摘要 |
Disclosed Is a process for the fabrication of rare earth or rare earth alloy materials in the form of fine wires for refrigeration regenerator applications. The wire is a composite consisting of a metal core and a metal sheath. The core material is comprises of at least a 20 atomic percent portion of rare earth metal as a pure metal, an alloy with other rare earth metals, or an intermetallic compound alloy with one or more non rare earth metals. The sheath material is essentially immiscible with the rare earth in the core, has no magnetic phase transitions in the temperature range for the intended operation, and has good corrosion and oxidation resistance. The sheath material is typically a small portion of the total composite wire cross section. The composite wire is fabricated from the co-reduction of an assembled billet by conventional wire processing techniques.
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