DETERMINATION OF BIAXIAL TEXTURE AND INTRINSIC MAGNETIC-PROPERTIES OFHOT-ROLLED NDFEB SAMPLES

Hot rolling of NdFeB ingots leads to magnets with a well developed bia xial texture. The texture and the intrinsic magnetic properties were d etermined by fitting of demagnetization curves. Using a Gaussian with an elliptical ansatz the resulting intrinsic properties are in agreeme nt with data reported for Nd2Fe14B. The obtained texture parameters ar e comparable to those estimated from X-ray texture analysis using the component method.