Co-based soft magnetic bulk glassy alloys optimized for glass-forming ability and plasticity

[摘要] Co-based bulk glassy alloys (BGAs) have become more and more important because of their nearly zero magnetostriction and high giant magneto-impedance effect. Here, we report the improvement of glass-formingability (GFA), soft-magnetic properties and plasticity by a small addition of Mo atoms in CoFeBSiNbMo BGAs.(Co$_{0.6}$Fe$_{0.4}$)$_{69}$B$_{20.8}$Si$_{5.2}$Nb$_{5−x}$Mo$_{x}$ ferromagnetic BGA cylindrical glassy rods were fabricated successfully with adiameter of 5 mm by conventional copper mould casting method. It reveals that the substitution of a small amount of Mo for Nb makes the composition to approach a eutectic point and effectively enhances the GFA of alloy. Inaddition to high GFA and superhigh strength, the compressive test shows that the Mo addition can improve the plasticity for the obtained BGAs. The combination of high GFA, excellent soft-magnetic properties and good plasticitydemonstrated in our alloys is promising for the future applications as functional materials.

[学科分类] 材料工程

[关键词] Co-based glassy alloys;glass-forming ability;soft-magnetic properties;plasticity.