1990 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Study on the Formation of Ultrafine Iron Particles with Paramagnetism (Gamma-Fe)
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01550512
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Physical properties of metals
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| Research Institution | Daido Innstitute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
IWAMA Saburo Daido Institute of Technology, Applied Electronics Engineering, Professor, 工学部・応用電子I学科, 教授 (00075904)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYAKAWA Kenji Daido Institute of Technology, Applied Electronics Engineering, Assistant, 工学部・応用電子I学科, 助手 (50075909)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1989 – 1990
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| Keywords | Ultrafine Particles / gamma-Fe / Paramagnetism / Microwave Plasma / Nonequilibrium Heating / Fe-C System |
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| Research Abstract |
Production of gamma-Fe ultrafine particles was done with the use of microwave plasma heating. Alpha-Fe ultrafine particles were prepared by the gas evaporation method. The alpha-Fe ultrafine particles were drifted through a microwave plasma region to the gas downstream. Alpha-Fe ultra-fine particles were heated and then quenched rapidly. After that, gamma-Fe ultrafine particles were obtained.
(1) Abundance of gamma-Fe ultrafine particles
The abundance of gamma-Fe ultrafine particles depends on Ar gas pressure, microwave power and gas velocity in the plasma region. A maximum abundance of 40% was achieved with the gas pressure of 15Torr, the microwave power of 500W and gas velocity of 40m/s. As the microwave power increases above 500W, the abundance of gamma-Fe decreases gradually. The abundance of 30% was obtained at microwave power of 1KW. When the gas velocity was changed to 10m/s, the abundance of gamma-Fe decreased in comparison with the case of 40m/s.
(2) Effect of carbon (CH_4) on the production of gamma-Fe ultrafine particles
In an oil-free vacuum systems, a similar experiment was done with a small amount of CH_4 gas added to Ar gas. When the CH_4 content was 90ppm, the abundance of gamma-Fe was 55% at the following conditions as 15Torr in Ar pressure, 40m/s in the gas velocity and 500W in the microwave power. When the CH_4 content was 450ppm, Fe-C system (Fe-C,Fe_3C) was found in addition to alpha and gamma.
In an experiment carried out in the CH_4 gas added to He gas, the abundance of gamma-Fe was less than in that of Ar. No Fe-C system was observed in this case.
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