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Effect of Temperature of Long Annealing on the Structure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline FeSiNbCuB Alloy

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The dependence of soft magnetic properties of the Fe73.5Si13.5Nb3Cu1B9 alloy on the 2-hour air annealing temperature Tan at temperatures from 520 to 620°C is studied. It is shown that the magnetic hysteresis loop is significantly broadens and becomes more inclined, and the Curie temperature of the amorphous matrix surrounding α-FeSi nanocrystals decreases with increasing Tan. The atomic structure and phase composition of alloy samples are studied by transmission X-ray diffraction. After annealing at temperatures to 580°C, nanocrystals contain mostly D03 phase (Fe3Si stoichiometry) and are ~7 nm in average size. Their relative fraction in the alloy increases with temperature due to additional iron diffusion from the matrix to nanocrystals. After annealings at Tan > 600°C, the average nanocrystal size increases, and iron boride crystal reflections appear in X-ray diffraction patterns. Degradation of soft magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe73.5Si13.5Nb3Cu1B9 alloy with annealing temperature from 520 to 580°C is explained by a decrease in the silicon concentration in FeSi nanocrystals, which results in an increase in the magnetocrystalline anisotropy.

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This study was supported within the State contract on the subject “Magnet” no. АААА-А18-118020290129-5 and the project no. 18-10-2-5 of the Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences.

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    N. V. Ershov, V. A. Lukshina & D. A. Shishkin

  2. B.P. Konstantinov Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, NRC “Kurchatov Institute”, 188300, Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, Russia

    Yu. P. Chernenkov & O. P. Smirnov

  3. Ural Federal University after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, 620002, Yekaterinburg, Russia

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Ershov, N.V., Chernenkov, Y.P., Lukshina, V.A. et al. Effect of Temperature of Long Annealing on the Structure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline FeSiNbCuB Alloy. Phys. Solid State 63, 978–991 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783421070076

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