PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FERROMAGNETIC IRON NITRIDE PARTICLES, ANISOTROPIC MAGNET, BONDED MAGNET AND COMPACTED MAGNET

• Main Authors: OGAWA TOMOYUKI, TAKAHASHI MIGAKU, KOBAYASHI NAOYA, YAMAMOTO SHINPEI, TAKANO MIKIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 02.10.2014
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CASTING; ELECTRICITY; INDUCTANCES; MAGNETS; MAKING METALLIC POWDER; MANUFACTURE OF ARTICLES FROM METALLIC POWDER; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; TRANSFORMERS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING METALLIC POWDER

The present invention provides ferromagnetic iron nitride particles, in particular, in the form of fine particles, and a process for producing the ferromagnetic iron nitride particles. The present invention relates to a process for producing ferromagnetic iron nitride particles, comprising the steps of mixing metallic iron obtained by mixing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a metal hydride, a metal halide and a metal borohydride with an iron compound, and then subjecting the obtained mixture to heat treatment, with a nitrogen-containing compound; and then subjecting the resulting mixture to heat treatment, in which a reduction step and a nitridation step of the iron compound are conducted in the same step, and the at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a metal hydride, a metal halide and a metal borohydride is used as a reducing agent in the reduction step, whereas the nitrogen-containing compound is used as a nitrogen source in the nitridation step.