ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
A study was recently undertaken to consolidate Sm2Fe17N3−x-based materials by hot isostatic pressing (HIPing). For HIPing, pressed green samples were placed at the center of evacuated, closely fitting, nonmagnetic, thin-walled, stainless-steel cans. The use of nonmagnetic, high-resistivity containers for the samples offered a unique opportunity to evaluate the magnetic properties of the samples after HIPing, without removing them from the HIP cans, by using a pulsed field magnetometer (PFM). The high electrical resistivity of the samples and their containers permits the slowly varying magnetic field (∼5 ms rise time, 45 ms pulse length) to penetrate a sample fully with no phase lags. Thus, the magnetization of a sample is essentially in equilibrium with the applied, time-varying magnetic field. With this method, a given set of encapsulated samples could be subjected to successively higher temperature heat treatments to determine their effects on the magnetic properties. The PFM allowed the rapid acquisition, storage, and processing of digital data by computer. The design of the PFM system, demagnetization corrections, procedures used, and some results are presented.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.353614
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