Plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles, pressed powder material, and rotating electric machine

A pressed powder material, comprising a plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles and an intercalated phase,

• the plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles having an average thickness of from 10 nm to 100 μm,
• each of the plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles having a flat surface and a magnetic metal phase containing at least one first element selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni,
• the average value of a ratio of an average length within the flat surface with respect to the thickness being from 5 to 10,000,
• multiple ones of the plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles having either a crack in the direction of the thickness of the flaky magnetic metal particle, the crack having a depth equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the flaky magnetic metal particle and a width shorter than the depth, or a crack in a direction parallel to the flat surface, the crack having a length equivalent to 10% or more of the thickness of the flaky magnetic metal particle and a width shorter than the length, or the multiple ones of the flaky magnetic metal particle having both of the cracks,
• the intercalated phase being present between the plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles and containing at least one second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen (O), carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and fluorine (F),
• the flat surface being oriented in the pressed powder material to be parallel to a plane of the pressed powder material and having a difference in coercivity on a basis of direction within the plane,
• wherein in a predetermined cross-section perpendicular to a plane of the pressed powder material, the multiple ones of the plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles having cracks are included at a number proportion of 1% or more with respect to all of the plurality of flaky magnetic metal particles present in the predetermined cross-section perpendicular to the plane of the pressed powder material.