Journal Pre-proofs Quantifying the Nucleation Effect of Correlated Matrix Grains in Sintered Nd- Fe-B Permanent Magnets Hansheng Chen, Yin Yao, Fan Yun, Jiangtao Qu, Yingfei Li, Zhenxiang Cheng, Zhixiao Ye, Simon P. Ringer, Rongkun Zheng PII: S0304-8853(19)32654-X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.166099 Reference: MAGMA 166099 To appear in: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Received Date: 1 August 2019 Revised Date: 25 October 2019 Accepted Date: 3 November 2019 Please cite this article as: H. Chen, Y. Yao, F. Yun, J. Qu, Y. Li, Z. Cheng, Z. Ye, S.P. Ringer, R. Zheng, Quantifying the Nucleation Effect of Correlated Matrix Grains in Sintered Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.166099 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.