High induction, low loss FeCo-based nanocomposite alloys with reduced metalloid content

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3452-3455

  Kernion, Samuel J ^a   Miller, Kelsey J ^a   Shen, Shen ^a   Keylin, Vladimir ^b   Huth, Joe ^b   McHenry, Michael E ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Magnetics Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Core losses; FeCo alloys; high magnetic flux density; nanocrystalline alloy

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; COBALT ALLOYS; GLASS TRANSITION; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; TRANSITION METALS;

CORE LOSS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; EARLY TRANSITION METALS; FE-CO ALLOY; HIGH MAGNETIC FLUX DENSITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE STABILITY; NANOCRYSTALLINE FORMATION; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 80053512093     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2157326     Document Type: Article

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