Study of Hopkinson Effect in the HDDR-treated Nd-Fe-B-type Material

Hopkinson effect in the HDDR-treated Nd$\sub$15/Fe$\sub$77/B$\sub$8/ alloy was examined in detail by means of a thermomagnetic analysis with low magnetic field (600 Oe). The emergence and magnitude of maximum in magnetisation in the thermomagnetic curve due to the Hopkinson effect was correlated to the grain structure and coercivity of the HDDR-treated material. the HDDR-treated materials showed clear Hopkinson effect (maximum in magnetisation just below the Curie temperature of the Nd$\sub$2/Fe$\sub$14/B phase) on heating in the thermomagnetic curve. Magnitude of the magnetisation rise due to the Hopkinson effect became smaller as the recombination time increased. The magnetisation recovery at room temperature on cooling from above the Curie temperature became smaller as the recombination time increased. The HDDR-treated materials with shorter recombination time, finer grain size and higher coercivity showed larger magnetisation maximum due to Hopkinson effect in the thermomagnetic curve.