Mechanical properties of Co-Si-B amorphous alloys

The ternary amorphous systems Co_xSi₅B_95?x with 7070Si _y B_30?y with 5<y<18 were studied for their mechanical properties at room temperature. Structure sensitive parameters as density, Young's modulus, micro-hardness and crystallization temperature were investigated as a function of Co and Si contents. The value of density increases with higher Co content but not linearly as for Co-B. Young's modulus, micro-hardness and crystallization temperature decrease with increasing Co concentration. The packing fractionη was calculated using 12-coordinated Goldschmidt atomic radii. It is shown that changes in the proportions of metalloids contents in the alloys have more significant influence on the atomic structure and therefore on the mechanical properties than changes of Co content. The maximum tensile elastic strain for the Co-Si-B system was estimated. Influence of magnetic moment on Young's modulus is discussed.     

Induced anisotropy and magnetic after-effects in amorphous alloys

In this paper we want to present an overview of the recent experimental data concerning induced anisotropy in rapidly quenched amorphous alloys and its consequences for the magnetic relaxation phenomena. A special attention is paid to the effect of thermal treatment and to the relation between magnetic and structural relaxations. The models describing phenomenologically the origin of magnetic after-effects are briefly discussed.Dedicated to Academician Vladimír Hajko on the occasion of his 65th birthday.Preliminary version of this review was presented as a keynote lecture at the 6th International Symposium of High Purity Materials in Science and Technology, Dresden, GDR, May 1985.     

Creep-induced magnetic anisotropy in Co-57Fe-Ni-Si-B amorphous alloys

The effect of creep annealing on the⁵⁷Fe enriched Co-rich low magnetostriction amorphous alloys will be reported. Contrary to the Fe-B-base alloys, after creep annealing of the⁵⁷Fe₅Co₅₇Ni₁₀Si₁₁B₁₇ the ribbon axis becomes the hard direction. Both Mössbauer spectroscopy and direct magnetic domain observations by SEM confirmed an enhanced volume with magnetization oriented in transversal and normal directions to the ribbon axis. Relaxation of the creep-induced state at a temperature slightly below that of the creep annealing leads to the enhancement of the fraction of domains magnetized in the longitudinal direction.     

Electrical and magnetic properties in Co-P amorphous alloys

Different anomalies in the Hall effect, electrical resistivity, and magnetic susceptibility of simple Co-P amorphous alloys have been observed. We show that the anomalies detected are due to a transition from “para” to “ferromagnetic” order. The transition, which is not well defined, suggests a large compositional inhomogeneity in the samples with high content in P.     

Crystallization kinetics in the Fe-Co-B amorphous alloys by mössbauer scanning experiments

Isothermal measurements of crystallization kinetics at temperatures between 260 and 350°C were performed for the Fe₇₀Co₁₀B₂₀ and Fe₆₄Co₂₁B₁₅ amorphous alloys by direct high-temperature scanning of the outermost Mössbauer resonance lines intensities of the crystallizing Fe?Co phase. Activation enthalpies were thus derived from Arrhenius plots much faster than by the common interrupted annealing experiments. For the former alloy, we found ΔH=(293±14) kJ/mol, for the latter one, ΔH=(211±15) kJ/mol. These values agree well with the resistometric results.     

Magnetostriction and other magnetic properties of Co-Ni based amorphous alloys

The magnetostriction coefficients λ_s of (Co_1−xNi_x)₇₅Si₁₅B₁₀ amorphous alloys have been determined in the range 0 ⩽ x ⩽ 0.41. The dependence of the magnetostriction on temperature T has been related to that of the magnetic polarization J_s in a phenomenological way as λ_s(T) = α[J_s(T)]³ + β[J_s(T)]². The compositional dependence of the coefficients α and β has been obtained.From the studies of the magnetostriction in the region close to the Curie temperature it has been possible to evaluate the magnetostriction critical exponent K.     

Stress dependence of the magnetic properties of amorphous Co-Fe-Si-B alloys

For the amorphous alloys Co_75−xFe_xSi₁₅B₁₀ (x = 0, 2, 4, 4.6) and Co₇₅Si₅B₂₀, we have studied the stress depe ndence of the coercive field, the initial susceptibility, the effective anisotropy, and the reduced remanence. The experimental results are in good agreement with a model due to Vázquez, Fernengel and Kronmüller. From our measurements, we obtain the magnetostriction, as well as information about quenched-in stresses and anisotropy mechanisms in these materials.     

Note on the magnetic properties of amorphous rare-earth nickel alloys

The magnetic properties of several amorphous rare-earth nickel alloys close to 30 at% Ni have been studied in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. The Curie temperatures range from 2 K in Pr₆₉Ni₃₁. Alloys in which the rare-earth component has an orbital moment show large intrinsic coercive forces below T_c. These coercive forces vary considerably with temperature, the temperature dependence of the alloys Dy₆₉Ni₃₁ and Tb₆₉Ni₃₁ is satisfactorily described by means of an exponential law of the form H_c(_T) = H_c(0) exp(-αT).     

Structure and magnetic properties of iron-and cobalt-based amorphous alloys versus nanocrystallization conditions

The effect of the structural state of Fe₅Co₇₀Si₁₅B₁₀, Fe₆₀Co₂₀Si₅B₁₅, and Co_81.5Mo_9.5Zr₉ amorphous alloys on their magnetic properties is studied under different nanocrystallization conditions. A permanent magnetic field applied during thermomagnetic treatment is found to affect structuring in the amorphous alloys at the initial stage of devitrification. The fine structure of the devitrified amorphous alloys is shown to correlate with the field shifting the hysteresis loop. A mechanism accounting for a hysteresis loop shift in amorphous alloys is discussed.     

Note on the formation and the magnetic properties of amorphous Eu-Ag alloys

Results are reported of an investigation of several amorphous alloys of Eu and Ag made by melt spinning. The crystallization temperatures were determined by differential scanning calorimetry. By means of magnetic measurements it was established that the Eu ions are divalent in all amorphous Eu-Ag alloys. In order to compare the magnetic coupling in the amorphous alloys with that in crystalline compounds, an investigation was also made of the magnetic properties of the compounds Eu₃Si₂ (tetragonal, U₃Si₂-type) and EuAg (orthohombic, FeB-type). Their magnetic properties and lattice constants are given together with those of the compounds EuAg₂ and EuAg₅.     

An influence of pressure on magnetic properties of some amorphous alloys

Abstract

The paper presents the results of measurements of of magnetic properties of some Fe based amorphous alloys. The magnetization curves B(H) have been investigated within the range of pressure up to 2.5 GPa showing considerable changes with pressure. The reduction of spontaneous magnetization has been observed due to the pressure shift of Curie temperature. In some cases the total disappearence of ferromagnetism with increase of pressure has been observed at isothermal conditions.     

Effective magnetic anisotropy of nanocrystalline Nd-Fe-Ti-N hard magnetic alloys

The intermetallic compound Nd-Fe-Ti-N has been successfully synthesized by a mechanical alloying process. The structure and magnetic properties of the sample have been studied using X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. It is found that alloy exhibits a nanocrystalline ThMn₁₂-type tetragonal structure with lattice parameters of a=0.8723 nm and c=0.4896 nm. The saturation magnetization M_S and effective magnetic anisotropy K_eff of the compound have been determined by investigating magnetization processes. The calculated results based on the law of approach to magnetic saturation have been successfully used to determine the constant K_eff. The difference between observed and calculated values in magnetization is lower than 3%. Of all terms in the law of approach to saturation, it is the 1/H ² term, which is attributed more to non-compensated anisotropy energy, that has the prevailing effect for the compound. The absorption of nitrogen is found to increase unit cell volume, M_S and K_eff. Received: 28 October 1996 / Revised: 14 March 1997 and 4 August 1997 / Accepted: 8 August 1997     

Itenerant magnetic properties of amorphous metallic systems: Numerical studies of the Fe-B alloys

A self-consistent method to compute local magnetic moments and spin polarized electron densities of states and to test the stability of the ferromagnetic vs. the paramagnetic state is developed within the framework of the itinerant electron theory. The tight-binding Hamiltonian, with Coulomb correlation among d electrons, is parametrized according to the Slater-Koster interpolation scheme. The method goes beyond the rigid band splitting approximation. We apply it to the Fe_1−xB_x amorphous system for 0 ⩽x⩽0.6 and obtain the magnetization for T=0 as a function of x in agreement with experimental data in the experimentally-accessible concentration region.     

The magnetic anisotropy of samarium-alnico pseudobinary alloys

The anisotropy properties of samarium-Alnico V pseudobinary alloys have been investigated. With alloys containing less than 12.0 mol% samarium, the K₁ values are negative at 77 K and increase with increasing temperature to approximately zero at room temperature. The K₂ values remain positive at all temperatures. We do not find the easy cone that has long been thought to be existed in those alloys with K₁ < 0 and K₂ #62; 0. In alloys with samarium contents between 13.3 and 19.0 mol%, the K₁ and K₂ values are positive at all temperatures. The anisotropy fields are not changed monotonically in the whole range of 10.1 to 19.0 mol% of samarium. It is concluded that the alloys are characteristics in thermodynamically of first-order transition. We have found that the “hard cone” exists in each of those alloys with samarium content more than 16.0 mol% and at temperatures above 77 K. The alloys with samarium less that 13.4 mol% also have “hard cone” under 77 K. However, the observed “hard cone” is different from the well known one in the first-order magnetization process, and it will collapse to the easy axis when the measuring field and temperature increase while under room temperature.     

Giant magnetic anisotropy in tetragonal FeCo alloys

In order to further increase the recording density in hard disk drives, new media materials are required. Two essential parameters of future recording media are a large uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) K(u) and a large saturation magnetization M(s). Based on first-principles theory, we predict that very specific structural distortions of FeCo alloys possess these desired properties. The discovered alloy has a saturation magnetization that is about 50% larger than that of FePt--a compound that has received considerable attention lately-with a uniaxial MAE that can easily be tailored reaching a maximum value that is 50% larger than that of FePt.     

Magnetic properties and large magnetocaloric effects in amorphous Gd-Al-Fe alloys for magnetic refrigeration

A series of the amorphous Gd75-55Al25-5Fe0-40 alloy ribbons were prepared by melt spinning.The structure,magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect(MCE) of these alloys were investigated.The prepared samples have shown the characteristics of a second-order phase transition with zero hysteresis loss and the Tc can be tuned by changing the Fe contents.For the different compositions,the magnetic entropy change(--Sm) for a field change of 0-5 T reached a maximum value of 7.14 J kg-1 K-1 in the Gd70Al20Fe10 a...