Bulk industrial Alnico specimens of different macroscopic magnetic properti
es are characterized by means of neutron TOF diffraction and high-resolutio
n sample scanning. The material composition of chemically different crystal
lites is analysed. Anisotropic. Alnico exhibits a typical fibre texture. (2
00) pole densities differ by a factor of 10 according to the degree of pref
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