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Soft magnetic nanocrystalline films of alloys of Fe—refractory interstitial phase for application in devices for magnetic recording

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Physicochemical and structural approaches to development of a highly inductive, soft magnetic, wear-resistant, and thermally stable film material with a nanocrystalline structure for application in recording magnetic heads of fast-acting magnetic devices for high-density magnetic recording are considered taking into account the development of ferromagnetism theory as applied to nanocrystalline ferromagnetics. The conditions for formation of the structure where the ferromagnetic phase (α-Fe) is strengthened by dispersed particles of the nonmagnetic phase (ZrN) are considered by the example of Fe-ZrN films. The parameters of this structure are shown to affect magnetic properties of films (B s and H C ).

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Original Russian Text © E.N. Sheftel, 2009, published in Materialovedenie, 2009, No. 4, pp. 10–17.

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Sheftel, E.N. Soft magnetic nanocrystalline films of alloys of Fe—refractory interstitial phase for application in devices for magnetic recording. Inorg. Mater. Appl. Res. 1, 17–24 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S207511331001003X

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