Crystallization induced ordering of hard magnetic L1{sub 0} phase in melt-spun FeNi-based ribbons
- Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577 (Japan)
The microstructure of newly developed hard magnetic Fe{sub 42}Ni{sub 41.3}Si{sub x}B{sub 12-x}P{sub 4}Cu{sub 0.7} (x = 2 to 8 at%) nanocrystalline alloy ribbons has been studied by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron diffraction. A high-density polycrystalline grains, ∼30 nm in size, were formed in a ribbon after annealing at 673 K for 288 hours. Elemental mapping of the annealed specimen revealed the coexistence of three regions, Fe-rich, Ni-rich, and nearly equiatomic Fe-Ni, with areal fractions of 37%, 40%, and 23 %, respectively. The equiatomic L1{sub 0}-type ordered phase of FeNi was detected in between the Fe and Ni-rich phases. The presence of superlattice reflections in nanobeam electron diffraction patterns confirmed the formation of the hard magnetic L1{sub 0} phase beyond any doubt. The L1{sub 0} phase of FeNi was detected in alloys annealed in the temperature range of 673 to 813 K. The present results suggest that the order-disorder transition temperature of L1{sub 0} FeNi is higher than the previously reported value (593 K). The high diffusion rates of the constituent elements induced by the crystallization of an amorphous phase at relatively low temperature (∼673 K) are responsible for the development of atomic ordering in FeNi.
- OSTI ID:
- 22611509
- Journal Information:
- AIP Advances, Vol. 6, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALLOYS
AMORPHOUS STATE
ANNEALING
BORON COMPOUNDS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
CRYSTALLIZATION
DIFFUSION
ELECTRON DIFFRACTION
IRON COMPOUNDS
MAGNETIC MATERIALS
MICROSTRUCTURE
NANOSTRUCTURES
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
ORDER-DISORDER TRANSFORMATIONS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
POLYCRYSTALS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SUPERLATTICES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY