Granted Patent
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US 12,412,686 · App. 18/348,830 · Granted Sep 9, 2025
Iron nitride permanent magnet and technique for forming iron nitride permanent magnet
Assignee:
Regents of the University Of Minnesota
H01F1/01B22D11/0622B22D11/0651B32B15/011C21D1/76C22C38/001C23C8/26C23C8/80H01F1/047H01F7/021H01F41/0253H01F41/0273
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Abstract
A permanent magnet may include a Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution. In some examples, the permanent magnet may be formed by a technique that includes straining an iron wire or sheet comprising at least one iron crystal in a direction substantially parallel to a <001> crystal axis of the iron crystal; nitridizing the iron wire or sheet to form a nitridized iron wire or sheet; annealing the nitridized iron wire or sheet to form a Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution in at least a portion of the nitridized iron wire or sheet; and pressing the nitridized iron wires and sheets to form bulk permanent magnet.
Claims (20)
1. A system comprising:
a strain inducing apparatus configured to exert a strain on an iron wire or sheet in a direction substantially parallel to a majority of the <001> axes of body centered cubic (bcc) iron crystals of the iron wire or sheet;
a first heating apparatus configured to heat the strained iron wire or sheet;
a source of an atomic nitrogen substance configured to expose the strained iron wire or sheet to the atomic nitrogen substance to form a nitridized iron wire or sheet; and
a second heating apparatus configured to heat the nitridized iron wire or sheet to a temperature sufficient to anneal the nitridized iron wire or sheet to form a Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution in at least a portion of the nitridized iron wire or sheet; and
a press configured to compress a plurality of nitridized iron wire or sheets comprising a Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution to form a unitary permanent magnet including a Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the press is configured to compress a plurality of nitridized iron wires or sheets comprising the Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution to form a unitary permanent magnet including the Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution and defining a size in at least one dimension of at least 0.1 mm.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the press is configured to compress a plurality of nitridized iron wires or sheets comprising the Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution to form a unitary permanent magnet including the Fe 16 N 2 phase constitution and defining a size in at least one dimension of at least 1 mm.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the atomic nitrogen substance comprises urea.
5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising means for introducing magnetic domain wall pinning sites into the nitridized iron wire or sheet.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the strain inducing apparatus comprises a first roller configured to receive a first end of the iron wire or sheet and a second roller configured to receive a second end of the iron wire or sheet, wherein the second end is substantially opposite the first end, and wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to rotate to apply a tensile force between the first end of the iron wire or sheet and the second end of the iron wire or sheet.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first roller and the second roller are configured to rotate to strain the iron wire or sheet between about 0.3% and about 7.0%.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first heating apparatus comprises a crucible heating stage.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first heating apparatus comprises a radiation heat source.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first heating apparatus comprises a plasma arc lamp.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second heating apparatus comprises a heating crucible.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second heating apparatus comprises radiation heat source.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second heating apparatus comprises a plasma arc lamp.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second heating apparatus comprises an oven.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second heating apparatus comprises a closed retort.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
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From: WANG, JIAN-PING; HE, SHIHAI; JIANG, YANFENG
To: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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