Formation of structure and crystallographic texture in Fe-50%Ni thin tapes under high magnetic field annealing

For the first time the influence of a high direct current (DC) magnetic field on the structure and texture formation in tapes of Ni48.8Fe51.2 alloy was investigated. Cube texture formation was studied in tapes after cold rolling to 98.8% and annealing in a high magnetic field up to 20 T. Samples were subjected to magnetic annealing below and above the Curie point. Structure and texture were studied using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique, transmission electron microscopy, and magnetic hysteresis loops measurements. The experiments show a significant increase of the {001}±10° volume fraction in the recrystallization texture with the main orientation {100}〈001〉, when the magnetic annealing is carried out at a temperature below the Curie point.