Texture, microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe-28Cr-15Co-3.5Mo permanent magnet

Crystallographic texture, microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe-28Cr-15Co-3.5Mo alloy were studied as a function of processing parameters. Texture studies revealed that thermo-magnetic aging leads to the development of ideal Goss type, {1 1 0} 〈0 0 1〉 and cube type {0 0 1} 〈0 1 0〉 textures. The orientation densities of these texture components become stronger after the step-aging treatments. Microstructural features show that improvement in magnetic properties were due to aligning and elongation of ferromagnetic Fe, Co-rich (α₁) particles in the preferred 〈1 0 0〉 directions. Magnetic analysis reveals that magnetic properties of the alloys are directionally dependent and influenced by the choice of thermo-magnetic treatment temperature or time. The maximum values of intrinsic coercive force, remanence and energy product, obtained in the textured magnetic alloy were 68.99 kA/m (867 Oe), 1.12 T (11.2 kG) and 43.2 kJ m³ (5.4 MG Oe), respectively.