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The nanostructures of the ball milled FeCo particles were characterized as functions of the ball milling time (t) using quantitative X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) analysis techniques. The results show that the nanocrystalline bcc FeCo particles are available using carbonyl iron and cobalt powders as the start materials during the high-energy ball milling. At the early stage of ball milling, Co powders are easily mashed into nanocrystalllites, by which the surface of the larger Fe particles of about 80–150 nm is coated. With t increasing, the refinement of grain size and the incorporation of defects including dislocations, disclinations and grain boundaries happen, and then FeCo alloy with a certain layered structure is formed, finally the layered structure disappears with the formation of isotropic grains having a steadystate grain size in the nanometer regime after a certain period of t.
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Funded by the 863 High Technology Research Project (No. 2001AA339020 and 2002AA305302) from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, and by the Excellent Young Teachers Program of MOE(2002[350])
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Qi, W., Wei, W., Jianguo, G. et al. XRD and HRTEM analyses of the ball milled nanocrystalline FeCo alloy. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 21, 68–71 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02861474
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