T. K. Kim and M. Takahashi have found that iron nitride thin films of α"-Fe
16N
2 have the saturation magnetization Ms more than that of 30at%Co-70at%Fe alloy in 1972. Two of the authors have described that the saturation magnetization Ms of polycrystalline iron thin films increased approximately 21% after the thin films were nitrided by the magnetron discharge method.
In this paper, the authors have studied the magnetic property of polycrystalline iron foils treated by the magnetron discharge method. The experimental results obtained are summarized as follows:
The surface temperature of iron foil became about 205°C with magnetron discharge method under an N
2 gas pressure of 4.0×10
-2Torr. α"-Fe
16N
2 and/or α'-nitrogen martensite, γ'-Fe4N, and α-Fe phases are detected by the X-ray diffraction method in foils nitrided under various N
2 gas pressures. The rate of increase of Ms is 3.2% after the iron foil was nitrided under an N
2 gas pressure of 4.5×10
-2Torr. The saturation magnetizations Ms of α"-Fe
16N
2 and/or α'-nitrogen martensite, calculated by using X-ray integrated intensity ratios, are 222-245emu/g in foils nitrided under various N
2 gas pressures.
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