Synthesis of a new compound with excellent intrinsic magnetic properties using smaller amounts of rare earth elements

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-synthesis-compound-excellent-intrinsic-magnetic.html

"Ssingle-crystal thin film SmFe8.8N1.1 based on Sm-Fe(1–7 series) compound with increased Fe concentration enabling better magnetic properties: extremely high anisotropy field at room temperature (22 Tesla), higher saturation magnetization (1.64 Tesla)... high Curie temperature (770°K) means no thermal degradation so no need for rare-earth neodymium or dysprosium which have supply chain concerns... uses samarium byproduct of rare-earth refinement, balancing rare-earth use... does not require expensive boron"

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