The liquid coating (LC) has been employed to apply epoxy and lubricant over
the surface of rapidly solidified Nd-Fe-B powder particles. The LC led to
an improvement of physical and magnetic properties for the powders and magn
ets compared to the dry blending and the encapsulation methods. The LC powd
ers have excellent flowability and can be used for bonded magnets requiring
very close tolerances; further bonded magnets made using this powder posse
s higher strength. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(99)5
9608-4].