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Effects of Nb content on the microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe 6.5wt.%Si alloy

ZHAOYANG CHENG1, JING LIU1,* , ZHIDONG XIANG1, XIFENG LIN1, SHANG ZHU1, WENSI CHEN1, JIACHEN ZHU1

Affiliation

  1. State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Sc ience and Technology, Wuhan 430081, PR China

Abstract

The effects of adding different contents of Nb on microstructure an d magnetic properties of Fe 6.5 wt.%Si alloy were investigated. The results show that the addition of a suitable amount of Nb to Fe 6.5 wt.wt.%Si alloys has improved the ductility of the alloy by precipitating Nb Fe Si intermetallics The precipitated Nb Fe Si particles have refined the grains and lowering the Si content in the matrix, the latter effect has resulted in the reduction of the ordered phases or the degree of long range order in the alloy. However, when the Nb content is 2.0wt.%, the numbers of precipitates are too high and starting to p in the movement of dislocations, which has an adverse effect on the processability of the alloy. Thoug h the Fe 6.5Si 1.5Nb (wt.%) alloy showed better magnetic properties than the Fe 6.5Si 2.0Nb (wt.%) alloy, the addition of Nb would deteriorate the magnetic properties of Fe 6.5wt.%Si alloy . Thus, the addition of Nb should be less than 1.5 wt.% to balance t he processability and magnetic properties of Fe 6.5wt.%Si alloy..

Keywords

Fe 6.5 wt.% Si alloy Nb micro alloyed Microstructure Magnetic properties.

Citation

ZHAOYANG CHENG, JING LIU, ZHIDONG XIANG, XIFENG LIN, SHANG ZHU, WENSI CHEN, JIACHEN ZHU, Effects of Nb content on the microstructure and magnetic properties of Fe 6.5wt.%Si alloy, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 10, 1-2, January-February 2016, pp.82-86 (2016).

Submitted at: Dec. 10, 2014

Accepted at: Feb. 10, 2016