Relaxation studies of amorphous alloys with creep induced magnetic and structural anisotropy

Amorphous ferromagnetic (Fe,Co,Ni) ribbons of various compositions have been prepared by rapid solidification and annealed with applied tensile stress. This process yields both creep-induced magnetic anisotropy and structural anisotropy. Post-annealing has been done to investigate the relaxation process. X-ray diffraction and thermomechanical analysis measurement of post-annealed samples reveal a clear underlying relaxation process in the material, proving that structural anisotropy corresponds to the elastic strain induced by creep annealing.