Patent ID: 8907755

Claim:
A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet particles by HDDR treatment, comprising: a first stage HD step of heating particles of a raw material alloy to a temperature range of not lower than 770° C. and not higher than 820° C. in an inert atmosphere or in a vacuum atmosphere and then replacing the atmosphere with a hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere in which the raw material alloy particles are held in the same temperature range for not shorter than 30 min and not longer than 150 min, said raw material alloy comprising R (wherein R represents at least one rare earth element including Y), T (wherein T represents Fe, or Fe and Co) and B (wherein B represents boron), and having a composition comprising R in an amount of not less than 12.5 atom % and not more than 14.3 atom %, B in an amount of not less than 4.5 atom % and not more than 7.5 atom % and Co in an amount of not more than 10 atom %; and a second stage HD step of heating a material obtained in the first stage HD step again to a temperature range of not lower than 830° C. and not higher than 870° C. in which the material is held in the hydrogen-containing gas atmosphere for not shorter than 60 min and not longer than 240 min.