The magnetic properties of the amorphous and nanocrystallized Fe-Cu-Nb
-Si-B and Fe-Gd-Cu-Nb-Si-B ribbons are studied using temperature depen
dence of the specific magnetization. A two-phase ferromagnetic behavio
ur is obtained for the magnetization curves. Gd addition tends to stab
ilize the interfacial (grain boundary) phase by forming a metastable G
d-Fe-B phase, leading to the coexistence of two phases up to thermal t
reatments as high as 993K.