Soft magnetic powder, powder magnetic core, magnetic element, and electronic device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYasuko Kudo, Mayu Watanabe, Hiroyoshi Otaka
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Abstract
A soft magnetic powder has a composition represented by Fe100-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-hCuaSibBcMdM′eXfAlgTih (at %) (wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and the like, M′ is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V and the like, X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of C and the like, and a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h satisfy the following formulae: 0.1≤a≤3, 0<b≤30, 0<c≤25, 5≤b+c≤30, 0.1≤d≤30, 0≤e≤10, 0≤f≤10, 0.002≤g≤0.032, and 0≤h≤0.038), wherein a crystalline structure having a particle diameter of 1 to 30 nm is contained in an amount of 40 vol % or more.
Claims10
A soft magnetic powder, comprising:
- a composition consisting of Fe100-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-hCUaSibBcMdM′eXfAlgTih,
- wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, W, Ta, Zr, Hf, and Mo,
- M′ is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, a platinum group element, Sc, Y, Au, Zn, Sn, and Re,
- X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb, In, Be, and As, and
- where a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h represent an atomic percentage
- 0.1≤a≤3,
- 5<b≤20,
- 3<c≤20,
- 5≤b+c≤30,
- 0.1≤d≤30,
- 0≤e≤10,
- 0.1≤f≤5,
- 0.002≤g≤0.032, and
- 0.002≤h≤0.038, and
- a crystalline structure contained in an amount of 40 vol % or more, the crystalline structure having a particle diameter of 1 nm to 30 nm,
- wherein a volume resistivity of a green compact in a compacted state at a pressure of 10 MPa is 1 KΩ·cm or more and 500 Ω·cm or less,
- whereon the soft magnetic powder is an atomized powder having an average particle size of 1 μm or more and 40 μm or less, and
- wherein a Vickers hardness of particles of the soft magnetic powder is 1000 or more and 3000 or less, as measured in a central portion of a cross-section of each of the particles.
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