Fe-Based Bulk Metallic Glass with Good Soft Magnetic Properties

Bulk Fe73Nb3Al2Ge2P9C6B4Si1 metallic glass with the diameter of 2 mm was prepared by copper mold casting. The Fe-based metallic glass exhibits good magnetic properties with high saturation magnetization and low saturated magnetostriction. The saturation magnetization and coercive force remains almost unchanged with annealing temperature below the crystallization temperature. The crystallization leads to the decrease in the softness of magnetic properties. The Fe-based glass exhibits a good correspondence between large glass-forming ability and good soft magnetic properties.