Magnetic reversal and magnetic memory effect in melt-spun PreFe14B/a-Fe nanocomposite ribbons

The influence of CoCr addition on the microstructure and magnetic properties was investigated in nanocomposite Pr2Fel4B/a-Fe alloys prepared by melt spinning. It was shown that the magnetic properties of Pr2Fel4B/ct-Fe nanocomposite were im- proved by an addition of 10 at.% CoCr, in particular, coercivity （Hc） from 4.9 up to 5.3 kOe, maximum energy product （（BH）max） from 10.6 up to 13.9 MGOe, and remanence （Mr） from 94.2 up to 98.4 emu/g. The field dependencies of the reversible and irreversible magnetization components were derived from the recoil loops. Combining with the initial magnetization curves, the results indi- cated that the pinning of domain walls at the grain boundaries dominated the magnetization reversal in Pr2Fe14B/ct-Fe nanocomposite alloys. The magnetic memory effect was studied by measuring the magnetic moment relaxation at a cycle negative magnetic field with time interval of 600 s. The exchange-spring magnets with magnetic memory effect have a high potential for high density magnetic recording.