A method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core, including a step of compacting a raw material powder to form a compact, a step of performing a first heat treatment on the compact to obtain a first heat-treated body, and a step of performing a second heat treatment on the first heat-treated body to obtain a second heat-treated body, wherein the raw material powder contains a soft magnetic powder and a lubricant that has a melting point Tm, the first heat treatment is performed in a temperature range from Tm to Tm+50° C. inclusive for a time longer than 10 minutes, and the second heat treatment is performed in a temperature range from 400° C. to 900° C. inclusive for a time of 3 minutes to 90 minutes inclusive, the temperature range of the second heat treatment being higher than the temperature range of the first heat treatment.

Provided is a soft magnetic powder that can produce a dust core having excellent magnetic properties. The soft magnetic powder has a chemical composition, excluding inevitable impurities, represented by a composition formula of Fe.sub.aSi.sub.bB.sub.cP.sub.dCu.sub.eM.sub.f, where the M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Mo, Zr, Ta, W, Hf, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, C, Al, S, O, and N, 79 at %≤a≤84.5 at %, 0 at %≤b<6 at %, 0 at %<c≤10 at %, 4 at %<d≤11 at %, 0.2 at %≤e≤0.53 at %, 0 at %≤f≤4 at %, a+b+c+d+e+f=100 at %, a particle size is 1 mm or less, and a median of circularity of particles constituting the soft magnetic powder is 0.4 or more and 1.0 or less.

Provided is a soft magnetic powder that can produce a dust core having excellent magnetic properties. The soft magnetic powder has a chemical composition, excluding inevitable impurities, represented by a composition formula of Fe.sub.aSi.sub.bB.sub.cP.sub.dCu.sub.eM.sub.f, where the M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Mo, Zr, Ta, W, Hf, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, C, Al, S, O, and N, 79 at %≤a≤84.5 at %, 0 at %≤b<6 at %, 0 at %<c≤10 at %, 4 at %<d≤11 at %, 0.2 at %≤e≤0.53 at %, 0 at %≤f≤4 at %, a+b+c+d+e+f=100 at %, a particle size is 1 mm or less, and a median of circularity of particles constituting the soft magnetic powder is 0.4 or more and 1.0 or less.

A soft magnetic composition that includes an oxide containing a W-type hexagonal ferrite having a compositional formula of ACaMe.sub.2Fe.sub.16O.sub.27 as a main phase, wherein A is one or more selected from Ba, Sr, Na, K, La, and Bi at 4.7 mol % to 5.8 mol %; Me is one or more selected from Co, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn at 9.4 mol % to 18.1 mol %, the Ca is 0.2 mol % to 5.0 mol %, the Fe is 67.4 mol % to 84.5 mol %, and the soft magnetic composition has a coercivity Hcj of 100 kA/m or less.

A soft magnetic composition that includes an oxide containing a W-type hexagonal ferrite having a compositional formula of ACaMe.sub.2Fe.sub.16O.sub.27 as a main phase, wherein A is one or more selected from Ba, Sr, Na, K, La, and Bi at 4.7 mol % to 5.8 mol %; Me is one or more selected from Co, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, and Zn at 9.4 mol % to 18.1 mol %, the Ca is 0.2 mol % to 5.0 mol %, the Fe is 67.4 mol % to 84.5 mol %, and the soft magnetic composition has a coercivity Hcj of 100 kA/m or less.

Disclosed is a magnetic core having improved reliability. The magnetic core includes 37 to 44 mol % of manganese (Mn), 9 to 16 mol % of zinc (Zn), 42 to 52 mol % of iron (Fe), a magnetic additive, and a non-magnetic additive, wherein the magnetic core has a permeability of 2,900 or more and a core loss of 500 mW/cm.sup.3 or less.

Disclosed is a magnetic core having improved reliability. The magnetic core includes 37 to 44 mol % of manganese (Mn), 9 to 16 mol % of zinc (Zn), 42 to 52 mol % of iron (Fe), a magnetic additive, and a non-magnetic additive, wherein the magnetic core has a permeability of 2,900 or more and a core loss of 500 mW/cm.sup.3 or less.

An Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy is represented by Composition Formula, (Fe.sub.(1-a)M.sup.1a).sub.100-b-c-d-e-gM.sup.2.sub.bB.sub.cP.sub.dCu.sub.eM.sup.3.sub.g, where M.sup.1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co and Ni, M.sup.2 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb, Mo, Zr, Ta, W, Hf, Ti, V, Cr, and Mn, M.sup.3 is at least two elements selected from the group consisting of C, Si, Al, Ga, and Ge but necessarily includes C, and 0≤a≤0.5, 1.5<b≤3, 10≤c≤13, 0<d≤4, 0<e≤1.5, and 8.5≤g≤12.

A system for forming a bulk material having insulated boundaries from a metal material and a source of an insulating material is provided. The system includes a heating device, a deposition device, a coating device, and a support configured to support the bulk material. The heating device heats the metal material to form particles having a softened or molten state and the coating device coats the metal material with the insulating material from the source and the deposition device deposits particles of the metal material in the softened or molten state on the support to form the bulk material having insulated boundaries.

The present invention is an inductor element having a conductor wound in a coil form, and a core part surrounding the coil and including a magnetic powder and a resin. The core part includes a top board part and a bottom board part respectively covering both ends of the coil, and an outer circumference part positioned at an outer circumference side of the coil, and a resin content of the outer circumference part is larger than a resin content of the top board part and also larger than a resin content of the bottom board part.