Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet has a composition represented by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s, where R is a rare earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, p is 8.0 atomic % or more and 13.5 atomic % or less, q is 25 atomic % or more and 40 atomic % or less, r is 0.88 atomic % or more and 7.2 atomic % or less, and s is 3.5 atomic % or more and 13.5 atomic % or less, and a metallic structure including a cell phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, a cell wall phase, and a platelet phase existing along a c plane of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase. An average thickness of the platelet phase is in a range of from 2.5 nm to 20 nm.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a sintered compact having a composition represented by the composition formula: RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (where R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, p is 10.5 atomic % or more and 12.5 atomic % or less, q is 24 atomic % or more and 40 atomic % or less, r is 0.88 atomic % or more and 4.5 atomic % or less, and s is 3.5 atomic % or more and 10.7 atomic % or less. The sintered compact has a structure having crystal grains constituted of a main phase including a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a crystal grain boundary. In the structure of the sintered compact, an average grain diameter of the crystal grains is 25 micrometer or more, and a volume fraction of the crystal grain boundary is 14% or less.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a sintered compact having a composition expressed by a composition formula: Rp1Feq1Mr1Cus1Co100-p1-q1-r1-s1 (R is a rare-earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10?p1?13.3 at %, 25?q1?40.0 at %, 0.88?r1?5.4 at %, and 3.5?s1?13.5 at %). The sintered compact includes crystal grains each composed of a main phase including a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a Cu-rich phase having a composition with a high Cu concentration and an average thickness of 0.05 ?m or more and 2 ?m or less.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a sintered compact including: a composition expressed by a composition formula: RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R is at least one element selected from rare-earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10?p?13.3 at %, 25?q?40 at %, 0.87?r?5.4 at %, and 3.5?s?13.5 at %); and a metallic structure having a main phase including a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and an R-M-rich phase containing the element R whose concentration is 1.2 times or more an R concentration in the main phase and the element M whose concentration is 1.2 times or more an M concentration in the main phase. A volume fraction of the R-M-rich phase in the metallic structure is from 0.2% to 15%.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes: a composition expressed by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R is a rare-earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10?p?13.5 at %, 25?q?40 at %, 1.35?r?1.75 at %, and 0.88?s?13.5 at %); and a metallic structure including Th2Zn17 crystal phases each having a Fe concentration of 25 at % or more, and Cu-rich crystal phases each having a Cu concentration of from 25 at % to 70 at %. An average thickness of the Cu-rich crystal phases is 20 nm or less, and an average distance between the Cu-rich crystal phases is 200 nm or less.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a permanent magnet is provided with a sintered body having a composition represented by R(FepMqCurCo1-p-q-r)zOw (where, R is at least one element selected from rare-earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, and p, q, r, z and w are numbers satisfying 0.25?p?0.6, 0.005?q?0.1, 0.01?r?0.1, 4?z?9 and 0.005?w?0.6 in terms of atomic ratio). The sintered body has therein aggregates of oxides containing the element R dispersed substantially uniformly.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a permanent magnet is provided with a sintered body having a composition represented by R(FepMqCurCo1-p-q-r)zOw (where, R is at least one element selected from rare-earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, and p, q, r, z and w are numbers satisfying 0.25?p?0.6, 0.005?q?0.1, 0.01?r?0.1, 4?z?9 and 0.005?w?0.6 in terms of atomic ratio). The sintered body has therein aggregates of oxides containing the element R dispersed substantially uniformly.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a magnet main body and a surface portion provided on a surface of the magnet main body. The magnet main body has a composition expressed by a composition formula 1: R(Fep1Mq1Cur1Co1-p1-q1-r1)z1. The surface portion has a composition expressed by a composition formula 2: R(Fep2Mq2Cur2Co1-p2-q2-r2)z2. In the composition formulas 1 and 2, R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, p1 and p2 are 0.25 to 0.45, q1 and q2 are 0.01 to 0.05, r1 and r2 are 0.01 to 0.1, z1 is 6 to 9, and z2 satisfies 0.8?z2/z1?0.995.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes: a composition expressed by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R is a rare-earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10.8?p?13.5 at %, 28?q?40 at %, 0.88?r?7.2 at %, and 3.5?s?13.5 at %); and a metallic structure including a cell phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a cell wall phase. A Cu concentration in the cell wall phase is in a range from 30 at % to 70 at %.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition represented by a composition formula: R(FepMqCur(Co1-sAs)1-p-q-r)z, where, R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr, and Hf, A is at least one element selected from Ni, V, Cr, Mn, Al, Si, Ga, Nb, Ta, and W, 0.05?p?0.6, 0.005?q?0.1, 0.01?r?0.15, 0?s?0.2, and 4?z?9, and a two-phase structure of a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a copper-rich phase. In a cross-section of the permanent magnet containing a crystal c axis of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase, an average distance between the copper-rich phases is 120 nm or less.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition expressed by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R is a rare-earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10?p?13.5 at %, 28?q?40 at %, 0.88?r?7.2 at %, and 3.5?s?13.5 at %), and a metallic structure including a cell phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a cell wall phase. A Fe concentration (C1) in the cell phase is in a range from 28 at % to 45 at %, and a difference (C1?C2) between the Fe concentration (C1) in the cell phase and a Fe concentration (C2) in the cell wall phase is larger than 10 at %.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition represented by R(FepMqCur(Co1-p-q-r)z, (R: rare earth element, M: at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, 0.3<p?0.45, 0.01?q?0.05, 0.01?r?0.1, 5.6?z?9), and a metallic structure including a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, a grain boundary phase and a platelet phase. A spatial distribution of Cu concentration in the grain boundary phase is set to 5 or less in standard deviation.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition represented by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R: rare earth element, M: at least one element selected from Zr, Ti and Hf, 10?p?13.5 atomic %, 28?q?40 atomic %, 0.88?r?7.2 atomic %, 4?s?13.5 atomic %), and a metallic structure in which a composition region having an Fe concentration of 28 mol % or more is a main phase. A Cu concentration in the main phase is 5 mol % or more.

Abstract: A conductive carbon carrier for a fuel cell having at least a surface layer graphitized, characterized in that the dimension (La) in a six-membered ring face (carbon plane) direction of a crystallite measured by X-ray diffraction is 4.5 nm or more. This carbon carrier improves the durability in a fuel cell and enables operation for a long period of time.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrode catalyst for a fuel cell comprising catalyst metal particles of noble metal-base metal-Ce (cerium) ternary alloy carried on carbon materials, wherein the noble metal is at least one member selected from among Pt, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag and Au, the base metal is at least one member selected from among Ir, Co, Fe, Ni and Mn, and the relative proportion (i.e., the molar proportion) of noble metal:base metal:Ce (cerium) is 20 to 95:5 to 60:0.1 to 3. The electrode catalyst for a fuel cell inhibits deterioration of an electrolyte membrane or an electrolyte in an electrode catalyst layer, improves durability, and, in particular, improves the capacity for power generation in the high current density region.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a permanent magnet includes a composition of RpFeqZrrMsCutCo100-p-q-r-s-t (R: rare-earth element, M: at least one element selected from Ti and Hf, 10?p?15, 24?q?40.5, 1.5?r?4.5, 0?s?3, 1.5?r+s?4.5, and 0.8?t?13.5 (atomic %)). The permanent magnet has a texture including a main phase which is formed of a Th2Zn17 type crystal phase, and a grain boundary phase which has a crystal phase having a Zr concentration of from 4 atomic % or more to 35 atomic % or less.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a magnet material includes a composition represented by Rx(Nb1-pZrp)yBZ(T1-qMq)100-x-y-z, where R is an element selected from rare earth elements and 50 at. % or more of R is Sm, T is Fe alone or a mixture of Fe and Co containing 50 at. % or more of Fe, M is at least one element selected from Ni, Cu, V, Cr, Mn, Al, Si, Ga, Ta and W, p is 0?p?0.5, q is 0?q?0.2, x is 4?x?15 at. %, y is 1?y?4 at. %, z is 0.001?z<4 at. %, and a structure having a TbCu7 crystal phase as a main phase.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a permanent magnet has a composition represented by (Sm1-xRx)(FepMqCurCo1-p-q-r)z, where R is at least one element selected from Nd and Pr, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, and 0.22?p?0.45, 0.005?q?0.05, 0.01 ?r?0.1, 0.05?x<0.5, and 7?z?9. The permanent magnet includes a Th2Zn17 crystal phase as a main phase, and a ratio of diffraction peak intensity I(113) from a (113) plane of the Th2Zn17 crystal phase in powder X-ray diffraction to diffraction peak intensity I(300) from a (300) plane in powder X-ray diffraction is in a range of 0.9?I(113)/I(300)?1.7.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a magnet material includes a composition represented by R(FepMqCur(Co1-aAa)1-p-q-r)z, where R is at least one element selected from rare earth elements, M is at least one element selected from Ti, Zr and Hf, A is at least one element selected from Ni, V, Cr, Mn, Al, Si, Ga, Nb, Ta, and W, p is 0.05?p?0.6, q is 0.005?q?0.1, r is 0.01?r?0.15, a is 0?a?0.2, z is 4?z?9, and a structure including an intragranular phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase and a grain boundary phase. An average crystal grain diameter of the intragranular phase is in a range of 20 to 500 nm, and an average thickness of the grain boundary phase is smaller than a magnetic domain wall thickness.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce the amount of catalytic metal such as Pt in a fuel cell. The present invention provides a fuel cell electrode catalyst comprising a conductive carrier and catalytic metal particles, wherein the CO adsorption amount of the electrode catalyst is at least 30mL/g·Pt.