Anisotropy in magnetic and mechanical properties in textured Hiperco® FeCoV alloys

Hiperco(R) FeCoV alloys are soft magnetic materials suitable for applications at high temperatures and under high stresses. We have studied the evolution of the rolling texture and its effects on the mechanical and magnetic properties after annealing the Hiperco(R) sheets at high temperatures. X-ray pole-figure measurements reveal that the main texture of the as-rolled HA50HS and HA50 sheets is {001}[1 (1) over bar 0]. This rolling texture causes the mechanical and magnetic properties to exhibit a uniaxial anisotropy, which is reduced by annealing. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(00)76708-9].