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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION 1

THE MAGNETIC ANALOGUE TO OHN's LAW 1

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ENERGY PRODUCT 8

EQUIVALENT SURFACE AND VOLU1E POLE DISTRIBUTIONS 10

SUMMARY 10

APPENDIX 13

TABLE

1. MAGNETIC FLUX PATHS OF FIGURE 5A. 15

FIGURES

1. Demagnetization curves for SmCo5 and ALNICO-5 magnets. 2

2. Determination of Bm in an Alnico-5 magnet. 7

3. Permanent magnet circuit (A) and schematic of equivalent electrical 9circuit (B).

4. Reduction of magnet arrangements to equivalent pole distributions. 11

5a. Division of space around magnetic circuit Into approximate flux paths. 14

5b. Schematic of equivalent electric circuit. 14

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Design Considerations in the Employment of Rare-Earth CobaltPermanent MgesaFlxSources

INTRODUCTION

The advent of rare earth-cobalt permanent magnets (REPM's) affords the possibility ofrfabrication of many novel magnetic structures that are not otherwise practicable. So

different are these remarkable materials from conventional magnets that the conven-tional design wisdom is inadequate to fully exploit their unique characteristics.Indeed, the conventional wisdom can lead to error or to the employment of cumbersomeprocedures appropriate for conventional magnets but unnecessary for REPM's. All -ofthese salutary characteristics stem from two basic attributes of the rare earth-cobalt materials:

(1) large intrinsic moments per unit volume (high saturation magnetizations);

(2) extraordinarily high resistance to demagnetization by applied fields ordemagnetization fields (high coercivity).

The first provides a magnetic field source of high flux density; the second enablesthe magnet to maintain this flux density in the face of very high demagnetizingfields engendered by low-aspect ratios. Thus, REPM's can, with impunity, be fash-ioned into shapes that would cause demagnetization of conventional materials.

This point is illustrated in Figure 1 which shows the second quadrant of the hyste-resis loop of a typical SmCoS magnet. Note that the constancy of magnetization tothe very high field of 1O-kOe results in a linear B vs. H curve of slope one through-out the entire quadrant. Further, since no self-demagnetizing field arisingfrom magnet geometry can ever exceed Br - 9000 oersteds, and since more than 10,000 INoersteds are needed to reduce the magnetization, no SmCo5 magnet can be affected byself-demagnetization.

The importance of this property to design simplification will become obvious fromthe following discussions.

THE MAGNETIC ANALOGUE TO OHM's LAW

In the not-toodistant past, elementary courses in general physics almost in-variably included a brief treatment of magnetic circuits which featured a rather .

simplistically derived magnetic analogue of Ohm's law. In this scheme, the roles ofelectric current 1, electromotive force V, electric conductance G, and resistance Rwere played, respectively, by the magnetic flux *, the magneto-motive force FS themagnetic permeance P, and the reluctance R, so that the magnetic Ohms' law read

4)=PFor()

just as in the case of the corresponding electric circuit equations. Permanent mag-nets then acted as magnetic "batteries," materials of high permeability,, such assoft iron or permalloy as essentially perfect flux conductors, and air gaps or ma-terials of low permeability as magnetic "resistors." The analogy was completed bythe option of winding electric coils around permeable members of a circuit, thusproducing flux generators, either dt or At, according to the current sent throughthe coils.

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B, ALNICO-5-

104 frM, SmCo S

S

B, SCO

-20 -15 -10 ~ -50H~koe)

Figure 1. Demagnetization curves for SmCO5 and ALNICO-5 magnets.

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Although this approach, as in most analogies, was philosophically and mnemon-ically gratifying, it was rarely used in practice, as outlined; mention of it isnow often deleted from the elementary courses. The barrier to more general useful-ness was essentially twofold. First, unlike electric currents, magnetic fluxes arenot confined to neat, analytically'tractable paths like wires, but fill virtuallyall of space. This difficulty was less serious because the space around a magneticcircuit can, in many cases, be divided into flux paths of which the boundaries areplanes, cylindrical arcs, or spherical segments that emanate normally from the sur-faces of the circuit to connect points of different magnetic potential. The per-meances of these simplified paths can then be calculated through standard formulaeand, if the division has been judiciously made, surprisingly good approximations tothe true fluxes can often be obtained.

The seccnd, andmore serious, difficu6ty that in the past has prevented a simpledirect application of the magnetic Ohm's law is that conventional permanent maqnetmaterials, such as the Alnico's, generate no unique magnetomotive (l4F)foicebecaus-their IMF's depend upon the circuits into which they are inserted. The great valueof REPM's in the simplification of the circuit design process arises because thesematerials exhibit the same total circuital MF regardless of the natures of the cir-cuits in which they find themselves. Although this advantage has been discussedpreviously,1,2 it is still not as widely appreciated as are the high energy productsand coercivities of the rare earth-cobalts, and, consequently, circuits employingthese materials are still often analyzed by the same cumbersome procedures necessarywhen conventional materials are employed.

To illuminate the origins of these difficulties and to highlight the contrastsbetween the cobalt rare earths and conventional magnets, it is useful to considerthe derivation of the magnetic Ohm's law. We begin by writing the circuital formof Ampere's law:

6 H.dt ± (2)

where H is in oersteds, I is in amperes, and the sign depends upon whether the cur-rent direction in the coils produces an MMF aiding or opposing that of the magnet.Assuming Hm is the average field over the length of the magnet im, we can write

B

H + =i 4rn- (3)Hmm 10

A

where A and B are the ends of the magnet, the line integral is along a flux lineoutside of the magnet and HL is the field along that line integral.

LS

1. A. E. Paladlno, N. J. Dionne, P. F. Welhrauch, and E. C. Wettstein, "Rare Earth-Cobalt Permanent Magnet Technology," Goldschmldt Informient Nr 35, p. 63 (1975).

2. H. A. Leupold and F. Rothwarf, "Design of a Tuneable Magnetic Circuit for K andKa Band Microwave Filters," Proceedings of the Second International Workshop onRare Earth-Cobalt Permanent Magnets and Their Applications, pp. 187 (1976).

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Outside the magnet PLHL + BL , therefore,

HmRm At + , (4)

A7

but BL = ( (5)

where dA is a differential element of area normal to a flux line of length k anddD(r) is the flux passing through it. Consequently,

Hmtm +r = + l (6)

A

HmIm + L irnI7 (7)

The area dA and permeability L associated with flux do will, of course, vary as wego along the flux line, but if we denote the average product by ijdA and write

then 2 (

Pt

where P is the total permeance of the circuit exclusive of the internal permeance

of the magnet.

Equation (7) becomes

Htz + d6 .4nnl(9mm

(10)]

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Integrating all fluxes, dolyields

t =+47rnI H ()P t

where Ot is the total flux emanating from the magnet, 0m; therefore,

m E 41rnI Htp. (12)

However, Om = BmAm , (13)

where Bm is the average flux density within the magnet, and by substituting (13) in(12) we obtain

pt H X(14)Bm =FD m

For SmCo 5 the demagnetization curve is reversible, linear, and of the form

Bm = 1RHm + Br (15)

where R is the recoil permeability.

Solving (13) and (15) for Hm, we get

B -BH Bm " r m Br (HmRAm R(16)

Multiplying (14) through by Am and combining the results with (16) yields

~E mL- B (17)I

Br 41rnI

~IM 10- (18 )

and Br 41 (9

mRt + R

5

• . . .- - ,'-. - ;. - . - .-..A. . . . . i . " . .

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This is the magnetic form of Ohm's law where the total flux is analogous tothe total current and the reluctances R amd correspond to the tolal externalcircuit resistance and battery internal resis ance, respectively. Or , corre-sponds to the battery EMF and ± is the analogue of the EMF from a zero im- U]pedance, constant voltage source. This simple and useful formula is applicable tocobalt rare earth magnets because of the linear relationship between Hm and Bm ex-pressed by equation (15) which, in turn, is a consequence of the constancy of mag-netization in all parts of the magnet regardless of stimuli arising from the restof the circuit or the magnet's own geometrical peculiarities. In contrast, conven-tional magnetic materials do not have reversible demagnetization curves that areexpressible in simple analytical form. Therefore, in dealing with circuits con-taining such magnets one must proceed less directly and with recourse to B-H graphssuch as shown in Figure 2. For simplicity, we consider as an example a circuitwithno electromagnetic sources of flux. In such a case, equation (14) can be written:

im inpE (20)Hm m

Then one must calculate PE which, together with the use of magnet length and crosssection area in (20), yields Bm/ m . Then a "load line" with slope Bm/Hm is drawnthrough the origin and its intersection with the second quadrant B-H curve deter-mines Bm . The product BiAm then yields ot which is the total flux output of themagnet; Ot can then be distributed among the various flux paths in the circuit inaccordance with Ohm's and Kirchoff's laws.

If the demagnetization field of the conventional magnet is lessened by an in-crease in Pf resulting from the narrowing of an air gap within the circuit, theoperating p6int of the magnet moves along an approximately linear minor loop topoint B in Figure 2, in accordance with the new value of Bm/Hm. Since changes inthe circuit are such as to move the operating point from left to right on the minorloop, we can use an expression such as (15) with the intercept of the minor loopwith the B axis, Bi in place of Br, and the slope of the minor loop Or in place of)o One may then define a magnet MMF of the same form as that for the cobalt- rareerths, i.e.,

F=B i m/ r (21)

However, should the demagnetization field increase due to a widening of an airgap,temporary removal of the magnet from the circuit or application of an external de-magnetizing field, the operating point would move to the left along the demagneti-zation curve to C, the base of a new minor loop CD. The magnet would then alsohave a new MMF given by the new line constants B.' and U

!r

F' =Bel r" (22)

Hence, we see that no unique MMF can be assigned to a conventional permanentmagnet, and if the useful magnetic field is to be modulated by variation of gaplength or electrically generated MMF's, the magnet MMF will always be that corres-ponding to the lowest point on the demagnetization curve reached in the course ofthe modulation cycles. An additional complication in determining the MMF of aconventional magnet is that the lengths, Am, appearing in equations (21) and (22)are effective rather than actual lengths. Because of demagnetization fields, themagnetization of conventional magnets tends to be nonuniform, which means that dif-ferent parts of the magnet lie on different load lines, hence producing differentMMF's and inhomogeneous fields. This causes effective lengths to be shorter than

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rr

DEMAGNETIZATION CUR? VES- "6 k6

LOAD LINES - - _

S-o0 ,-1600 0DEMAGNETIZING FIELD, .I (oERS TEDS)

Figure 2. Determination of Bm in an Alnico 5 Magnet. The load line, OA,- I is determined from the total external permean e as described in the text.

Bm is the value of B at intersection A. If Pt would lower the operatingpoint to C, the base of a new reversible minor loop CD. The reversiblelinear demagnetization curves fo" SmCo5 magnets of Br = 8 and 9 kG are

-' shown for purposes of comparison.

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actual ones and all the other germane quantities such as Hm, Bm . to have only arough average significance. For some configurations, use of geometrical lengthsand average field values can cause significant errors, and estimations of effectivelengths must be made. For an example, see Reference 3.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ENERGY PRODUCT

If one combines the leakage paths of a magnetic circuit with a gap in which theflux is to be maximized, the circuit can be represented by the schematic ofFigure 3. The magnetic circuit analogue to electric power is magnetic field energy,and the amount stored in the gap is given by •

Eg =F = HgLAB = HgBgV (23)

Again, in analogy with electric circuit theory, we know that this quantity will bemaximized when the proper impedances are matched, that is, when

RRR LRm (24)g RL+Rm

where RL is the external load reluctance exclusive of Rg. The slope of the loadline is given by g

S=Bm/Hm =P IFm PtR , (25)m

S g[Pg + P .L • (26) S

Substituting (24) in (26) we obtain

S =[1 + R/R +*L

Under the ideal condition of no leakage,

RL = and S = 1.

However, at S =1, B = Hm =Br/2 =Hc/2 and p

Hg r c (7= B m Hg•(27) i

g g A (R + R 2A R + Rm)g g m ggm

Thus, (23) becomes -

BHc 2 V Brc 2V (28)R2A +

3. R. J. Parker and R. J. Studders, Permanent Magnets and Their Application(John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York - London 1962), pp. 130-150.

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N

I L R11 L 9 LR LMAGNET--. I

4% S

A.

Rm = L

TM Rg

B.

Figure 3. Permanent magnet circuit (A) and schematic of equivalent electricalcircuit (B).

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and

Eg r rcg 1 2 . (29)g ~ [ + 1R /R]

mga

The factor BrHc/4 is called the "energy product" of the material under considera-tion and, as shown by (29), is a measure of the maximum field energy that the mate-rial can store in a gap under ideal conditions. As Figure 1 shows, it is just equalto one half the area under the B-H loop in the second quadrant. The graph also showsthat the area for Alnico 5 is much smaller, which is indicative of the ability ofSmCo5 to produce much larger fields in larger working volumes.

EQUIVALENT SURFACE AND VOLUME POLE DISTRIBUTIONS

Because a uniformly magnetized REPM retains that state under placement into anymagnetic circuit, for computational purposes it can always be replaced by the poledensity distribution on its surfaces which is given by i

=n. M ,(30)

where M is the magnetization everywhere in the body of the magnet and n is the unitvector normal to the surface of the magnet. For simple configurations such as thosewith geometric and magnetic cylindrical symmetry, it is often useful to replace non-uniform magnetizations with equivalent volume pole distributions where the pole den-sity is given by

P -V M .(31)

Figure 4 shows some permanent magnet configurations together with their equivalent* pole distributions. All can be solved exactly for points lying on the axis of sym-

metry by integration of Coulomb's expression for field over the pole distributions.Re placement of REPM's by equivalent pole distributions is often useful for quick

* qualitative checks on the relative efficacy of alternative configurations. For ex-ample, it is clear from Figure 4 that the greater number of poles in proximity topoint 0' in configuration B will produce a larger field there than will be producedby the pole distribution of configuration A at the equivalent point 0. Such easycomparisons are not possible when conventional magnets are used because of the com-plications introduced by volume charge densities that invariably arise because of

-: nonuniform magnetizations due to demagnetization effects. The presence of passivemagnetic materials such as iron or permalloy will introduce similar complications

* even when REPM's are used, but these can sometimes be circumvented by standard fieldcomputational techniques such as the method of mirror images. For some problems, apreferable alternative might be to view the REPM system as consisting of either anequivalent array of current sheets or a volume distribution of dipoles. Again, nei-ther of these alternatives is easily feasible when conventional magnets are used.

SUMM4ARY

* From the foregoing considerations, it is clear that designing circuits with con-ventional magnets is like engaging in electrical circuit design with batteries thecells of which produce different EMF's, and of which the total EMF's and internalresistances depend upon the circuits in which they are placed, as well as upon theirprevious histories. These difficulties can be mostly obviated by the use of cobalt-rare earth magnets that constitute true magnetic "batteries." These can be standard-ized to produce definite MMF's measured in gilberts and internal reluctances meas-ured In centimeters-i, much as the EMF's and internal resistances of ele-trical bat-

2 teries are rated in volts and ohms, respectively. As is further demonstrated by the10

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Configuration Equivalent Pole Distribution

S N S-. ;

IN S NA 0S N S

-°-

N S N0 :

AS N S

S N

B0'S N

-- o SO N O N SO I

N S N

Figure 4. Reduction of magnet arrangements to equivalent pole distribution.The left side of A illustrates the cross section of a segment of a planarperiodic stack of SmCo5 permanent magnets that are oriented perpendicularlyto the plane of the stack. The right side of A shows the equivalent poledistribttion of that configuration. N and S are surface poles of densityo = * .n where A is the magnetization vector and n the unit vector normalto a magnet surface. The left side of B illustrates the same configurationwith the addition of magnets oriented in the plane of the stack% as shown,so as to fill the spaces between the normally oriented magnets. As shownat the right side of B, the resulting pole distribution is that of A withthe addition of surface poles N' and S'. Clearly, these would add to thefield at point 0.

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example in the appendix, this property of REPM's greatly simplifies the process of*: preliminary circuit design in which the estimation of permeance is used, especially

in that it eliminates the need for plotting load lines in the second quadrant of a* magnet's demagnetization curve. All one needs to solve many circuit problems in

this way is a knowledge of the standard permeance formulae4 and the value of Br forthe REPM to be used. Both experiment and more exact computer calculations used toobtain the fine details of the fields and fluxes of designs roughly arrived at bythe Ohms's law method usually show fair (n 30%) and often excellent (2%) agreementwith the results of the latter method.5,6 In addition to the high energy productsand flux densities produced by REPM's, there are other advantages arising fromtheiruse, notably the following simplifications of design:

(1) constancy of MMF, regardless of the configuration of the magneticcircuit in question and the augmentation of the utility of themethod of estimation of permeances thus engendered;

(2) persistence of constant uniform magnetization in the face of highdemagnetization fields arising from unfavorable aspect ratios;

(3) good approximation of the geometrical length of an REPM to theeffective magnetic length used in computing the MMF;

(4) the possibility of simplification of field calculations by thereplacement of REPM with equivalent surface pole densities, currentsheets or volume dipole distributions.

4. H. C. Roters, Electromagnetic Devices (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., London:Chapman & Hall,Limited ) pp. T130-15.

5. H. A. Leupold, F. Rothwarf, C. J. Campagnuolo, H. Lee, and J. E. Fine,"Magnetic Circuit Design Studies for an Inductive Sensor," Tech. ReportECOt-4158, Fort Monmouth, NJ, October 1973..

6. H. A. Leupold, F. Rothwarf, D. Edmiston, C. J. Campagnuolo, H. Lee, J. E. Fine,"A Flux Circuit Analysis for the Magnetic Transducer of a Fluidic ReedGenerator," Tech. Report ECOM-4284, p. 27, Fort Monmouth, NJ (1975).

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APPENDIX - ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF CONTRASTING MAGNETIC GAP FIELD CALCULAriONS FOR

A CIRCUIT EMPLOYING SmCo5 AND THE SAME CIRCUIT USING ALNICO 5

In Figure 5a is pictured a simple magnetic circuit with the space around it

divided Into permeance paths as described in the introduction. The flux and field

of interest is that in the magnet gap PG. To calculate these quantities we must

first find the permeance associated with the fourteet flux paths. All are of stand-

ard form and can be calculated by means of formulae found in Reference 4. To aid in

the visualization of the forms of these paths, brief descriptions of each are sum-

marized in Table 1. All of the fourteen permeances are in parallel with each

other and in series with the internal permeance, PM, of the magnet (see Figure 48).

From the values of the quantitites shown the total circuit reluctance is given by

Rt = RM + Rj = 0.037 + 0.311 = 0.348 cm=r.

The tt4F:

F = imBr/MR 3.96 Br/1.05 = 3.77 Br gilberts

From Ohm's law we find the total flux emanating from the magnet:

F/R = 3.77 B /0.348 = 10.8 B maxwells.t tr r i

Since all permeances in pE are in parallel, the gap flux is given by:t

= PG t = (10.1)(10.8) /2.8.'"

OG = 4.04 B rmaxwells.

Hence, if we choose the typical value of Br = 9kG for commercial SmCo5, we have:

OG = 9X4.04 = 36.4 kilomaxwells W

and the average gap field

BG = tG/AG = 36.4/19.4 = 1.87 kilogauss.

If the calculation were to be made for the same configuration with the SmCo5 re-placed by Alnico 5, one would proceed as follows:

(1) Calculate the total external permeance Pt = 26.8 cm and total circuitpermeance Pt = 2.87 cm.

(2) Find the ratio 1m/m via the formula

m/In = -mP /Am = - (3.96) (26.8)/12.1 - - 8.87.

(3) Draw a line with slope m/Hm * 8.87 through the origin of the graph ofthe second quadrant of the Alnico 5 demagnetization curve (Figure 2).

(4) Find the magnet operating point at intersection (A) and value of rm atthat point, i.e., 1m 5.14 kG, as in Figure 2.

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(7) FindF 9 a #/G=1.20 kG.

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