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Never mind, I just found the answer to my own question but I find it interesting none the less. So as the solution of the three metals cool if done correctly th
by Hextinium 9y ago
Never mind, I just found the answer to my own question but I find it interesting none the less. So as the solution of the three metals cool if done correctly the neodymium will come out of solution to form a mesh of neodymium around the grains of cerium and lanthanum in a similar way that pearlite forms from austinite and ferrite in steel. This will give them a "sponge" of neodymium to conduct the magnetic field but have the cerium and lanthanum act as filler.
To explain what I am talking about way better than I ever could, this video is how heat treating steel will change it's properties and why different steels act the way they do.
https://youtu.be/6jQ4y0LK1kY https://youtu.be/6jQ4y0LK1kY
- neltnerb 9y agoIf memory serves, in standard Nd-B-Fe magnets the neodymium also concentrates at the grain boundary in the same way. My guess is that the Ce/La is acting as a stabilizer for the internal structure replacing Nd that would otherwise have been stuck inside the crystallite.