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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 105-113Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1557/s43578-020-00066-5
Keywords
nanocrystalline material; soft magnetic materials; soft magnetic metal amorphous nanocomposite; MANC; TEM; APT
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- DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research
- U.S. DOE [DE-AC05-76RLO1830]
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This study investigates the production and multi-phase crystallization process of soft magnetic metal amorphous nanocomposite alloys. Through high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and atom probe tomography, the microstructure and compositional partitioning of an optimally annealed FeNi-based MANC alloy are detailed. The results demonstrate orientation relationships between different nanocrystals and evidence of segregation and partitioning in the alloy system.
Soft magnetic metal amorphous nanocomposite alloys are produced through rapid solidification and thermal annealing yielding nanocrystals embedded within an amorphous precursor. Similar free energies in Co-rich and FeNi-based alloy systems result in multiple nanocrystalline phases being formed during devitrification. Studies of multi-phase crystallization processes have been reported for Co-rich alloys but relatively few have investigated FeNi-based systems. A detailed characterization of compositional partitioning and microstructure of an optimally annealed FeNi-based MANC (Fe70Ni30)(80)Nb4Si2B14 alloy is presented through complementary high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and atom probe tomography (APT). HRTEM demonstrates orientation relationships between FCC and BCC nanocrystals, suggesting heterogeneous nucleation of nanocrystals in the amorphous matrix or a cooperative mechanism of nucleation between BCC and FCC nanocrystallites. APT results show evidence for (i) the segregation of Fe and Ni between nanocrystals of different phases, (ii) B partitioning to the amorphous phase, and (iii) an Nb-enriched shell surrounding nanocrystals.
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