Magnetization measurements on a series of samples of cubic TbFe2 with
different duration of ball-milling treatment were performed. An abrupt
increase of the coercivity with increasing ball-milling time was obse
rved. Coercivities of 1.36 and 0.67 T were obtained at 77 and 300 K, r
espectively, for the powder milled for 51 h.