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Core Losses and Soft Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe-Zr-Nb-B Alloys with Zero-Magnetostriction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Akihiro Makino ,
Akihisa Inoue  and
Tuyoshi Masumoto
Akihiro Makino
Affiliation:
Department of Machine Intelligence and Systems Science, Faculty Systems Science and Technology, Akita Prefectural University, Honjo 015-0055, Japan
Akihisa Inoue
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
Tuyoshi Masumoto
Affiliation:
The Research Institute of Electrical and Magnetic Materials, Sendai 980-0807, Japan
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Abstract

The structure, the soft magnetic properties and the core losses for Fe-Zr-Nb-B(-Cu) nanocrystalline alloys were investigated. It has been already reported that the typical ternary nanocrystalline Fe90Zr7B3 and Fe84Nb7B9 alloys exhibit good soft magnetic properties and a small negative and a small positive magnetostriction (λs), respectively. The soft magnetic properties of the nanocrystalline Fe84–90(Zr, Nb)7B3–9 quaternary alloys with mixed compositions of Fe90Zr7B3 and Fe84Nb7B9 cannot be improved whereas very small magnetostrictions are obtained. The quaternary alloys with 7 at% (Zr + Nb) have structures of an amorphous with α-Fe phases on the free and roll-contacted surfaces at an as-quenched state. The crystalline surface layers deteriorate the soft magnetic properties at a crystallized state. The high saturation magnetic induction of 1.64 T, the high permeability of 60,000 at 1 kHz and the very low core loss of 0.9 W/kg at 1.4 T and 50 Hz are obtained for the Fe85.5(Zr1/3Nb2/3)6B8.5 alloy containing 6 at% of (Zr + Nb) content with nearly zero-λs produced by crystallizing the single amorphous phase without the crystalline surface layers. The thermal stability of the core loss of the quaternary alloy is significantly higher than that of the Fe78Si9B13 amorphous alloy. The crystalline surface layers of the Fe84–90(Zr, Nb)7B3–9 quaternary alloys disappear by 1 at% Cu addition, which results in significant improvement of the soft magnetic properties at a crystallized state.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 644: Symposium L – Supercooled Liquid, Bulk Glassy and Nanocrystalline State of Alloys , 2000 , L7.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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