Patent ID: 8821649
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: H01F

Abstract:
1. A magnetic material comprising a main phase comprising fluorine and a magnetic powder, the magnetic powder comprising at least one crystal grain having a uniform crystal structure and an angular difference in crystal orientation of 45° or less in average in the crystal structure, wherein the magnetic material is obtained by a fluorination reaction of the magnetic powder at a temperature from 50° to less than 500° C. in an atmosphere of a fluorine-containing gas generated by decomposing a member selected from the group consisting of ammonium fluoride, xenon fluoride, ammonium hydrogen fluoride, ammonium acid fluoride, salts composed of an amine and hydrogen fluoride, and krypton fluoride, wherein the magnetic powder comprises at least two compositions of fluoride; fluorine atoms are disposed at interstitial positions of iron or at interstitial positions of a transition metal element excluding iron and a rare earth element; and the composition formula is represented by: wherein RE denotes a rare earth element, M denotes a transition metal element excluding iron and a rare earth element, F denotes fluorine, X, Y, Z, S, T, U, V and W are positive numbers, (Fe s M T ) Y F Z represents a composition of a central portion of the magnetic powder, (Fe S M T )F W represents a composition of a surface of the magnetic powder, X<Y, Z<Y, S>T, U<V, W<V and Z<W, and wherein the compositions of fluoride satisfy X<Y/10, Z<3, Z<Y/4, T<0.4 and S>T; and a volume proportion of a phase other than the main phase comprising fluorides and oxy-fluorides exhibiting no ferromagnetism and having a body-centered tetragonal or hexagonal structure is 0.01 to 10% with respect to the main phase.