Giant Magnetoimpedance in Fe73.5Cu1Nb2V1Si13.5B9 Nanocrystalline Ribbons
In the present work, the giant magnetoimpedance effect has been found in Fe73.5Cu1Nb2V1Si13.5B9nanocrystalline ribbons. The optimum annealing temperature for obtaining largest GMI is about 550°C. Fe73.5Cu1Nb2V1Si13.5B9with average grain size of 15 nm after annealing at 550°C for 30 min presents a magnetoimpedance of-74% at 700 kHz under H=90 Oe. The MI effect at high frequency is due to the change of Z via the variation of permeability or the penetration depth under the external field. The positive magnetoimpedance ΔZ/Z is 36% and positive magnetoresistance ΔR/R is 79% at H= 10 Oe and f=5MHz. We observe a huge magnetoreactance ΔX/X of –375% at a very low frequency of 50 kHz, which is a magnetoinduction effect due to the movement of domain wall. The smaller GMI for nanocrystalline Fe73.5Cu1Nb2V1Si13.5B9ribbons annealed above 550°C is mainly connected with the decrease of permeability due to the precipitation of Fe2B phase in ribbons. Our results show that the partial substitution of expensive Nb by cheap V in FeCuNbSiB could be a successful way to prepare the GMI materials with high performance and low cost.