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Enhancing magnetic properties of amorphous alloys by annealing under stress
Assignee: University of Pennsylvania
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Filing: 1976-07-29
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Granted: 1977-10-11
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Expires: 1996-07-29
Abstract
Abstract A nickel based amorphous alloy in elongated ribbon form is subjected to a stress in the range of 20 to 40 kilograms per square millimeter, and is heated to temperatures below the melting point, preferably in the range of 200° C. Such heating under stress is maintained for a period of time, whereupon the material is cooled. There results a residual enhancement of the magnetic properties which occur by application of stress, but which are extinguished when the stress is removed.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi Egami
- 👤 Philip J. Flanders
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:27
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01F; H01F1/00; H01F1/01; H01F1/03; H01F1/12; H01F1/14; H01F1/147; H01F1/153; H01F1/15341
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A method of providing a magnetically responsive metal comprising: selecting a sample from the class of amorphous magnetic metallic alloys; subjecting said sample to a controlled predetermined elastic stress; heating said sample in a stressed condition to a predetermined temperature; maintaining said sample in said heated state for a predetermined duration; cooling said sample; and removing said stress; whereby the remanence of said sample is substantially increased and the coercivity of said sample is substantially decreased.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
76 words
A method of providing a magnetically responsive metal comprising: selecting a sample from the class of amorphous magnetic metallic alloys; subjecting said sample to a controlled predetermined elastic stress; heating said sample in a stressed condition to a predetermined temperature; maintaining said sample in said heated state for a predetermined duration; cooling said sample; and removing said stress; whereby the remanence of said sample is substantially increased and the coercivity of said sample is substantially decreased.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method as described in claim 1 wherein said temperature in said heating step is sufficiently below the melting point of said sample such that the amorphous structure of said sample is retained.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method as described in claim 1 and further including, after said removing step, the steps of sequentially applying elastic stress to said sample, thereby further enhancing its magnetic properties.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
142 words
A method of providing a metal having superior magnetic properties, including low coercivity and high permeability, comprising the steps of: a. selecting a metal from the group consisting of substantially amorphous, noncrystalline magnetic metallic alloys having positive magnetostriction; b. subjecting said alloy to a tensile stress less than the elastic limit of the alloy; c. heating said sample in a stressed condition to a predetermined temperature below the crystallization point temperature of the sample; d. maintaining said sample in a stressed, heated state for a predetermined duration, said heating and maintaining steps constituting an annealing process; e. cooling said sample; and f. removing said stress after said cooling step; g. said subjecting, heating, maintaining, cooling, and removing steps substantially increasing the remanence of said sample and substantially decreasing the coercivity of said sample while maintaining the amorphous, noncrystalline character of said sample.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
142 words
A method of providing a metal having superior magnetic properties, including low coercivity and high permeability, comprising the steps of: a. selecting a metal from the group consisting of substantially amorphous, noncrystalline magnetic metallic alloys having positive magnetostriction; b. subjecting said alloy to a tensile stress less than the elastic limit of the alloy; c. heating said sample in a stressed condition to a predetermined temperature below the crystallization point temperature of the sample; d. maintaining said sample in a stressed, heated state for a predetermined duration, said heating and maintaining steps constituting an annealing process; e. cooling said sample; and f. removing said stress after said cooling step; g. said subjecting, heating, maintaining, cooling, and removing steps substantially increasing the remanence of said sample and substantially decreasing the coercivity of said sample while maintaining the amorphous, noncrystalline character of said sample.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as described in claim 4 wherein selecting step includes selecting a member of the class of nickel-iron based amorphous alloys.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as described in claim 5 wherein said predetermined temperature in in the range 200° C. to 250° C.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A method as described in claim 6 wherein said predetermined duration is at least 2 hours.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
A method as described in claim 4 and further including, after said removing step, the steps of: a. subjecting said sample to a tensile stress less than the elastic limit of said sample; and b. sustaining said tensile stress, thereby producing, during said sustaining step, an amorphous alloy having superior soft magnetic properties.
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