Title of article :
Effect of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Soft Magnetic Properties of the Amorphous Fe-B-P-Cu Alloy
Author/Authors :
Mirzaei, S School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering - Iran University of Science and Technology - Tehran, Iran , Beitollahi, A School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering - Iran University of Science and Technology - Tehran, Iran , Saghafia, H saghafian@iust.ac.ir , swierczek, J Institute of Physics - Czestochowa University of Technology - 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland , Tiberto, P INRIM - Electromagnetism Division - Strada delle Cacce 91 - Torino, Italy
Abstract :
In the present research, rapidly solidied Fe85.3B11P3Cu0.7 ribbons were prepared by melt spinning process.
The microstructural variation, as well as magnetic properties of the as-spun and annealed ribbons, were characterized
by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission Mossbauer spectroscopy and alternating gradient eld magnetometer
(AGFM). The results showed two separated distinct exothermic peaks during heating, resulting from the phase transition
from amorphous to -Fe and then to Fe3B, respectively. The study of magnetic properties in the amorphous and
nanocrystalline states revealed that annealing the amorphous ribbons at 440˚C for 10 minutes gives rise to a signicant
increase in saturation magnetization (220 emu/g) which makes this alloy a good candidate for power applications.
Keywords :
Soft magnetic properties , Crystallization , Mossbauer spectroscopy , Melt spinning
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
