Abstract
The low-temperature magnetic behaviour is studied in a series of heat-treated amorphous and nanocrystalline Fe 80.5Nb 7B 12.5 samples with different volume fractions of crystalline phase. The measurements of coercivity, initial susceptibility and magnetostriction have been performed in a temperature range between 1.5 and 300 K. The coercivity of nanocrystalline samples shows a minimum versus measuring temperature. The temperature of this minimum is shifted to lower temperatures with an increasing volume fraction of crystalline phase. A significant magnetic hardening characterized by abrupt upturn of coercivity is reported for all nanocrystalline samples in the temperature range below 30 K. The role of different factors in determining the low-temperature magnetic behaviour is discussed.
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