P. Allia et al., Magneto-impedance measurements of amorphous Fe62.5Co6Ni7.5Zr6Cu1Nb2B15 with improved magneto-elastic properties, SENS ACTU-A, 91(1-2), 2001, pp. 199-202
A new ferromagnetic metastable alloy of nominal composition Fe62.5Co6Ni7.5Z
r6Cu1Nb2B15 characterised by high amplitude of magneto-elastic wave has bee
n recently introduced. Suitable thermal treatments have been found to induc
e in this system a nanocrystalline phase. In this work the magneto-impedanc
e behaviour has been studied as a function of microstructure in samples sub
mitted to different annealing conditions such as conventional and current a
nnealing. A strong correlation among microstructure, average magnetic aniso
tropy and magneto-transport properties has been found. A comparison with ma
gneto-acoustic wave measurements has been performed. (C) 2001 Elsevier Scie
nce B.V. All rights reserved.