Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.106, 296-300, 2018
Effect of Ti on structure and soft magnetic properties of Si-rich Finemet-type nanocrystalline Fe73.5Cu1Nb3-xSi17.5B5Tix alloys
Fe73.5Cu1Nb3-xSi17.5B5Tix (x = 0, 1, 2, 3) amorphous alloys were prepared by the single roller melt spinning method. The effects of Ti substitution for Nb on the crystallization behavior, microstructure and soft magnetic properties were investigated. Compared to the previously reported Finemet alloy, the onset primary crystallization temperature T-x1 becomes lower which has dropped from 803K to 758K. The crystallization temperature interval Delta T-x increases from 468K to 488K as the x increases from 0 to 3. However, the Curie temperature of amorphous phase shows a downward tendency with the increase of Ti content. Compared to the previously reported Finemet alloy, the mu(i) increases obviously to more than 18,000 at x = 1, the H-c decreases from 0.59 Oe to 0.54 Oe. When Ti replaces Nb completely, the optimum annealing temperature range for precipitating single soft magnetic phase is enlarged, but the permeability at room- and high-temperature is deteriorated, the reason of which was also analysed.
Keywords:Amorphous materials;Nanocrystalline materials;Soft magnetic properties;Finemet-type alloy;Herzer's model