TY - JOUR

T1 - Soft Magnetic Properties of Ultra-Strong and Nanocrystalline Pearlitic Wires

AU - Wurster, Stefan

AU - Stückler, Martin

AU - Weissitsch, Lukas

AU - Krenn, Heinz

AU - Hohenwarter, Anton

AU - Pippan, Reinhard

AU - Bachmaier, Andrea

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

PY - 2021/12/22

Y1 - 2021/12/22

N2 - The paper describes the capability of magnetic softening of a coarse-grained bulk material by a severe deformation technique. Connecting the microstructure with magnetic properties, the coercive field decreases dramatically for grains smaller than the magnetic exchange length. This makes the investigation of soft magnetic properties of severely drawn pearlitic wires very interesting. With the help of the starting two-phase microstructure, it is possible to substantially refine the material, which allows the investigation of magnetic properties for nanocrystalline bulk material. Compared to the coarse-grained initial, pearlitic state, the coercivities of the highly deformed wires decrease while the saturation magnetization values increase—even beyond the value expectable from the individual constituents. The lowest coercivity in the drawn state is found to be 520 A m−1 for a wire of 24-µm thickness and an annealing treatment has a further positive effect on it. The decreasing coercivity is discussed in the framework of two opposing models: grain refinement on the one hand and dissolution of cementite on the other hand. Auxiliary measurements give a clear indication for the latter model, delivering a sufficient description of the observed evolution of magnetic properties.

AB - The paper describes the capability of magnetic softening of a coarse-grained bulk material by a severe deformation technique. Connecting the microstructure with magnetic properties, the coercive field decreases dramatically for grains smaller than the magnetic exchange length. This makes the investigation of soft magnetic properties of severely drawn pearlitic wires very interesting. With the help of the starting two-phase microstructure, it is possible to substantially refine the material, which allows the investigation of magnetic properties for nanocrystalline bulk material. Compared to the coarse-grained initial, pearlitic state, the coercivities of the highly deformed wires decrease while the saturation magnetization values increase—even beyond the value expectable from the individual constituents. The lowest coercivity in the drawn state is found to be 520 A m−1 for a wire of 24-µm thickness and an annealing treatment has a further positive effect on it. The decreasing coercivity is discussed in the framework of two opposing models: grain refinement on the one hand and dissolution of cementite on the other hand. Auxiliary measurements give a clear indication for the latter model, delivering a sufficient description of the observed evolution of magnetic properties.

KW - Coercivity

KW - Ferromagnetic material

KW - Nanocrystalline metal

KW - Pearlitic steel

KW - Wire drawing

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U2 - 10.3390/nano12010023

DO - 10.3390/nano12010023

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85121439602

VL - 12.2022

JO - Nanomaterials

JF - Nanomaterials

SN - 2079-4991

IS - 1

M1 - 23

ER -