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Title: Electron microscopy of Co/Fe/B/Si amorphous alloys

Journal Article · · IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)

Changes in magnetic structures with annealing are studied using Lorentz electron microscopy and are correlated with changes in magnetic properties for the Co/sub 71/./sub 4/Fe/sub 4/./sub 6/Si/sub 9/./sub 6/B/sub 14/./sub 4/ amorphous alloy. Domain wall stabilization is shown to be the dominant factor resulting in decreasing ..mu.. and increasing H/sub c/ and K during low temperature annealing. Annealing near T/sub c/ results in an isotropic magnetic structure due to domain wall relaxation, and annealing above T/sub cry/ results in magnetically hard crystalline particles. It is concluded that treatments capable of producing a magnetically isotropic structure can produce the best soft magnetic materials.

DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5740436
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States), Vol. MAG-16:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English