A composite particle includes: a particle composed of a soft magnetic metallic material, and a coating layer composed of a soft magnetic metallic material having a different composition from that of the particle and fusion-bonded to the particle so as to cover the particle, wherein when the Vickers hardness of the particle is represented by HV1 and the Vickers hardness of the coating layer is represented by HV2, HV1 and HV2 satisfy the following relationship: 100≦HV1−HV2, and when half of the projected area circle equivalent diameter of the particle is represented by r and the average thickness of the coating layer is represented by t, r and t satisfy the following relationship: 0.05≦t/r≦1.

A method for manufacturing a powder magnetic core includes: a step of preparing a soft magnetic powder and an oxide powder and preparing, as a raw material powder, a mixed powder of the soft magnetic powder and the oxide powder, the soft magnetic powder containing composite soft magnetic particles containing pure iron and an Fe-α alloy having an element α more oxidizable than Fe, the composite soft magnetic particles each having a core-shell structure where a core is made of one of pure iron and the Fe-α alloy and a shell is made of the other, the oxide powder containing oxide particles containing at least one selected from Fe and an element β that forms an oxide having higher electrical resistance than Fe.sub.3O.sub.4; a step of compacting the mixed powder into a green compact; and a step o sintering the green compact at 900° C. or more and 1300° C. or less.

An electronic component having excellent DC superimposition characteristic and initial magnetic permeability, a core used for the electronic component, and a element body constituting the core are provided. The element body has magnetic large particles and at least one spacer region, wherein one or more small particles having an average particle size smaller than that of the magnetic large particles exist as spacers to form the spacer region between the large particles in a field of view within a predetermined range where 10 or more and 40 or less of the large particles are observable in a cross section of the element body.

A coil component according to one or more embodiments of the invention includes a base body including a plurality of metal magnetic particles, where each metal magnetic particle contains a metal element, a coil conductor including a buried portion provided in the base body and an exposed portion externally exposed through the base body, where the coil conductor is mainly composed of copper, and an insulating oxide layer covering a surface of the buried portion, where the insulating oxide layer contains copper element and an oxide of the metal element contained in the metal magnetic particles.

A magnetic composition includes first, second, and third magnetic metal particles. The first magnetic metal particles have an average particle size of 10 μm to 28 μm; the second magnetic metal particles have an average particle size of 1 μm to 4.5 μm; and the third magnetic metal particles include insulating layers disposed on surfaces thereof and have a particle size of 300 nm or less. Therefore, eddy current loss of an inductor having a body formed of the magnetic composition may be improved, and high efficiency and inductance of the inductor may be secured.

A magnetic composition includes first, second, and third magnetic metal particles. The first magnetic metal particles have an average particle size of 10 μm to 28 μm; the second magnetic metal particles have an average particle size of 1 μm to 4.5 μm; and the third magnetic metal particles include insulating layers disposed on surfaces thereof and have a particle size of 300 nm or less. Therefore, eddy current loss of an inductor having a body formed of the magnetic composition may be improved, and high efficiency and inductance of the inductor may be secured.

A coil electronic component includes a body including a coil portion therein, and including a plurality of magnetic particles including an Fe-based alloy component, and an external electrode connected to the coil portion, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of magnetic particles include a first layer formed on a surface, and a second layer formed on a surface of the first layer, wherein the first layer includes an Fe oxide component and has a thickness of 10 nm or less.

An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes a plurality of particles each including a core which contains a soft magnetic material, and an insulating layer which is provided on the surface of the core and contains a glass material including Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 as a main component. The content of an alkali metal in the insulating layer is 5 mol % or less. The glass material further contains at least one of ZnO and B.sub.2O.sub.3. The content of Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 in the glass material is 40 mol % or more and 80 mol % or less.

An insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes a plurality of particles each including a core which contains a soft magnetic material, and an insulating layer which is provided on the surface of the core and contains a glass material including Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 as a main component. The content of an alkali metal in the insulating layer is 5 mol % or less. The glass material further contains at least one of ZnO and B.sub.2O.sub.3. The content of Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 in the glass material is 40 mol % or more and 80 mol % or less.

It is intended to improve magnetic saturation characteristics of magnetic composite bodies containing metal magnetic particles and insulating fine particles.

A magnetic composite body contains a first metal magnetic particle and a second metal magnetic particle, and fine particles are in contact with the first and second metal magnetic particles. The fine particles are insulating and non-magnetic particles. A first oxide film is provided on the surface of the first metal magnetic particle, and a second oxide film is provided on the surface of the second metal magnetic particle.