Magnetic properties of the amorphous Co-Fe-Cr-Si-B alloy after annealing in unsaturated magnetic field

The regularities of influence of temperature and intensity of a longitudinal magnetic field significantly less than the saturation field during annealing on the magnetic properties of an amorphous soft magnetic alloy based on Co have been studied. The possibility of the effectiveness of such treatment in comparison with traditional annealing without a field due to partial or complete suppression of stabilization of domain boundaries because of directional ordering is demonstrated. Annealing at temperatures below the Curie point with the application of unsaturated field exceeding the saturation field of the residual induction of an amorphous alloy in as-quenched state (40 A/m) showed the greatest efficiency compared with annealing without a field in terms of simultaneously reducing the coercive force Hc and increasing the low-field permeability mu 0.3 and maximum permeability mu max. In comparison with non-field annealing, depending on the conditions of unsaturated magnetic field annealing, the possibility of reducing Hc by 39 %, increasing mu max by 4.5 times and mu 0.3 by 3.8 times is shown. After annealing in unsaturated field on the magnetization curve of the alloy Co69Fe3.7Cr3.8Si12.5B11, the perminvar region, as well as the parabolic region where Rayleigh's law is fulfilled, end in lower fields than after annealing without a field. The results obtained are discussed taking into account the occurrence of various physical processes in the alloy during heat treatment.