The interrelationships of magnetic and magneto acoustic-emission characteristics of heat-treated steels of various chemical composition

The relationship between the amplitude of magnetoacoustic emission and the residual magnetic induction of the materials is shown. The dependence of magnetoacoustic emission (MAE) on the frequency of magnetization reversal of a group of steels of different chemical composition was investigated. In all the investigated cases, the MAE amplitude maximum corresponds to a field frequency of 3-5 Hz. The magnetic properties of two groups of steels subjected to various thermal treatments have been studied. It is shown that the residual magnetic induction of steels is a sufficiently universal parameter for controlling softening thermal treatments and that the amplitude of magnetoacoustic emission can be used as a testing parameter in scanning systems of structurescopy of ferromagnetic steels.

Microstructural and Magnetic Properties of a Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Ti-Cu Alloy

The present work describes the development of Fe-Co-Ni-Al-Ti-Cu permanent magnets. Magnetic and microstructural studies were carried out using microscopy, magnetometery and X-ray diffraction techniques. The results indicate that both microstructural and magnetic properties are sensitive to the heat treatment conditions. Magnetic properties in the studied alloys could be improved by controlling the annealed state microstructure and by efficiently aligning and elongating the nano-structured ferromagnetic α1 particles in <001> crystallographic directions. The best magnetic properties in the alloy Fe-34.7Co-15.3Ni-8.3Al-5.4Ti-3.9Cu is obtained as coercive force (Hc) of 1528Oe, residual magnetic induction (Br) of 7105G, saturation magnetization (Bs) of 19060G and maximum energy product ((BH)max) of 3.3MGOe.