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Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Alloys for Space Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Matthew A. Willard
Affiliation:
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6340, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A.
Thomas Francavilla
Affiliation:
GeoCenters Inc., Arlington, VA 22201, U.S.A.
Ramasis Goswami
Affiliation:
GeoCenters Inc., Arlington, VA 22201, U.S.A.
Vincent G. Harris
Affiliation:
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.
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Abstract

This study focuses on a Co-based nanocrystalline alloy (Co84.55Fe4.45Zr7B4) with potential for long-term high temperature use. As an indication of their performance, core losses were measured on toroidal samples using a Walker AC permeameter over a frequency range of 0.1 to 500 kHz, at induction amplitudes of 100, 300, and 500 mT, and temperatures from 22 to 300°C. For a given frequency and maximum induction amplitude, the losses were invariant as a function of measurement temperature. Vibrating sample magnetometry provided the magnetization and hysteretic losses as a function of temperature. As the temperature of the alloy was raised to 300°C from room temperature, the saturation magnetization (120 emu/g)was reduced by less than 15%. A toroid was aged at 300°C for up to 300 hours and core loss measured as a function of aging time at the previously mentioned frequencies and induction amplitudes. The losses were invariant over the aging time.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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