Included is a method of preparing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: coating a magnetic material having an average particle size of 10 m or less with a thermosetting resin and a curing agent at a ratio of the equivalent weight of the curing agent to the equivalent weight of the thermosetting resin of 2 or higher and 10 or lower to obtain a coated material; granulating the coated material by compression to obtain a granulated product; milling the granulated product to obtain a milled product; and surface treating the milled product with a silane coupling agent to obtain a compound for bonded magnets, the method either including, between the granulation and the milling, heat curing the granulated product to obtain a cured product, or including, between the milling and the surface treatment, heat curing the milled product to obtain a cured product.

Included is a method of preparing a compound for bonded magnets, the method including: coating a magnetic material having an average particle size of 10 m or less with a thermosetting resin and a curing agent at a ratio of the equivalent weight of the curing agent to the equivalent weight of the thermosetting resin of 2 or higher and 10 or lower to obtain a coated material; granulating the coated material by compression to obtain a granulated product; milling the granulated product to obtain a milled product; and surface treating the milled product with a silane coupling agent to obtain a compound for bonded magnets, the method either including, between the granulation and the milling, heat curing the granulated product to obtain a cured product, or including, between the milling and the surface treatment, heat curing the milled product to obtain a cured product.

Systems and methods for producing metal powder feedstocks for additive manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes first gathering a first feedstock from a first powder supply of an additive manufacturing system, second gathering a second feedstock from a second powder supply of the additive manufacturing system, wherein at least one of the first feedstock and the second feedstock includes metal particles therein, combining the first and second feedstocks, thereby producing a metal powder blend, and providing the metal powder blend to a build space of the additive manufacturing system.

A method of producing a reactive powder includes providing a bulk structure of reactive material comprising a first reactant and a second reactant, the bulk structure having a preselected average spacing between the first and the second reactants; and mechanically processing the bulk structure of reactive material to produce a plurality of particles from the bulk structure such that each of the plurality of particles comprises the first and second reactants having an average spacing that is substantially equal to the preselected average spacing of the bulk structure of reactive material. The first and second materials of the plurality of particles react with each other in an exothermic reaction upon being exposed to a threshold energy to initiate the exothermic reaction and remain substantially stable without reacting with each other prior to being exposed to the threshold energy.

Provided herein is a soft magnetic alloy powder that can exhibit a high saturation flux density and desirable soft magnetic characteristics. A dust core using the soft magnetic alloy powder is also provided. The soft magnetic alloy powder is an Fe-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy powder of a crystallized Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic alloy powder, and has a DSC curve with a first peak that is 15% or less of a first peak of the Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic alloy in terms of a maximum value.

Provided herein is a soft magnetic alloy powder that can exhibit a high saturation flux density and desirable soft magnetic characteristics. A dust core using the soft magnetic alloy powder is also provided. The soft magnetic alloy powder is an Fe-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy powder of a crystallized Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic alloy powder, and has a DSC curve with a first peak that is 15% or less of a first peak of the Fe-based amorphous soft magnetic alloy in terms of a maximum value.

Provided is a thermoelectric conversion material including a plurality of kinds of phases including a first phase and a second phase which have elemental compositions different from each other. The first phase and the second phase have a skutterudite structure.

Provided is a thermoelectric conversion material including a plurality of kinds of phases including a first phase and a second phase which have elemental compositions different from each other. The first phase and the second phase have a skutterudite structure.

Some variations provide a method of making a nanofunctionalized metal powder, comprising: providing metal particles containing metals selected from aluminum, iron, nickel, copper, titanium, magnesium, zinc, silicon, lithium, silver, chromium, manganese, vanadium, bismuth, gallium, or lead; providing nanoparticles selected from zirconium, tantalum, niobium, or titanium; disposing the nanoparticles onto surfaces of the metal particles, in the presence of mixing media, thereby generating nanofunctionalized metal particles; and isolating and recovering the nanofunctionalized metal particles as a nanofunctionalized metal powder. Some variations provide a composition comprising a nanofunctionalized metal powder, the composition comprising metal particles and nanoparticles containing one or more elements selected from the group consisting of zirconium, tantalum, niobium, titanium, and oxides, nitrides, hydrides, carbides, or borides thereof, or combinations of the foregoing.

The present invention discloses an yttrium-added rare earth permanent magnet material and a preparation method therefor. The chemical formula of the material is expressed as (Y.sub.xRe.sub.1-x).sub.aFe.sub.100-a-b-cM.sub.bB.sub.c according to the mass percentage, wherein 0.05x0.5, 20a28, 0.5b2, 0.5c1.5, Re is Nd and/or Pr, and M is Al and/or Nb. According to the present invention, the relatively surplus and inexpensive rare earths yttrium and cerium are used to replace Nd and/or Pr in NdFeB. By controlling the ratio of the rare earth elements such as yttrium, cerium and neodymium, and adding an appropriate amount of Nb and/or Al element, the rare earth elements are used in a comprehensive and balanced manner while better magnetic properties are maintained.