Synthesis and microwave properties of highly permeable FeCo-based nano-alloys

We synthesized Fe and Co-based (Fe 48 Co 41 Sι 3 B 8 ) alloy nanopowders by a mechanochemical technique and investigated their structure, magnetic and electromagnetic properties. The nanopowders have a bcc (A2) phase and demonstrate high magnetization with low coercivity. The analysis reveals that their magnetization process may be described by a two-phase model. The microwave measurements performed by the coaxial method over a broad band up to 18 GHz show that the nanocomposites comprising the nanopowders possess high, broadband magnetic permeability, promising applications in electromagnetic shielding and microwave absorption.