Bulk amorphous alloys with high mechanical strength and good soft magnetic properties in Fe–TM–B (TM=IV–VIII group transition metal) system

Abstract

New bulk amorphous alloys exhibiting a wide supercooled liquid region before crystallization were found in Fe–(Co,Ni)–(Zr,Nb,Ta)–(Mo,W)–B systems. The Tg is as high as about 870 K and the supercooled liquid region reaches 88 K. The high thermal stability of the supercooled liquid enabled the production of bulk amorphous alloys with diameters up to 6 mm. These bulk amorphous alloys exhibit a high compressive strength of 3800 MPa, high Vickers hardness of 1360, and high corrosion resistance. Besides, the amorphous alloys exhibit a high magnetic-flux density of 0.74–0.96 T, low coercivity of 1.1–3.2 A/m, high permeability exceeding 1.2×104 at 1 kHz, and low magnetostriction of about 12×10−6.