High-Temperature AC Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Finemet Alloys With Co Addition

High-temperature AC magnetic properties for (Fe0.5Co0.5)73.5Cu1Nb3 Si13.5B9 alloy annealed at various temperatures have been investigated using an impedance analyzer. Annealing temperature Ta has obvious effects on high-temperature AC magnetic properties of the alloy. The Hopkinson peak appears only in the amorphous alloy when Ta ≤ 703K. As Ta increases above 733K, the real part of the complex initial permeability βi' descends gradually, βi' decreases more slowly with temperature in the high temperature range. The high-temperature (about 750K) AC initial permeability for the alloy annealed at Ta=763K has been found to maintain a stable high value of 950 up to a frequency of ∼ 1 × 105Hz. Partial substitution of Co for Fe in the Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 alloy leads to an increase of around 110K of the Curie temperature of the amorphous phase, much higher than Ge-containing Finemet alloy.