Abstract:
As the characteristic grain boundary phase of the “Ga-rich/B-poor” Nd-Fe-B sintered permanent magnets, the tetragonal RE
6(Fe,Ga)
14 intergranular phase enhances the coercivity via enhanced decoupling capability to isolate the adjacent RE
2Fe
14B matrix phase, hence attracting widespread research attention. However, the influence of RE
6(Fe,Ga)
14 phase on the corrosion resistance still remains unexplored. In this work, two Nd-Dy-Fe-Ga-B sintered magnets dominated by different intergranular phases were prepared and compared by adjusting the Ga and B contents. Compared to the magnet with
w(Ga)=0.1% and
w(B)=1% dominated by the conventional RE-rich intergranular phase, a substantial amount of RE
6(Fe,Ga)
14 intergranular phase was introduced in the annealed magnet with
w(Ga)=0.5% and
w(B)=0.9%, yielding higher coercivity and corrosion resistance. In-situ corrosion experiments further confirmed that the RE
6(Fe,Ga)
14 intergranular phase effectively mitigates the corrosion process, offering a promising pathway for simultaneously improved magnetic and anti-corrosion performance of RE-Fe-B sintered magnets.