The magnetic properties and structure of nanocrystalline Fe-(Nb, Zr)-R-B (R=Pr, Nd) melt-spun alloys with high Fe concentrations were investigated. A nanocrystalline Fe
88 Nb
2Pr
5B
5 alloy obtained by annealing an amorphous phase exhibits a coercive force (
iHr) of 216 kA/m, remanence (
Ir) of 1.23 T and a maximum energy product((
BH)
max) of 110 kJ/m
3, which exceed those for nanocrystalline Fe
88Nb
2Pr
5B
5 alloy directly obtained by melt quenching. Fe
98-x-y(Nb, Zr)
2-R
xB
y (4≤
x≤7, 3≤ ≤
y7 (at%)) alloys consist of an amorphous phase in as-quenched state and the amorphous phase gives way to nanoscale bcc-Fe and R
2Fe
l4B
1 phases upon annealing at temperatures between 973 and 1073 K. The alloys exhibit high
Ir above 1.2 T in a region with high Fe and low R concentrations, and high
iHc above 250 kA/m in a region with high R and B concentrations. High (
BH)
max values are obtained for the high-
Ir alloys and exceed 90 kJ/m
3 in the region where the Pr and Nd concentrations are below 5 at% for Fe-Nb-R-B systems.
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