High frequency properties of Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9/Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 soft magnetic composite with micro-cellular structure

Soft magnetic composite with micro-cellular structure was prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) process with Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 micron-powders clad by 5wt% Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 nano-particles. The effect of SPS on the micro structure of the Finemet powder and the micro structure of the composite were studied. It has been found that the as-prepared composite consists of Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 cells and the cell-wall composed of nano Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 particles distributing around Fe73.5Cu1Nb3Si13.5B9 cell-body. The composite exhibits low eddy-current loss which is to be resulted by high resistivity of the Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 cell-wall. The sintered samples were annealed at different temperature and the magnetic properties at different frequency of the annealed samples were measured. It shows that the Zn0.5Ni0.5Fe2O4 cell-wall possesses good thermostability.