The influence of molybdenum on the texture and magnetic anisotropy of Fe-xMo-5Ni-0.05C alloys

Abstract

Diagrams of remanent induction, Br, versus saturation induction, Bs, for Fe-5Ni-xMo- 0.05C alloys, where x is equal to 11%, 15% or 19%, were determined for samples 60%, 80%, 90% and 97% cold rolled and magnetically age-annealed at 610C for h. The texture evolution in those alloys was analysed as a function ofrolling reduction, by means of the orientation distribution function (ODF). The results show that a sharp 100}(110) texture component develops in the 11%-Mo alloy for rolling reductions in excess of 90%. This leads to the highest values ofthe remanent induction, Br, and ofthe Br/Bs ratio for this alloy as a result of (100) directions, the easy magnetization directions, lying at 45 to the rolling direction.