Magnetization controlled by crystallization in soft magnetic Fe-Si-B-P-Cu alloys

TL;DR

This paper investigates how the microstructure resulting from crystallization influences the soft magnetic properties of Fe-Si-B-P-Cu nanocrystalline alloys, highlighting the role of controlled crystallization in magnetic performance.

Contribution

It provides new insights into the relationship between microstructure and magnetic properties in Fe-Si-B-P-Cu alloys, emphasizing the effect of crystallization control.

Findings

Microstructure significantly affects magnetic properties.

Crystallization process can optimize soft magnetic characteristics.

Correlation between grain size and coercivity observed.

Abstract

Soft magnetic materials have low coercive fields and high permeability. Recently, nanocrystalline alloys obtained using annealing amorphous alloys have attracted much interest since nanocrystalline alloys with small grain sizes of tens of nanometers exhibit low coercive fields comparable to that of amorphous alloys. Since nanocrystalline soft magnetic materials attain remarkable soft magnetic properties by controlling the grain size, the crystal grains' microstructure has a substantial influence on the soft magnetic properties. In this research, we examined the magnetic properties of Fe-Si-B-P-Cu nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys obtained by annealing amorphous alloys. During crystallization, the observation findings reveal the correlation between the generated microstructures and soft magnetic properties.