Preparation of white alumina spherical composite magnetic abrasive by gas atomization and rapid solidification

White alumina (WA) spherical composite magnetic abrasive can be prepared directly by a process that combines gas atomization and rapid solidification. The structure and phase composition of this material were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The results show that the composite magnetic abrasive has good sphericity, and the WA grains are tightly embedded uniformly and densely into the surface layer of matrix which consists of Fe–Si–Al–Ni soft magnetic alloy.