HIGH-ENERGY PRODUCT THMN12 SM-FE-T AND SM-FE PERMANENT-MAGNETS SYNTHESIZED AS ORIENTED SPUTTERED FILMS

Binary SmFe12 and Sm(Fe,T)12 films, where T = Ti and V, crystallized into the ThMn12-type structure, have been synthesized as sputtered films such that the c axes of the crystallites are oriented perpendicular to the film plane. It has been possible to synthesize Sm (Fe,T)12 films which exhibit a very dominant (002) texture with intrinsic coercivities of 5 or more kOe. Such films exhibit flux densities 4-pi-M(s) of more than 10 kG perpendicular to the film plane. No discernible columnar structure is exhibited so that the static energy product measured perpendicular to the film plane is nearly 21 MGOe.