Effect of electron irradiation on texturing in electrodeposited nanocrystalline alloy Fe-78%Ni

The effects of annealing and 5 MeV electron irradiation (performed at the same temperature of 150 °C for 100 h) on texturing in nanocrystalline Permalloy Fe-78%Ni were analyzed. In as-deposited L12-type ordered fcc Ni3Fe intermetallic compound, both the texturing caused by annealing and the lowering of saturation magnetization are suppressed by irradiation, whereas atomic distribution remains unchanged.