A method for producing a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, the method includes a phosphate treatment of adding an inorganic acid to a slurry containing an SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder, water, and a phosphate compound to adjust a pH of the slurry to a range of 1 to 4.5 to form a phosphate-coated SmFeN-based anisotropic magnetic powder having a surface coated with a phosphate.

The present invention relates to a method of producing an anisotropic magnetic powder having good magnetic properties. The method of producing an anisotropic magnetic powder includes: pretreating an oxide containing Sm and Fe by heat treatment in a reducing gas atmosphere to obtain a partial oxide; heat treating the partial oxide in the presence of a reductant at a first temperature of 1000 C. or higher and 1090 C. or lower and then at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and in the range of 980 C. or higher and 1070 C. or lower to obtain alloy particles; and nitriding the alloy particles to obtain an anisotropic magnetic powder.

An alloy material, a bonded magnet, and a modification method of a rare-earth permanent magnetic powder are provided by the present application. A melting point of the alloy material is lower than 600 C. and a composition of the alloy material by an atomic part is RE.sub.100-x-yM.sub.xN.sub.y, wherein RE is one or more of non-heavy rare-earth Nd, Pr, Sm, La and Ce, M is one or more of Cu, Al, Zn and Mg, N is one or more of Ga, In and Sn, x=10-35 and y=1-15.

A responsive material having an elastomeric matrix in which ferromagnetic particles are dispersed so as to have a predetermined magnetization pattern which, when exposed to an external magnetic field, changes the shape of the responsive material from an initial shape to a predetermined transformed shape dictated by the magnetization pattern. An initial shape of the responsive material is formed by direct ink printing while applying magnetic fields to a dispensing nozzle to align the particles and gives rise to the desired magnetization pattern.

The present disclosure aims to provide a bonded magnet having good magnetic properties and a method of preparing the bonded magnet. The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a bonded magnet, including: a first compression step of compressing a magnetic powder having an average particle size of 10 m or less while magnetically orienting it to obtain a first molded article; a second compression step of bringing the first molded article into contact with a thermosetting resin having a viscosity of 200 mPa.Math.s or less, followed by compression to obtain a second molded article; and a heat treatment step of heat treating the second molded article.

The present invention provides a bonded magnet having good heat resistance. The present invention relates to a bonded magnet containing a SmFeN magnetic powder, nylon 12, and a hexafluoroisopropanol-unextractable component. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing a bonded magnet, including: bringing a raw material bonded magnet containing a SmFeN magnetic powder and nylon 12 into contact with an amorphizing agent; and heat-treating the raw material bonded magnet in contact with the amorphizing agent.

A magnetic material is expressed by a composition formula 1: (R.sub.1-xY.sub.x).sub.aM.sub.bT.sub.cZn.sub.d. R is at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare-earth elements, M is Fe or Fe and Co, T is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Nb, Ta, Mo, and W, x is a number satisfying 0.01x0.8, a is a number satisfying 4a20 atomic percent, b is a number satisfying b=100acd atomic percent, c is a number satisfying 0<c<7 atomic percent, and d is a number satisfying 0.01d7 atomic percent. The magnetic material includes: a main phase having a ThMn.sub.12 crystal phase; and a sub phase containing 50 atomic percent or more of Zn.

An L10-FeNi magnetic powder has an average particle size of 50 nm to 1 m, and an average value of sphericity P of 0.9 or more. The sphericity P is defined as P=Ls/Lr, where Lr is a perimeter of an L10-FeNi magnetic powder particle on an image of a microscope, and Ls is a perimeter of a perfect circle that has a same area as the L10-FeNi magnetic powder particle on the image for which Lr is calculated.

A method for producing a nanoheterostructured permanent magnet includes a first step of preparing a raw material solution by dissolving, in a solvent, (1) a block copolymer comprising polymer block components that are immiscible but linked to each other, (2) a first inorganic precursor which is one of a hard magnetic material precursor and a soft magnetic material precursor, and (3) a second inorganic precursor which is the other of the hard magnetic material precursor and the soft magnetic material precursor, and a second step including a phase-separation treatment for forming a nanophase-separated, a conversion treatment for converting the hard magnetic material precursor and the soft magnetic material precursor to a hard magnetic material and a soft magnetic material, respectively, and a removal treatment for removing the block copolymer from the nanophase-separated structure.

A method of producing a rare earth magnetic powder, the method including: heat-treating a mixture containing a SmFeN-based magnetic powder containing Sm, Fe, and N and a modifier powder containing Zn; and dispersing the heat-treated SmFeN-based magnetic powder using a resin-coated metal media or a resin-coated ceramic media.