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With the development of switching power supplies, miniaturization and high efficiency become hot research issues, and decreasing high-frequency losses is an effective method to achieve it. In this article, the effect of different calcination temperature on the power losses of MnZn ferrites at high frequency (500 kHz) over a broad temperature range is reported. The MnZn ferrites samples were prepared by ceramic process and the effect of calcination temperature was analyzed. The raw materials were calcined at 775 ℃, 800 ℃, 825 ℃, 850 ℃, 875℃, 900 ℃, 925 ℃ and 950 ℃, and the regular fluctuations of particle size (as-calcined), density (as-sintered) and magnetic properties are presented in this work. It is shown that the samples calcined at 850 ℃ exhibit optimal microstructure and magnetic properties. The newly developed MnZn ferrites are characterized by sintered density of 4.61 g/cm³, initial permeability of 1223 (10 kHz/0.1 mT/25 ℃), saturation magnetic flux density of 488 mT (10 kHz/1200 A/m/25 ℃) and power losses of 68 mW/cm³ (500 kHz/50 mT/100 ℃).

MnBi 1-x Ti x (x = 0, 0.4, 0.7, 1) alloys were prepared by arc-melting, followed by heat treatment. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) were used to measure and investigate the phase structure and magnetic properties. The temperature dependent magnetization curves indicate that the phase transitions between LTP and HTP MnBi occur with heating or cooling in MnBi 1-x Ti x (x ≤ 0.7) samples. However, MnTi samples are in Mn₂Ti single-phase, with very low magnetic properties. Furthermore, the coercivity exhibits a positive temperature coefficient. The results show that the optimal content of Ti for the coercivity of MnBi 1-x Ti x alloy is x = 0.4. For MnBi sample, the coercivity reaches a maximum value of 1.13 T at 550 K. However, the remanence and energy product show apparent decrease with the addition of Ti in MnBi 1-x Ti x alloys.

This paper studies the effects of A-site substitution by barium on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Pr 0.5 Sr 0.5-x Ba x MnO₃ (x = 0, 0.04, 0.08 and 0.1). The tetragonal crystal structures of the samples are confirmed by room temperature X-ray diffraction. The dependence of the Curie temperature (T C ) and the magnetic entropy change (ΔS M ) on the Ba doping content has been investigated. The samples of all doping contents undergo the second order phase transition. As the concentration of Ba increased, the maximum entropy change (|ΔS M | max ) increased gradually, from 1.15 J kg ?1 K ?1 (x = 0) to 1.36 J kg ?1 K ?1 (x = 0.1), in a magnetic field change of 1.5 T. The measured value of T C is 265 K, 275 K, 260 K and 250 K for x = 0, 0.04, 0.08 and 0.1, respectively. If combining these samples for magnetic refrigeration, the temperature range of ~220 K and 290 K, where |ΔS M |max is stable at ~1.27 J kg ?1 K ?1 and RCP = 88.9 Jㆍg ?1 for ΔH = 1.5 T. Pr 0.5 Sr 0.5-x BaxMnO₃ compounds, are expected to be suitable for magnetic-refrigeration application due to these magnetic properties.

The influences of Gallium doping on the magnetic microstructures and corrosion behaviors of Nd-Fe-B-Ti-C alloys are investigated. The cooling rate for obtaining fully amorphous structure is raised, and the glassforming ability is improved by the Ga addition. The High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy image shows that the α-Fe and Fe3B soft magnetic phases become granular surrounded by the Nd2Fe14B hard magnetic phase. The rms and (Δ?)rms value of Nd-Fe-B-Ti-C nanocomposite alloy thick ribbons in the typical topographic and magnetic force images detected by Magnetic Force Microscopy(MFM) decreases with 0.5 at% Ga addition. The corrosion resistances of Nd9Fe73B₁₂.6C ₁.₄Ti₄-xGax (x = 0, 0.5, 1) alloys are enhanced by the Ga addition. It can be attributed to the formation of more amorphous phases in the Ga doped samples.