a Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande—UFRGS, C.P. 15051, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, Brazil
b LNLS—Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, C.P. 6192, 13081-970, Campinas, Brazil
Abstract:
We report on the BCC to FCC/HCP structural transformation of Co70Fe30 alloy produced by room temperature ion irradiation of Co70Fe30/Cu discontinuous multilayers. The structural changes were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. For this study, two different samples were examined, one irradiated with 50 keV He+ and another with 600 keV Kr+ with doses of 1×1017 and 3×1015 ions/cm2, respectively. No substantial change is observed after He+ irradiation, while after Kr+ irradiation an unexpected structural transition from BCC to FCC/HCP closed packed of the Co70Fe30 alloy was found.