Stronger Magnets, Less Dysprosium

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Episode 146 of the Professor Alex Volinsky podcast. Co-doping Nd-Fe-B sintered magnets with Dy2O3 and WS2: dysprosium hardens the grain boundaries against demagnetization while tungsten disulfide regulates the microstructure, saving expensive heavy rare earth. Measured values pending abstract retrieval. Based on the paper: Microstructure Regulation and Coercivity Improvement in the Dy2O3/WS2 Co-doped Nd-Fe-B Sintered Magnets; F. Yang, Q. Qin, S. Lin, H. Sun, Y. Sui, Z. Guo, A.A. Volinsky; Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2020, Vol. 33(3), pp. 775-781. Hosts Elena and Marcus. AI-generated voices.

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