Magneto-Impedance behavior of Co-Fe-Nb-Si-B-based ribbons

The giant magneto-impedance of melt spun Co_xFe_72−xNb₄Si₄B₂₀(x=10, 20, 36, 50) amorphous and nanostructured ribbons have been investigated. Alloys have been optimized at the driving current amplitude, frequency and found that amorphous ribbon of nominal composition of Co₃₆Fe₃₆Nb₄Si₄B₂₀ shown maximum GMI ratio of 13%. The behaviour of the driving current amplitude on the GMI behaviour was studied and the sample was optimized for driving current amplitude, I_ac=10 mA. The frequency dependence of the GMI behaviour was studied for the ribbon sample Co₃₆Fe₃₆Nb₄Si₄B₂₀ at frequency in the range of 100 kHz-1.2 MHz of the optimized driving current amplitude and it was found that the sample showed the maximum GMI behaviour at f=700 kHz. The optimized samples were Joule heated at the current density J=0-35 A/m² for a period of 1 min. The GMI ratio initially increased then progressively deteriorated with J, but after a certain range it shows up to 16% of improvement in the magneto-impedance value due the increase of nanocrystalline volume fraction. The asymmetry in the GMI profile was observed for the sample Joule heated at J=1-5 A/m² for 1 min.