Influence of a Small Addition of Cu on the Magnetization Process of Rapid Quenched Alloys in Strong Magnetic Fields

Abstract

The magnetization process is based on bringing about a unified arrangement of the magnetic domains. During this process, there are shifts and then the rotations of the domain walls. At a later stage, domains with a direction of magnetization that do not correlate with the applied magnetic field disappear. The turnover depends on the size of the domains. For an amorphous structure, the key factors determining the size of the magnetic domains are the distance between the magnetic atoms and the possible presence of crystalline grains. The paper presents the results of research on the influence of Cu addition on the distances between magnetic atoms and the magnetization process in high magnetic fields. The structure of the alloys was studied using X-ray diffraction. The mean grain size was estimated using the Scherrer method. The magnetic properties were determined on the basis of measurements with a vibrating magnetometer. A numerical analysis of the primary magnetization curves was performed. Despite the significant reorganization of the structure, no changes in the distance between the magnetic atoms were observed, as indicated by slight changes in the D_spf parameter. It was found that a small addition of Cu positively influences the improvement of the magnetic properties, in particular the reduction of the value of the coercive field.