The magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants,
K1 and
K2 as well as
K0, the saturation magnetic field,
Hs, and the residual magnetization (as the magnetization at the break point of the descending hysteresis curve),
Ik, have been studied at ordinary temperatures, using the ballistic method, with single crystal and polycrystal rods of iron containing 0.53%Al in thermally demagnetized (TD) state and in alternating-current demagnetized (AD) state. The results of the measurements and the conclusions obtained are as follows: In both of single crystals and polycrystal, irrespective of crystal orientation,
ATD>
AAD (
A=∫
0ISHd
I) and (
HS)
TD>(
HS)
AD. In single crystals, (
HS[110]−
HS[100])
TD>(
HS[110]−
HS[100])
AD,(
HS[110]−
HS[111])
TD>(
HS[110]−
HS[111])
AD, and (
Ik)
TD<(
Ik)
AD<
Is⁄∑\limits
i=13β
i (Kaya’s rule), where β′
is (
i=1, 2, 3) are the direction cosines of the rod axis of a single crystal specimen, and, irrespective of the method of demagnetization,
HS[110]>
HS[111]>
HS[100]. Further, (
K0)
TD>(
K0)
AD and (
K1)
TD>(
K1)
TD. These may be explained by an idea of small uniaxial ferromagnetic anisotropies with negative and positive anisotropy constants induced, respectively, by TD and AD. Moreover, (
K2)
AD<
K2)
AD and, irrespective of the method of demagnetization, 3⁄2>
K2⁄
K1>−3, (
HS)
poly>(
HS)
single, and (
Ik)
poly>
IS⁄∑\limits
iβ
i. The observed relations between polycrystal and single crystal data may be interpreted in terms of the magnetic interaction between crystal grains. Furthermore, the formula
K1=α
Is(
Hs)
poly, where α=1⁄3∼1/4, holds for cubic polycrystalline ferromagnetics.
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