The Influence of Molybdenum on the Texture and Magnetic Anisotropy of Fe–xMo–5Ni–0.05C Alloys

Diagrams of remanent induction,B r , versus saturation induction,B s , for Fe–5Ni– x Mo–0.05C alloys, where x is equal to 11%, 15% or 19%, weredetermined for samples 60%, 80%, 90% and 97% coldrolled and magnetically age-annealed at 610°C for 1h. Thetexture evolution in those alloys was analysed as a function ofrolling reduction, by means of the orientation distributionfunction (ODF). The results show that a sharp {100}〈 110 〉texture component develops in the 11%-Mo alloy forrolling reductions in excess of 90%. This leads to the highestvalues of the remanent induction,B r , and of theB r / B sratio for this alloy as a result of〈 100 〉directions, the easy magnetization directions, lyingat 45° to the rolling direction.