Soft magnetic properties of rapidly quenched pig-iron-based alloys

A family of rapidly quenched alloys based on pig iron (PI) having 6–10 at% additions (B, Ge, Ga,Al) has been found. In spite of small crystalline fraction, the best sample has the interesting values of resistivity, saturation polarization and magnetostriction of 129 μΩ cm , 1.59 T and 1.3 ppm , respectively. The AC power losses of these alloys were found comparable with those of the commercial glassy alloys.