Abstract
It is shown that resistivity and magnetization measurements can be used to monitor the controlled devitrification of metallic glasses. These measurements are especially useful in the case of Fe-based metallic glasses to be used at high frequency. In these materials, transformation of about 1 vol. % of the amorphous matrix into crystalline α-Fe is known to produce enhanced magnetic properties. Magnetic techniques are especially sensitive when the heat treatment is carried out above the Curie temperature of the amorphous matrix but below the Curie temperature of the α-Fe precipitates.

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