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Strontium Ferrite Disc Magnet, Sintered 4 Hours at 1100 °C (Went, Philips 1956, Ex. 34)
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Strontium Ferrite Disc Magnet, Sintered 4 Hours at 1100 °C (Went, Philips 1956, Ex. 34)

A strontium ferrite magnet made exactly like Went's barium ferrite of Example 34, with strontium carbonate in place of barium carbonate: 29.5 g of it to 191.7 g iron oxide, milled, fired, milled again, pressed and sintered for 4 hours. This iteration sinters at 1100 °C, where his rod held 1,220 gauss with a coercive force of 3,880 oersted. Source: J. J. Went, G. W. van Oosterhout and E. W. Gorter (Philips), US 2,762,777 (1956), Example 34. They pressed rods; the disc size is ours. The patent does not say how to magnetise it; our way is stated. Picture: ferrite magnets, Omegatron, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Instructions

1

Weigh strontium carbonate and iron oxide

Weigh 29.5 g of strontium carbonate and 191.7 g of ferric oxide, Fe2O3. The patent makes this second mixture "in exactly the same manner" as the barium one.

Materials for this step:

Strontium CarbonateStrontium Carbonate29.5 g
Ferric OxideFerric Oxide191.7 g

Tools needed:

Balance ScaleBalance Scale
Rubber GlovesRubber Gloves
P100 RespiratorP100 Respirator
2

Mill with ethanol for 4 hours

Grind the mixture with ethanol in an iron ball mill for 4 hours. Let the ethanol evaporate, then dry the powder in a drying oven.

Tools needed:

Iron Ball MillIron Ball Mill
Ethanol - Lab Grade, 95%Ethanol - Lab Grade, 95%
Drying OvenDrying Oven
3

Presinter at 1000 °C for 4 hours

Fire the dry powder in air at 1000 °C for 4 hours (ours: in a lidded porcelain crucible in a muffle furnace). Let it cool.

Tools needed:

Muffle FurnaceMuffle Furnace
Crucible with Lid (Porcelain)Crucible with Lid (Porcelain)
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Heat-Resistant GlovesHeat-Resistant Gloves
4

Mill again for 4 hours

Grind the presintered product with ethanol in the ball mill for another 4 hours. Let the ethanol evaporate.

Tools needed:

Iron Ball MillIron Ball Mill
Ethanol - Lab Grade, 95%Ethanol - Lab Grade, 95%
Drying OvenDrying Oven
P100 RespiratorP100 Respirator
5

Press discs at 1.5 tons per cm²

Press the powder at 1.5 tons/cm². The patent pressed rods; we press discs. Ours: a die 20 mm across, so about 4.7 tonnes on the punch (our arithmetic: 1.5 × 3.14 cm²).

Tools needed:

Hydraulic PressHydraulic Press
Disc Pressing DieDisc Pressing Die
6

Sinter 4 hours at 1100 °C

Sinter the discs for 4 hours at 1100 °C in oxygen or in air. The patent's strontium rod at 1100 °C: 1,220 gauss and 3,880 oersted.

Tools needed:

Muffle FurnaceMuffle Furnace
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Heat-Resistant GlovesHeat-Resistant Gloves
7

Magnetise the discs

The patent gives no magnetising method. Ours: lay a disc with its faces against the poles of a strong electromagnet, switch the current on, then off. Find which face is north with a compass.

Tools needed:

ElectromagnetElectromagnet
CompassCompass

Materials

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Tools Required

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