Bulk Amorphous and/or Nanocrystalline Finemet Alloy Prepared by Super-high-pressure Consolidation

  • Lu, Wei (School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Key Lab. of A&D of Functional Metallic Materials, Tongji University) ;
  • Yanb, Biao (School of Material Science and Engineering, Shanghai Key Lab. of A&D of Functional Metallic Materials, Tongji University)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

Microstructure and soft magnetic properties of bulk amorphous and/or nanocrystalline $Fe_{73.5}Cu_1Nb_3Si_{13.5}B_9$ alloys prepared by consolidation at 5.5GPa were investigated. The relative density of the bulk sample 1 (from amorphous powders) was 98.5% and the grain sizes were about 10.6nm. While the relative density and grain sizes of bulk sample 2 (from nanocrystalline powders) are 98% and 20.1nm, respectively. Particularly, the bulk samples exhibited a good combined magnetic property: for Sample1, $M_s=125emu/g$ and $H_c=1.5Oe;$ for Sample2, $M_s=129emu/g$ and $H_c=3.3Oe$. The success of synthesizing the nanocrystalline Fe-based bulk alloys will be encouraging for the future development of bulk nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys.

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