摘要:SmCo
5 and SmCo
5−xCu
x magnetic particles were produced by co-precipitation followed by reduction diffusion. HRTEM confirmed the Cu substitution in the SmCo
5 lattice. Non-magnetic Cu was substituted at “2c” site in the SmCo
5 crystal lattice and effectively stopped the coupling in its surroundings. This decoupling effect decreased magnetic moment from SmCo
5 (12.86 μ
B) to SmCo
4Cu (10.58 μ
B) and SmCo
3Cu
2 (7.79 μ
B) and enhanced anisotropy energy from SmCo
5 (10.87 Mega erg/cm
3) to SmCo
4Cu (14.05 Mega erg/cm
3) and SmCo
3Cu
2 (14.78 Mega erg/cm
3). Enhancement of the anisotropy energy increased the coercivity as its values for SmCo
5, SmCo
4Cu and SmCo
3Cu
2 were recorded as 4.5, 5.97 and 6.99 kOe respectively. Being six times cheaper as compared to Co, substituted Cu reduced the price of SmCo
3Cu
2 up to 2%. Extra 15% Co was added which not only enhanced the M
r value but also reduced the 5% of the total cost because of additional weight added to the SmCo
3Cu
2. Method reported in this work is most energy efficient method on the synthesis of Sm–Co–Cu ternary alloys until now.