An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of Co-Stearate as a reducing agent on the magnetic and physical properties of anisotropic BaFe
2-W type ferrite magnets. It was found that the magnetic properties of BaO·8.5Fe
2O
3 were improved by adding 0.3 wt% of Co-Stearate, 0.5 wt% of SiO
2, and 0.5 wt% of CaO together. The optimum conditions for making magnets were as follows: Chemical composition Ba
0.975Ca
0.129Si
0.144Co
0.010C
0.075Fe
2+2.627Fe
3+15.215O
27, semisintering condition 1350°C × 4.0 h in nitrogen gas atmosphere, drying condition 180°C × 2.0 h in air, sintering condition 1180°C × 1.5 h in nitrogen gas atmosphere. The magnetic and physical properties of a typical sample were J
m=0.48 T, J
r=0.44 T, H
cJ=199.7 kA/m, H
cB=196.2 kA/m, (BH)
max=34.4 kJ/m
3, T
c=497°C. The lattice constants of this compound were a=5.893 × 10
−10m, c=32.86 × 10
−10m, and c/a=5.577.
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