Abstract
The influence of static magnetic field of 4 T on electroless Ni-P deposition process and post-annealing was investigated in this study. The results from differential scanning calorimeter have shown that the imposed high magnetic field during electroless deposition had a further beneficial effect on defects migration and annihilation after Ni-P alloys heated at around 250 °C. Furthermore, it is found that some metastable phases were presented after magnetic annealing at 300 °C (below crystallization temperature), and the hardness of magnetic-annealed Ni-P alloys was greater than that of conventionally annealed Ni-P alloys. The morphology of the Ni-P alloys was characterized by scanning electron microscope, and shows typical spherical nodular structure for the as-deposited Ni-P alloys. The boundaries of these spherical nodular crystals blurred after annealing; however, the boundaries were apparently observed after magnetic annealing at 300 °C.
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