Structure transformations in cold rolled ferromagnetic alloys upon heating in high DC magnetic field

The processes of recovery and recrystallization in the coldrolled alloys Fe-3%Si, Fe-50%Ni, and Ni-30%Co subjected to annealing at temperatures below and above the Curie point under a high direct current (DC) magnetic field of 10-29 Т have been studied. It is established that application of external magnetic field in the course of heat treatment at temperatures below the recrystallization temperature and Curie point retards the processes of material softening. The formation of crystallographic texture initiated by magnetic field starts upon the recovery during the pre-recrystallization magnetic annealing. Then, in the course of subsequent annealing at the recrystallization temperatures without magnetic field, there takes place the development of preferable orientations. The magnetic field annealing favors the formation of such texture components in which the easy-magnetization axis coincides with the direction of the magnetic field applied. This is evidenced by the textures formed in the Fe-50%Ni alloy (easy axis<001>) and Ni-30%Co alloy (easy axis<111>).