New crystalline soft magnetic alloy with high saturation magnetization (invited)

Abstract
Extensive study was made on Fe‐base crystalline alloys in search for new soft magnetic materials with high saturation magnetization by means of sputtering technique. It revealed that newly found FeGaSi and FeAlGe alloy systems possessed excellent soft magnetic properties with remarkably higher saturation magnetization. These new alloy films, annealed in vacuum at 500 °C for 1 h, show the magnetic properties of Bs=13 and 15 kG, Hc=0.09 and 0.20 Oe, and μ1 MHz=2000 and 1800 for the FeGaSi and FeAlGe alloy films of 2 μm in thickness, respectively. These values are superior to those of FeAlSi (sendust) alloy which is a typical soft magnetic material with high saturation magnetization. Results of the Co‐added systems of FeCoGaSi and FeCoAlGe alloys are also presented. Discussions are given on various systems of Fe base crystalline alloy films studied, which are classified into four types of groups with respect to magnetic softness.

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