The dependence of the induced uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy,
Eu, on the measuring temperature,
T, was studied, using the method of torque magnetometer, with a (1\={1}0) disc single crystal of 12%Co-Ni alloy annealed in sufficiently strong magetic field, and the observed dependence was found to be well expressed by the relation
Eu=const.×(
IT⁄
IO)
2, where
IT and
IO are, respectively, the values of saturation magnetization at
T (°K) and at 0°K, as derived by Taniguchi and Yamamoto from the stand point of directional order theory. In connection with this study, the temperature dependence of the cubic magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants,
K1 and
K2, was measured with 12%Co-Ni alloy and pure nickel, and it has been found that, as the temperature rises,
K1 of 12%Co-Ni alloy changes from positive to negative at about 150°C, while
K1 of nickel shows small positive values above 200°C, and that
K2 of 12%Co-Ni alloy is always positive, while
K2 of nickel changes from positive to negative at about 100°C. The alloy composition dependence of
Eu was studied with magnetically annealed polycrystalline discs of 10.57, 20.78, 30.84, 40.67, 50.17, and 60.20%Co-Ni alloys, and it has been found that
Eu shows a peak value of 8.4×10
2 erg/cm
2 at about 50%Co. The comparison of the measured data as corrected for the composition dependence of the Curie temperature with Néel’s theoretical formula indicates that the ordering energy of Ni-Co alloys is negative and, hence, the alloys are of the precipitation type.
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