A set of four samples of the composition Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 produced
with different quenching rates was investigated in the amorphous stat
e. In addition to disaccommodation experiments, the stress dependences
of the coercivity and of the pinning field were also determined. The
stress dependence of the coercivity was fitted using a pinning model.
These data show the effects of anisotropy fluctuations as well as of t
he surface roughness.