Magnetic powder, magnetic powder molded body, and method for manufacturing magnetic powder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11948712-B2
Application number	US-202117194865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Priority date	Mar 9, 2020
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A magnetic powder contains a soft magnetic material represented by the following composition formula, in which an average particle size is 2 μm or more and 10 μm or less, and at least a surface layer is nanocrystallized,

Fe a Cu b Nb c Si d B e
where, a, b, c, d, and e each indicate atomic percentage, 71.0 at %≤a≤76.0 at %, 0.5 at %≤b≤1.5 at %, 2.0 at %≤c≤4.0 at %, 11.0 at %≤d≤16.0 at %, and 8.0 at %≤e≤13.0 at %.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A magnetic powder powdered by a water atomizing method, comprising:
a soft magnetic material represented by the following composition formula, wherein;
Fe a Cu b Nb c Si d B e

where a, b, c, d, and e each indicates an atomic percentage, 71.0 at %≤a≤76.0 at %, 0.5 at %≤b≤1.5 at %, 2.0 at %≤c≤4.0 at %, 11.0 at %≤d≤16.0 at %, and 8.0 at %≤e≤13.0 at %,
wherein the soft magnetic material is contained in an amount of 80 wt % or more based on a total mass of the magnetic powder,
an average particle size is 2 μm or more and 3.3 μm or less,
at least a surface layer of the magnetic powder is nanocrystallized, and
a specific resistance of the magnetic powder is 10 MΩ·cm or more and 500 GΩ·cm or less,
wherein the specific resistance is measured by filling an alumina cylinder with 1 g of the magnetic powder, placing brass electrodes at each end of the alumina cylinder, and while pressurizing the brass electrodes at each end of the alumina cylinder with a load of 20 kgf using a digital force gauge, an electrical resistance between the brass electrodes at each end of the alumina cylinder is measured using a digital multimeter and a distance between the brass electrodes at each end of the alumina cylinder is also measured, and
after measuring the electrical resistance between the brass electrodes and measuring the distance between the brass electrodes, the measured electrical resistance and the measured distance are input into the following formula (2) to determine the specific resistance:
specific resistance [MΩ·cm]=the measured electrical resistance [MΩ]×a cross-sectional area inside the alumina cylinder [cm 2 ]/the distance between the brass electrodes during pressurization [cm]  (2).

2. The magnetic powder according to claim 1 , wherein a is 73.5, b is 1.0, c is 3.0, d is 13.5, and e is 9.0.

3. A magnetic powder molded body, comprising:
the magnetic powder according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Sano Toshiki

Classifications

• H01F1/15308 Primary

  based on Fe/Ni (H01F1/15325 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B22F1/05

  Metallic powder characterised by the size or surface area of the particles · CPC title

• B22F1/14

  Treatment of metallic powder (mixing with lubricating or binding agents or with organic material B22F1/10) · CPC title

• B22F1/142

  Thermal or thermo-mechanical treatment · CPC title

• B22F9/007

  Transformation of amorphous into microcrystalline state · CPC title