粒径を決定する。
本発明の磁性材料は、第1相と第2相が、直接、或いは、金属相若しくは無機物相を介して連続的に結合し、全体として塊状を成している状態の磁性材料(本願では、「固形磁性材料」とも称する。)として活用できる。また、前述したように、粉体の中に多くのナノ結晶がすでに結合されている場合には、その粉体を樹脂などの有機化合物、ガラスやセラミックなどの無機化合物、またそれらの複合材料などを配合して成形することもできる。
充填率について、本発明の目的を達成できる限り特に限定はないが、Mn成分の少ない本発明の磁性材料の場合は、60体積%以上100体積%以下とするのが、耐酸化性、及び電気抵抗率と磁化の高さのバランスの観点から優れているので好ましい。
本発明の磁性材料粉体は、フェライトのように、焼結可能な粉体材料であることが大きな特徴の一つである。0.5mm以上の厚みを持った各種固形磁性材料を容易に製造することができる。さらに1mm以上、そして5mm以上の厚みを持った各種固形磁性材料でも、10cm以下の厚みであれば、焼結などにより、比較的容易に製造可能である。
特に、電気抵抗率を上昇させる表面酸化層の好ましい構成化合物としては、MnO、ウスタイト、Mn-フェライトのうち少なくとも1種が挙げられる。
上記のような、例えば本発明の固形磁性材料を軟磁性材料として応用する場合には、用途に応じた多種多様な形状で使用することもある。
次に本発明の磁性材料の製造方法について記載するが、特にこれらに限定されるものではない。
本発明の磁性材料の製造方法は、
(1)マンガンフェライトナノ粉体製造工程
(2)還元工程
の両工程を含み、必要に応じて、さらに以下の工程のいずれか1工程以上を含んでもよい。
(3)徐酸化工程
(4)成形工程
(5)焼鈍工程
以下に、それぞれの工程について、具体的に述べる。
本発明の磁性材料の原料であるナノ磁性粉体の好ましい製造工程としては、湿式合成法を用いて全室温で合成する方法を備えるものがある。
公知のフェライト微粉体の製造方法としては、乾式ビーズミル法、乾式ジェットミル法、プラズマジェット法、アーク法、超音波噴霧法、鉄カルボニル気相分解法などがあり、これらの方法を用いても、本発明の磁性材料が構成されれば好ましい製造法である。但し、本発明の本質である、組成が不均化したナノ結晶を得るためには、主として水溶液を用いた湿式法を採用するのが最も工程が簡便で好ましい。
本製造工程は、特許文献1に記載されている「フェライトめっき法」を本発明の磁性材料を製造するために使用するマンガンフェライトナノ粉体の製造工程に応用したものである。
一方、本発明の実施例では、反応液を滴下してマンガンフェライトナノ粉体製造法における原料を反応場に供給しながら、pH調整剤も同時に滴下して、徐々にpHを酸性から塩基性へ変化させることにより、Mn成分を着実にFe-フェライト構造中に取り込んでいくように工程を設計している。この工程によれば、マンガンフェライトナノ粉体を製造する段階で、上述のようなメカニズムでフェライトが生成される際に放出されるH+が、pH調整液の連続的な反応場への投入により中和されていき、次々にマンガンフェライト粒子の生成や成長が生じる。また、反応初期には、グリーンラストが生じて反応場が緑色になる期間があるが、このグリーンラスト中にMn成分が混在することが重要であり、これが最終的にフェライトに転化した際、格子内にMnが取り込まれ、さらにこの後の還元反応において、第1相や第2相の中で、bcc構造を有するα-Fe相にMnが取り込まれていく。
上記方法で製造したマンガンフェライトナノ粉体を還元して、本発明の磁性材料を製造する工程である。
よって、Mn-フェライト中の主なMnイオンであるMn2+イオンがMn金属の価数まで還元される事実は、今回、本発明者が初めて見出したものと考えている。この事実に関して、現時点では、以下のように類推している。
本発明の磁性材料に関する製造方法として特徴的なのは、本発明の方法によればMnが金属状態まで還元されるので、融点以上、また融点直下での還元反応であっても微細組織の粗大化を招いたり、セラミック容器などリアクターと反応したりすることがあり、この観点からいえば、融点付近以上の温度を還元温度としないのが好ましい。共存するM成分にもよるが、一般に1538℃を超える温度を還元温度に選ばないことが望ましい。
以上の一連の考察は、本発明の磁性材料は融解してしまうとその特徴を失うはずであることからも支持される。
上記還元工程後の本発明の磁性材料はナノ金属粒子を含むので、そのまま大気に取り出すと自然発火して燃焼する可能性が考えられる。従って必須の工程ではないが、必要に応じて、還元反応の終了後直ちに徐酸化処理を施すことが好ましい。
徐酸化とは、還元後のナノ金属粒子の表面を酸化し不働態化する(ウスタイト、Mn-フェライトなどの表面酸化層を設ける)ことによって、急激な酸化を抑制することである。徐酸化は、例えば常温付近から500℃以内で、酸素ガスのような酸素源を含むガス中で行うが、大気より低酸素分圧の不活性ガス混合ガスを使用する場合が多い。500℃を超えると、どのような低酸素分圧ガスを用いても、表面にnm程度の薄い酸化膜を制御して設けることが難しくなる。また、一旦真空に引いた後、反応炉を常温で徐々に開放して酸素濃度を上げていき、急激に大気に触れさせないようにする徐酸化方法もある。
本願では、以上のような操作を含む工程を「徐酸化工程」と称する。この工程を経ると次の工程である成形工程でのハンドリングが非常に簡便になる。
本発明の磁性材料は、第1相と第2相が、直接、或いは金属相若しくは無機物相を介して連続的に結合し、全体として塊状を成している状態である磁性材料(即ち、固形磁性材料)として利用される。本発明の磁性材料粉体は、そのもののみ固化するか、又は金属バインダや、他の磁性材料や、樹脂などを添加して成形するなどして、各種用途に用いる。なお、(2)の工程後、或いは更に(3)の工程後の磁性材料粉体の状態で、すでに第1相と第2相が、直接、或いは、金属相若しくは無機物相を介して連続的に結合されている場合があって、この場合は本成形工程を経ずとも固形磁性材料として機能する。
本発明の磁性材料は、第1相と第2相を有し、その一方或いは双方の結晶粒径がナノの領域にある場合が典型的である。
また、(2)の還元工程後に、粒成長や還元による体積減少で生じた結晶格子や微結晶の歪みや欠陥を除去することで、本発明の軟磁性材料の保磁力を低減させることができる。この工程の後、粉体状のままで使用する用途、例えば粉体を樹脂やセラミックなどで固めて使用する圧粉磁心などの用途では、この工程後、或いはこの工程後に粉砕工程などを挟んだ後で、適切な条件で焼鈍すると電磁気特性を向上させることができることがある。
また、(3)の徐酸化工程では、焼鈍が、表面酸化により生じた表面、界面、境界付近の歪みや欠陥の除去に役立つことがある。
(4)の成形工程後における焼鈍が、最も効果的で、予備成形や圧縮成形、ホットプレスなど、その後の切削加工及び/又は塑性加工などで生じる結晶格子、微細構造の歪み、欠陥を除去するために積極的にこの工程後に焼鈍工程を実施することがある。この工程では、それよりも前にある工程で、積算された歪や欠陥などを一気に緩和させることも期待できる。さらには、前述した切削加工及び/又は塑性加工後に、(1)~(4)の工程、(2)~(4)の工程、(3)及び(4)の工程、さらに(4)の工程での歪みなどを、或いは積算された歪などをまとめて、焼鈍することもできる。
本発明の評価方法は以下の通りである。
磁性粉体の場合、ポリプロプレン製の円筒ケース(内径2.4mm、粉体層の厚みはほぼ1.5mm)に仕込み、成形体の場合は直径3mm、厚み約1mmの円盤上に成形し、振動試料型磁力計(VSM)を用いて外部磁場が-7.2MA/m以上7.2MA/m以下の領域で磁気曲線のフルループを描かせ、室温の飽和磁化(emu/g)及び保磁力(A/m)の値を得た。飽和磁化は5NのNi標準試料で補正し、飽和漸近則により求めた。保磁力は低磁場の領域の磁場のずれを、常磁性体のPd標準試料を用いて補正した。この測定において、7.2MA/mまで着磁した後、零磁場までの磁気曲線上に滑らかな段差、変曲点が見られない場合、「1/4メジャーループ上の変曲点」が「無」いと判断した。なお、測定磁場の方向は、磁性粉体の場合には軸方向、成形体の場合にはラジアル方向である。
常温、大気中に一定期間t(日)放置した磁性粉体の飽和磁化σst(emu/g)を上記の方法で測定し、初期の飽和磁化σs0(emu/g)と比較して、その低下率を、
Δσs(%)=100×(σs0-σst)/σs0の式
により評価した。Δσsの絶対値が0に近いほど高い耐酸化性能を有すると判断できる。本発明では、Δσsの絶対値が1%以下の磁性粉体を、期間t日において耐酸化性が良好と評価した。なお、本発明において、t(日)は60又は120である。
成形体をファン・デル・ポー(van der Pauw)法で測定した。
粉体やバルクの磁性材料におけるFe及びMn含有量は、蛍光X線分析法により定量した。磁性材料中の第1相や第2相のFe及びMn含有量は、FE-SEM或いはTEMで観察した像をもとに、それに付属するEDXにより定量した。また、α-(Fe,Mn)相の体積分率については、XRD法の結果とともに上記FE-SEMを用いた方法を組み合わせて画像解析により定量した。主として、観察された相が、α-(Fe,Mn)相と酸化物相のいずれであるかを区別するために、SEM-EDXを用いた酸素特性X線面分布図を使用した。さらに、(I)で測定した飽和磁化の値からも、α-(Fe,Mn)相体積分率の値の妥当性を確認した。
酸素含有量は、不活性ガス融解法により定量することを基本とした。また、還元工程後の磁性材料の酸素量は、還元後の重量の減少によっても確認した。さらにSEM-EDXによる画像解析を各相の同定に援用した。
K量については、蛍光X線分析法により定量した。
磁性粉体を走査型電子顕微鏡(SEM)又は透過型電子顕微鏡(TEM)で観察して粉体粒径を決定した。十分全体を代表する部分を選定し、n数は100以上として、有効数字1桁で求めた。
レーザー回折式粒度分布計を併用する場合は、体積相当径分布を測定し、その分布曲線より求めたメジアン径(μm)で評価した。但し、求められたメジアン径が500nm以上1mm未満であるときのみ、その値を採用し、顕微鏡を用いる方法で粗く見積もった粉体粒径と有効数字1桁で一致することを確認した。
磁性材料を走査型電子顕微鏡(SEM)で観察し、結晶境界で囲まれた部分の大きさを有効数字1桁で求めた。測定領域は十分全体を代表する部分を選定し、n数は100以上とした。結晶粒径は、全体の平均値、第1相及び第2相のみの平均値をそれぞれ別途計測して決定した。また、透過型電子顕微鏡(TEM)に付属するEDX装置を用いて、Mn含有量の差のある部分の大きさを調べ、微細なスケールの結晶粒径を見積もることも行った。Mn含有量の測定点数は65536点とした。
X線回折法により測定したbcc相の(200)回折線の線幅に対して、シェラーの式をあてはめ、無次元形状因子を0.9として、結晶子サイズを求めた。
MnCl2・4H2O(塩化マンガン(II)四水和物)とFeCl2・4H2O(塩化鉄(II)四水和物)の水溶液を別途調製し、これらを混合して50.3mMに調製したMnCl2及びFeCl2の混合水溶液をリアクターに入れて反応場液とした。続いて、大気中にて激しく撹拌しながら、660mMの水酸化カリウム水溶液(pH調整液)を滴下して、系のpHを4.64以上12.97以下の範囲で酸性側からアルカリ性側に徐々に移行して調整し、同時に168mMのFeCl2とMnCl2の混合水溶液(反応液)を滴下して15分間反応させた後、pH調整液と反応液の滴下を中止して、さらに15分間撹拌操作を続けた。続いて、遠心分離により固形成分を沈殿させ、精製水に再度分散し遠心分離を繰り返すことにより、上澄み溶液のpHを8.34として、最後にエタノール中に沈殿物を分散した後、遠心分離を行った。
Mn成分(塩化マンガン水溶液)を添加しない以外は実施例1と同様な方法で、フェライトナノ粉体を作製した。
還元温度と時間を、450℃(比較例5)及び500℃から1200℃(実施例2~12)の範囲で表1に示した温度と時間とし、400℃までの降温速度v(℃/min)は、還元温度をT(℃)とした場合、以下の関係式で示す速度とする以外は実施例1と同様にして、本発明の磁性材料を作製した。
これらの相、組成、粒径及び磁気特性の測定結果は表1に示した。
また、全ての実施例において、第1相の存在と第2相の存在を確認した。
比較例5では、X線回折法による解析の結果、α-(Fe,Mn)相やMn-フェライト相は存在せず、ウスタイト相の単相になっていることがわかった。表1に示された数値は、この(Fe,Mn)Oウスタイト相の解析結果である。比較例5の磁気曲線は、大きな磁化率を有した常磁性材料に磁化の小さな強磁性材料の磁気曲線が加えられたような形状を呈していて、弱磁性材料の特徴がよく表れていた。比較例5の材料の飽和磁化は、実施例2~12と比較しても、1/7以下と非常に低いことがわかった。
実施例3と12を比較すればわかるとおり、還元温度が同じでも、還元時間が長くなると、bcc相体積分率、飽和磁化が高くなり、保磁力が低下する傾向にあることがわかった。
MnCl2・4H2OとFeCl2・4H2Oの混合溶液との組成比を変える以外は同様にして、平均粉体粒径20nmの(Fe0.994Mn0.006)43O57のMn-フェライトナノ粉体を作製した。ただし、反応系内のpHは、4.56から13.14まで変化し、遠心分離法で残存する溶液を洗浄する工程が終了した時点でのpHは7.53であった。図8には、このようにして作製したナノ粉体のSEM像を示した。この材料をX線回折法により解析した結果、立方晶のMn-フェライト相が主な相であり、不純物相として菱面体晶のMn-ヘマタイト相が僅かに含有されていることがわかった。従って、このナノ粉体にはα-(Fe,Mn)相は含まれておらず、これを比較例6の粉体とし、その粒径、磁気特性などを表3に示した。
また、X線回折で観察されたこの第1相の(110)の回折線の位置は、CoKα線で測定した時、Mn成分を添加せず還元温度を450℃とする以外は上記と同様な方法で作製したα-Fe粉体に比べわずかに低角側にあり、しかも0.478°低角領域までに及ぶ、最大ピークを形成している回折線と別個のなだらかな(110)回折線が観察された。
Mn含有量を表3に示した量とする以外は実施例13と同様にして、本発明の磁性材料を作製した。また、全ての実施例において、第1相の存在と第2相の存在を確認した。
これらの相、組成、粒径及び磁気特性の測定結果は表3に示した。
なお、bcc相のMn組成量などの解析は、実施例13と同様に行った。
本実施例において、Mn、Fe、O、Kを含む全体の磁性材料に対するKの含有量は、全て0原子%であった。
Mn含有量、還元温度、還元時間を表4に示す値とし、また昇温速度、降温速度は表4のとおりとする以外は、実施例9と同様にして、本発明の磁性材料を作製した。また、全ての実施例において、第1相の存在と第2相の存在を確認した。本実施例の磁性材料の相、組成、粒径及び磁気特性の測定結果を表4に示した。比較のため、表1の実施例9の結果を表4にも掲げた。
表4に示された昇降温速度の「速」い条件と「遅」い条件は、以下のようである。
(昇温速度)
「速」い:所定の還元温度まで10℃/minで昇温する。
「遅」い:300℃までは10℃/minで昇温し、300℃から所定の還元温度までは2℃/minで昇温する。
(降温速度)
「速」い:400℃までは降温速度85℃/minで降温し、400℃から常温までは40分間かけて放冷する。
「遅」い:300℃までは2℃/minで降温し、300℃から常温までは30分かけて放冷する。
実施例9の磁性材料粉体を3φのタングステンカーバイド製超硬金型に仕込み、真空中、150℃、1.4GPaの条件で通電焼結を行った。
比較例3の粉体をタングステンカーバイド製超硬金型に仕込み、通電焼結法により、真空中、315℃、1.4GPaの条件で焼結を行った。この材料の電気抵抗率は、1.8μΩmであった。この固形化した材料の粒径、磁気特性及び電気抵抗率の測定結果を表5に示した。
実施例1と同様な方法を用いて平均粉体粒径が20nmの(Fe0.999Mn0.001)43O57組成を有したMn-フェライトナノ粉体を得た。このナノ粉体をX線回折法により解析した結果、立方晶のMn-フェライト相が主な相であり、不純物相として菱面体晶のMn-ヘマタイト相が僅かに含有されていることがわかった。
このMn-フェライトナノ粉体を、チタン酸アルミニウム製のるつぼに仕込み、水素気流中、300℃までは10℃/minで昇温し、300℃から900℃までは2℃/minで昇温した後、900℃で1時間還元処理を行った。この後400℃までは75℃/minで降温し、400℃から室温までは40分をかけて放冷した。続いて20℃にて、酸素分圧1体積%のアルゴン雰囲気中で1時間徐酸化処理を行い、マンガンと鉄の含有量比が、Fe99.9Mn0.1組成の磁性材料を得た。このときのMn、Fe、O、Kを含む磁性材料全体に対するO含有量は0.2原子%であり、K含有量は0であった。また、このFe-Mn磁性材料の平均粉体粒径は100μmであった。この磁性材料に関する解析は以下の方法により行った。
この磁性材料粉体をX線回折法で観測した結果、bcc相であるα-(Fe,Mn)相が主成分であることが確認された。また、この相よりもMn含有量の高い(Mn,Fe)Oウスタイト相の存在も僅かに確認された。これにより、上記bcc相のα-(Fe,Mn)相が第1相に相当し、上記ウスタイト相が第2相に相当することを確認した。
(110)の回折線強度が極大値となる低角シフト量の最大値から計算されるMn含有量は、約1原子%であった。
また、(200)の回折線幅から計算される結晶子サイズは約30nmであった。
本実施例の材料のSEM-EDX解析を代表的な場所を用いて行った結果、Mn含有量が0.01原子%から0.27原子%と大きく不均化している結果を得た。Mn含有量が少ないbcc相と見られる領域の中にも10nmオーダーの間隔で湾曲した曲線状の無数の結晶境界が観察された。この領域内の結晶相に関して、半径100nmから150nmの間の領域での結晶相の組成がMnの含有量に関して平均化した測定結果であるが、その平均化された組成の分布も0.01原子%から0.12原子%と非常に幅広く、場所により大きく異なっていることがわかった。SEM-EDXによって求めたMn含有量の平均値は約0.04原子%であった。よって、α-(Fe,Mn)相の領域の中にも、Mn含有量で区別できる相、例えば、0.01原子%のMn含有量のα-(Fe,Mn)相に対してその相よりも2倍以上で105倍以下の0.12原子%のMn含有量のα-(Fe,Mn)相も存在していること、即ち、α-(Fe,Mn)相に関して、第1相以外に第2相に相当する相も存在していることが、この結果からも明らかになった。
これらの第2相を含め、全体のbcc相の体積分率を見積もると約99.9体積%であることがわかった。
本実施例の磁性材料全体の平均結晶粒径は、300nmであった。第1相及び第2相の結晶粒径は、それぞれ300nm及び200nmであった。これらの結晶粒径が結晶子サイズ30nmより大きく測定される理由は、本実施例の平均結晶粒径の測定にSEM観察を用いていることにあり、SEMの分解能が低いため、或いはそもそもSEMでは観測できない結晶境界が存在しているため実際より大きめの値に計測されているからであると考えられる。しかし、本実施例の平均結晶粒径の測定にSEM観察を用いても、この大きさは10μm以下であって、本実施例の平均結晶粒径は、本発明の磁性材料の範囲内にあることが確認された。
本実施例の磁性材料の飽和磁化は、219.1emu/g、保磁力は8A/mであり、4分の1メジャーループ上に変曲点はなかった。本実施例の磁性材料は保磁力が800A/m以下なので、軟磁性材料であることが確認された。なお、本磁性材料の飽和磁化はα-Feの質量磁化(218emu/g)を凌ぐ値を示した。
図12は、全測定点のMn含有量を0以上0.1原子%未満(図中横軸では0-0.1と表示)、0.1以上0.2原子%未満(図中横軸では0.1-0.2と表示)、0.2以上0.3原子%未満(図中横軸では0.2-0.3と表示)、0.3以上0.4原子%未満(図中横軸では0.3-0.4と表示)、0.4以上0.5原子%未満(図中横軸では0.4-0.5と表示)、0.5原子%以上(図中横軸では0.5+と表示)の6つに区分して、それぞれの組成を有するピクセル数を百分率で示す(存在率という)ことにより、Mn含有量の分布を表したヒストグラムである。0原子%以上0.1原子%未満のMn組成を有する、第1相に相当するピクセルの存在率は全体の63%あり、少なくともその2倍以上のMn含有量を有し、第2相に相当する0.2原子%以上のMn含有量を有するピクセルの存在率は全体の26%であり、従って、第2相は少なくとも全体の26%以上存在することがわかった。このように、実施例20の粉体はbcc相の中で不均化反応により、第1相と第2相に相分離していることがわかった。
また、SEMでは、結晶粒径が200nmから300nm以下であると観察されるのに対し、TEM-EDX解析では、その結晶粒径は1nm以上数十nm以下となって、XRDによる結晶子サイズの大きさに近い。このようにMn組成が細かくゆらいでいる部分は、SEMでは結晶境界と捉え切れないために、結晶粒径の測定値が1桁以上も高くなってしまう。しかし、この粒径範囲は何れの測定法においても1nm以上10μm以下の範囲に収まるので、本発明の磁性材料であることは確認された。
また、TEM-EDX解析で見出された数十nm以下の微小な組織は遍在しているが、電子線回折法により、数百nmから数μmの範囲で結晶の方位が±2°程度内のずれで揃っている部分があることもわかった。
[実施例21]
実施例1と同様な方法を用いて作製したFe70.2Mn29.8の粉体を実施例20と同様にTEM-EDX解析したMn特性X線面分布図を図13に示した。図中の符合21で示した一面が黒い領域は、試料の孔部である。図中の符合22で示した真っ白な領域はウスタイト相(ほぼMnO相なので、以降この部分をMnO相と呼ぶ)、図中の符合23で示した灰色と黒色のまだら模様の領域は金属相(ほぼbcc相なので、以降この部分をbcc相と呼ぶ)である。図13を見るとbcc相の中では、不均化反応により、Mnの組成(濃度)のゆらぎがあることがわかる。後に述べるようにこのbcc相の中には0.02原子%から8.53原子%の範囲でMn含有量を有する部分(ピクセル)が存在し、第1相(Mn含有量0.02原子%)とそれより2倍以上Mn含有量が高い第2相が隣り合うような形で共存している。
組成分析を行った各20nm角のピクセルの中央である256×256=65536点の測定点のうちFe、Mn、O(酸素)全ての含有量が0原子%である点は孔部の測定点として取り除いた後、図14(A)はMn含有量とFe含有量の相関をプロットした図で、図14(B)はMn含有量とO含有量の相関をプロットした図である。酸素含有量が0原子%である測定点は、(A)ではFe含有量+Mn含有量=100である直線状に乗る点である。また(B)では、横軸上に乗る点である。これらの酸素含有量0原子%である点は全部で12758点あった。このような点の中で、Mn含有量が57.1原子%、15.6原子%と非常に高いMn含有量を有する点もあるが、Mn含有量は、概ね0原子%から8.53原子%の間の値を有していた。以上の結果から、bcc相の中にMnが固溶していることがわかり、上記までの実施例で示されたXRDピークシフトの結果を定性的に支持することを確認した。
図14中の白い破線で示した直線は、bcc相中にMnが存在しない点とMnO相(組成)の点を結んだものである。この線を以降「bcc-MnO線」と呼ぶ。6万点近い組成分析点のほとんどが、このbcc-MnO線の近くに満遍なく存在していることから、bcc相が大勢を占める領域(図13で符合23で示した領域)とMnO相が大勢を占める領域(図13で符合22で示した領域)の何れに属する測定点であっても、多くは、MnOとbccの混合物になっていることがわかる(因みに、上記の酸素含有量が0原子%である測定点にはMnOは存在しない。)。なお、測定されている範囲は直径1nmの範囲であり、深さ方向は約100nmであることから、この1nmφ×100nmの微小な体積の中には、bcc相とMnO相が入り組んで存在する。そのため、図13の符合22の領域では、図の階調の関係で真っ白な相として示されているが、この部分にも微小なbcc相が存在していることになる。MnO相は第2相であるため、数nmから数十nmのスケールで第1相と第2相が不均化し、相分離していることがわかった。
なお、測定点の多くは、bcc-MnO線より、Mn含有量の多い方であって、Fe含有量の少ない方に偏っていることからも、bcc相の中にMnが金属状態で固溶していることが確認できた。
この粉体のSEM観察では平均結晶粒径が100nm程度であり、一方、実施例20と同様、本実施例でもTEM-EDX解析では、Mn組成の異なる結晶の粒径は、1nmから数十nmとなるが、何れの測定法によっても、結晶粒径の範囲である1nm以上10μm以下の範囲に含まれ、本発明の磁性材料の範囲内にあることが確認された。
図14の中には、ほとんど酸素であるような組成を示す点があるが、これらは孔部や試料端部の表面近傍を電子ビームがかすめるように通過したことによるものである。
また、本実施例粉体のバルクのbcc相の体積分率は55体積%、O含有量は14原子%、平均粉体粒径は40μm、飽和磁化は137.7emu/g、保磁力は10A/mであり、1/4メジャーループ上に変曲点は認められなかった。
22 ウスタイト相(ほぼMnO相)
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- FeとMnを含むbcc構造の結晶を有する第1相と、Mnを含む相であって、その相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量が、第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量よりも多い第2相とを含む、軟磁性又は半硬磁性の磁性材料。
- 磁性材料が軟磁性である、請求項1に記載の磁性材料。
- 第1相がFe100-xMnx(xは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33)の組成式で表される組成を有する、請求項1または2に記載の磁性材料。
- 第1相がFe100-x(Mn100-yMy)x/100(x、yは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦33、0.001≦y<50、MはZr、Hf、Ti、V、Nb、Ta、Cr、Mo、W、Ni、Co、Cu、Zn、Siのいずれか1種以上)の組成式で表される組成を有する、請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- FeとMnを含むbcc構造の結晶を有する相を第2相として含み、その相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量が、第1相に含まれるFeとMnの総和を100原子%とした場合のMnの含有量に対して2倍以上105倍の量以下及び/又は2原子%以上100原子%以下の量である請求項1~4のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 第2相がMn-フェライト相を含む、請求項1~5のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 第2相がウスタイト相を含む、請求項1~6のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- FeとMnを含むbcc構造の結晶を有する相の体積分率が磁性材料全体の5体積%以上である、請求項1~7のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 磁性材料全体の組成に対して、Feが20原子%以上99.998原子%以下、Mnが0.001原子%以上50原子%以下、Oが0.001原子%以上55原子%以下の範囲の組成を有する、請求項6又は7に記載の磁性材料。
- 第1相若しくは第2相、或いは磁性材料全体の平均結晶粒径が1nm以上10μm以下である、請求項1~9のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 少なくとも第1相がFe100-xMnx(xは原子百分率で0.001≦x≦1)の組成式で表される組成で表されるbcc相を有し、そのbcc相の結晶子サイズが1nm以上100nm未満である、請求項1~10のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 粉体の形態の磁性材料であって、軟磁性の磁性材料の場合には10nm以上5mm以下の平均粉体粒径を有し、半硬磁性の磁性材料の場合には10nm以上10μm以下の平均粉体粒径を有する、請求項1~11のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 少なくとも第1相及び第2相が隣り合う相と強磁性結合している、請求項1~12のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料。
- 第1相と第2相が、直接、或いは金属相若しくは無機物相を介して連続的に結合し、磁性材料全体として塊状を成している状態である、請求項1~13のいずれか一項に磁性材料。
- 平均粉体粒径が1nm以上1μm未満のマンガンフェライト粉体を、水素ガスを含む還元性ガス中で、還元温度400℃以上1350℃以下にて還元することによって請求項12に記載の磁性材料を製造する方法。
- 平均粉体粒径が1nm以上1μm未満のマンガンフェライト粉体を、水素ガスを含む還元性ガス中で還元し、不均化反応により第1相と第2相を生成させることによって、請求項1~13のいずれか一項に記載の磁性材料を製造する方法。
- 請求項15または16に記載の製造方法によって製造される磁性材料を焼結することによって、請求項14に記載の磁性材料を製造する方法。
- 請求項15に記載の製造方法における還元工程後に、或いは請求項16に記載の製造方法における還元工程後若しくは生成工程後に、或いは請求項17に記載の製造方法における焼結工程後に、最低1回の焼鈍を行う、軟磁性又は半硬磁性の磁性材料の製造方法。
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