Micromagnetic background of magnetization processes in inhomogeneous ferromagnetic alloys

Abstract Using micromagnetic concepts, the characteristic parameters of the hysteresis loops of soft magnetic materials ( x 0 , H C , α R ) are analyzed by comparing different types of magnetization processes. It is shown that the dominance of one or the other of the magnetization processes depends on the microstructure as well as on intrinsic material parameters and pretreatments.