Investigation of coercivity for electroplated Fe-Ni thick films

• Main Authors: T. Yanai, K. Eguchi, K. Koda, J. Kaji, H. Aramaki, K. Takashima, M. Nakano, H. Fukunaga
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2018-05-01
• Series: AIP Advances
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5007293

We have already reported Fe-Ni firms with good soft magnetic properties prepared by using an electroplating method. In our previous studies, we prepared the Fe-Ni films from citric-acid-based baths (CA-baths) and ammonium-chloride-based ones (AC-baths), and confirmed that the coercivity for the AC-baths was lower than that for the CA-baths. In the present study, we investigated reasons for the lower coercivity for the AC-baths to further improve the soft magnetic properties. From an observation of magnetic domains of the Fe22Ni78 films, we found that Fe22Ni78 film for AC-bath had a magnetic anisotropy in the width direction, and also found that the coercivity in the width direction was lower than the longitudinal one for the AC-bath. As an annealing for a stress relaxation in the films reduced the difference in the coercivity, we considered that the anisotropy is attributed to the magneto-elastic effect.