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Oriented Strontium Ferrite Disc Magnet: Agate-Milled, 10,000 Oersted Field (Gorter, Philips 1956, Ex. 8)
A strontium ferrite magnet oriented in a magnetic field: strontium carbonate and iron oxide milled, pre-fired 2 hours at 1000 °C, ground fine in an agate mill, then oriented, heated and sintered as in Example 4. In the principal direction it held 2,640 gauss with a coercive force of 2,825 oersted and a (BH)max of 1.63 × 10⁶.
Source: E. W. Gorter, G. W. Rathenau and A. L. Stuyts (Philips), US 2,762,778 (1956), Example 8. They made blocks; disc size is ours. Picture: ferrite magnets, Omegatron, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Instructions
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Weigh strontium carbonate and iron oxide
Weigh strontium carbonate and iron oxide
Weigh 29.5 g strontium carbonate and 179 g ferric oxide.
Materials for this step:
Strontium Carbonate29.5 g
Ferric Oxide179 gTools needed:
Balance Scale
P100 Respirator2
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Mill 15 hours with alcohol, dry
Mill 15 hours with alcohol, dry
Grind in a ball mill with alcohol for 15 hours. Remove the alcohol and dry the powder.
Tools needed:
Iron Ball Mill
Ethanol - Lab Grade, 95%
Drying Oven3
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Pre-fire 2 hours at 1000 °C in air
Pre-fire 2 hours at 1000 °C in air
Heat the powder for 2 hours at 1000 °C in an electric furnace in air. Let it cool.
Tools needed:
Muffle Furnace
Crucible with Lid (Porcelain)
Crucible Tongs
Heat-Resistant Gloves4
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Grind 4 hours in an agate centrifugal mill
Grind 4 hours in an agate centrifugal mill
Grind the cooled material for 4 hours with alcohol in an agate centrifugal mill, then dry it. This is the pre-fired powder.
Tools needed:
Agate Centrifugal MillEthanol - Lab Grade, 95%Drying Oven5
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Stir into 8 % polyvinyl acetate in acetone
Stir into 8 % polyvinyl acetate in acetone
Dissolve polyvinyl acetate in acetone to a 8 % solution and stir the pre-fired powder into it, 1 cc of solution per gram of powder. The binder burns off later.
Tools needed:
Polyvinyl Acetate
AcetoneBalance Scale6
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Orient in a 10000 oersted field
Orient in a 10000 oersted field
Put the suspension in a moulding die between the poles of a magnet and apply a first field of 10000 oersted. Remove the binder solution while the field is on.
Tools needed:
Disc Pressing Die
Electromagnet
Hydraulic Press7
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Heat to 500 °C in a 2000 oersted field
Heat to 500 °C in a 2000 oersted field
Put the block in an electric furnace between the magnet's poles. With a second field of 2000 oersted along the first field's direction, heat to 500 °C, which burns off the rest of the binder. Then switch the field off.
Tools needed:
Tube FurnaceElectromagnetHeat-Resistant Gloves8
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Sinter: through a 1280 °C zone in 5 minutes
Sinter: through a 1280 °C zone in 5 minutes
Pass the block at 20 mm per minute through an electric furnace in air at 1280 °C with a 10 cm hot zone: about 5 minutes in the heat.
Tools needed:
Tube FurnaceHeat-Resistant Gloves9
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Magnetise in the principal direction
Magnetise in the principal direction
Magnetise the block along the direction of the first field, the principal direction. The patent magnetises it in a field in that direction; ours: an electromagnet. Find the north face with a compass.
Tools needed:
Electromagnet
CompassMaterials
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- 179 gPlaceholder
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