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Fe-M-B (M = IVa TO VIa Metal) Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Materials

A Review of Alloy Development

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Properties and Applications of Nanocrystalline Alloys from Amorphous Precursors

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series ((NAII,volume 184))

Abstract

A novel approach employed in the development of soft magnetic materials is to reduce the structural correlation length (grain size) below the ferromagnetic correlation length (∼ domain wall width). This approach has successfully been applied to the development of Fe-rich Fe-M-B (M = IVa to VIa metal) nano-crystalline soft magnetic alloys, commercially known as NANOPERM. In this paper, research on these nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloys is reviewed and the principles underlying alloy design are summarized. Some prospects for further alloy development in the Fe-M-B system are also discussed.

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  2. Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Peter Švec

  3. Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Marcel Miglierini

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Suzuki, K. (2005). Fe-M-B (M = IVa TO VIa Metal) Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Materials. In: Idzikowski, B., Švec, P., Miglierini, M. (eds) Properties and Applications of Nanocrystalline Alloys from Amorphous Precursors. NATO Science Series, vol 184. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2965-9_1

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