Abstract:
The high-temperature soft magnetic properties were investigated for nanocrystalline(Fe
0.5-Co
0.5)
73.5Cu
1Mo
3Si
13.5B
9 alloy annealed at 460-580℃.The results show that by substituting Co for Fepartially in Fe
73.5Cu
1Mo
3Si
13.5B
9 alloy,a dual-phase nanocrystalline microstructure composed ofα-Fe-Co(Si) and residual amorphous phase is formed and the high-temperature soft magnetic properties are improved significantly.Compared with nanocrystalline Fe
73.5Cu
1Mo
3Si
13.5B
9 softmagnetic alloy,the Curie temperature that represents magnetic stabilization for(Fe
0.5Co
0.5)
73.5Cu
1Mo
3Si
13.5B
9 alloy is enhanced remarkably.Although the initial permeability μ
i of the new alloy at room temperature is decreased some what than that of Fe
73.5Cu
1Mo
3Si
13.5B
9 alloy,however,the μ
i at high-temperature is much more stable up to 450℃.Therefore a potential application as high temperature soft magnetic materials for this alloy is expected.The mechanism that the high-temperature soft magnetic properties can be improved by partially replacing Fe with Co in Fe
73.5Cu
1Mo
3Si
13.5B
9 alloy was also discussed.