A magnetic powder includes a core portion containing a soft magnetic material, a foundation layer that is provided at a surface of the core portion, that contains an oxide of the soft magnetic material, and that has an average thickness of 0.1 nm or more and less than 10 nm, and an insulating layer that is provided at a surface of the foundation layer, and that contains an organosiloxane compound as a main material, wherein the organosiloxane compound has a C/Si atomic ratio of 0.01 or more and 2.00 or less.

A magnetic powder includes a core portion containing a soft magnetic material, a foundation layer that is provided at a surface of the core portion, that contains an oxide of the soft magnetic material, and that has an average thickness of 0.1 nm or more and less than 10 nm, and an insulating layer that is provided at a surface of the foundation layer, and that contains an organosiloxane compound as a main material, wherein the organosiloxane compound has a C/Si atomic ratio of 0.01 or more and 2.00 or less.

A method of making an amalgamation preform includes providing a particle-liquid mixture containing a plurality of types of solid particles and a liquid base metal. The plurality of types of solid particles at least includes reactive particles, reactable with the base metal, and non-reactive magnetic particles. A magnetic field is applied to the particle-liquid mixture to magnetically disperse the plurality of types of solid particles in the liquid base metal to form a particle-liquid dispersion without substantially inducing a reaction between the reactive particles and the liquid base metal. A playdough-like amalgamation preform is prepared based on the particle-liquid dispersion without solidifying the liquid base metal.

The present invention provides a composite magnetic body comprising metal particles containing Fe or Fe and Co as a main component, a resin, and voids, wherein an average major axis diameter of the metal particles is 30 to 500 nm, an average aspect ratio of the metal particles is 1.5 to 10, and in a cross section of the composite magnetic body, a percent presence of the voids is 0.2 to 10 area % and an average equivalent circle diameter of the voids is 1 μm or less, and a saturation magnetization of the composite magnetic body is 300 to 600 emu/cm.sup.3.

The present invention provides a composite magnetic body comprising metal particles containing Fe or Fe and Co as a main component, a resin, and voids, wherein an average major axis diameter of the metal particles is 30 to 500 nm, an average aspect ratio of the metal particles is 1.5 to 10, and in a cross section of the composite magnetic body, a percent presence of the voids is 0.2 to 10 area % and an average equivalent circle diameter of the voids is 1 μm or less, and a saturation magnetization of the composite magnetic body is 300 to 600 emu/cm.sup.3.

A coil component according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a coil conductor extending around a coil axis; and a magnetic base body intersecting the coil axis. The magnetic base body includes first metal magnetic particles, second metal magnetic particles, and magnetic gap portions, each of the first metal magnetic particles having a first elastic limit and a first relative permeability, each of the second metal magnetic particles having a second elastic limit smaller than the first elastic limit and a second relative permeability lower than the first relative permeability, each of the magnetic gap portions covering a surface of associated one of the first metal magnetic particles and configured such that a first thickness of the magnetic gap portion in a first direction along the coil axis is larger than a second thickness of the magnetic gap portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

A soft magnetic powder capable of maintaining high insulation resistance even after exposure to a high-temperature environment, a dust core, and an electronic component is provided with the dust core. A soft magnetic powder including soft magnetic metal particles, the surfaces of which are covered by an inorganic insulating coating, the inorganic insulating coating having a first coating part in contact with the surfaces of the soft magnetic metal particles, and a second coating part formed on the outside of the first coating part, the first coating part including phosphorus and oxygen, and the second coating part including silicon and oxygen.

A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The core has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the shell has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A product includes a nanostructure having a core and a shell. The shell has a coercive field of at least 3 kOe and the core has a saturation magnetization of at least 50 emu per gram. A method includes forming core/shell nanostructures and forming millimeter wave absorbers including the core/shell nanostructures and a support structure.

A magnetic base body is constituted by: metal magnetic grains containing Fe, and Si as an optional component, where the total content of the Fe and Si is 99% by mass or higher; and oxide layers present between the metal magnetic grains; wherein the ratio (I.sub.Fe2SiO4/I.sub.Fe) of the strongest diffraction line intensity (I.sub.Fe2SiO4) observed in a range of 30.8°≤2θ≤32.2° to the strongest diffraction line intensity (I.sub.Fe) observed in a range of 43.8°≤2θ≤45.2° in X-ray diffraction measurement using the CuKα ray is 0.0020 or higher; and the ratio (I.sub.Fe2O3/I.sub.Fe) of the strongest diffraction line intensity (I.sub.Fe2O3) observed in a range of 33.0°≤2θ≤34.4° to the I.sub.Fe in X-ray diffraction measurement using the CuKα ray is lower than 0.0010.

A magnetic base body is constituted by: metal magnetic grains containing Fe, and Si as an optional component, where the total content of the Fe and Si is 99% by mass or higher; and oxide layers present between the metal magnetic grains; wherein the ratio (I.sub.Fe2SiO4/I.sub.Fe) of the strongest diffraction line intensity (I.sub.Fe2SiO4) observed in a range of 30.8°≤2θ≤32.2° to the strongest diffraction line intensity (I.sub.Fe) observed in a range of 43.8°≤2θ≤45.2° in X-ray diffraction measurement using the CuKα ray is 0.0020 or higher; and the ratio (I.sub.Fe2O3/I.sub.Fe) of the strongest diffraction line intensity (I.sub.Fe2O3) observed in a range of 33.0°≤2θ≤34.4° to the I.sub.Fe in X-ray diffraction measurement using the CuKα ray is lower than 0.0010.