Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline Fe-Si-Ni soft magnetic alloys, Sharif University of Technology, 2005
In this study, structural and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe–Si–Ni powders produced by mechanical alloying (MA) have been investigated. The samples with different chemical compositions and milling times were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The alloy powders with average grain size 8–19 nm were synthesized by milling for 35–100 h. Coercivity (Hc) and crystallite size exhibited a similar decrease by increasing the mechanical alloying time.