Abstract
The present authors examined magnetic properties of anisotropic Nd10.1Pr2.9Fe74.6-Co5.8B6.2Zr0.1Ga0.3HDDR powders prepared from strip cast alloy flakes which were annealed at various temperatures before HDDR treatment. Br's and (BH)max's of the powders are increased with increase in annealing temperature for the starting alloy flakes, which can be ascribed to the growth of original Nd2Fe14B grains. The bonded magnet of the powder obtained from the optimally annealed alloy flakes, exhibits Br of 1.05 T, HcJ of 1100 kA/m, and (BH)max of 199 kJ/m3, which are much superior to those from the conventional book-mold cast ingots. This would be related to the elimination of α-Fe phase in the strip cast flakes.