Liu Jie,Wang Yanmou,Ma Jing,et al.Effect of Forging Process on Microstructure and Properties of Fe10Cr10Co Soft Magnetic Alloy[J].Special Steel,2026,47(01):128-135.
Liu Jie,Wang Yanmou,Ma Jing,et al.Effect of Forging Process on Microstructure and Properties of Fe10Cr10Co Soft Magnetic Alloy[J].Special Steel,2026,47(01):128-135. DOI: 10.20057/j.1003-8620.2025-00056.
Effect of Forging Process on Microstructure and Properties of Fe10Cr10Co Soft Magnetic Alloy
This study systematically reveals the dynamic evolution of the microstructure of Fe10Cr10Co soft magnetic alloy during thermoplastic deformation and thoroughly elucidates the multi-scale coupling mechanism between its microstructural characteristics and mechanical properties as well as soft magnetic properties.The experiments were conducted using a 3T electro-hydraulic hammer to complete the forging ratio distribution and post-forging cooling rate control tests, and the samples were characterized at multiple scales by optical microscope, universal tensile machine and room temperature DC magnetic performance detector. The results indicate that when the once heating forging ratio is 4.0 and the twice heating forging ratio is 2.56, the sample subjected to sand cooling exhibits the highest uniformity in microstructure after heat treatment, with an average grain size of 18.19 μm, and demonstrates the highest yield strength of 345.0 MPa and elongation of 44.0%. For the sample with once heating forging ratio of 3.16 and twice heating forging ratio of 3.24, the air-cooled sample shows the poorest uniformity in microstructure after heat treatment, with an average grain size of 13.66 μm, but achieves the highest tensile strength of 527.3 MPa. Under the conditions of once heating forging ratio of 3.16 and twice heating forging ratio of 3.24, the sand-cooled sample exhibits relatively uniform microstructure, with a larger average grain size of 33.01 μm, and demonstrates the highest magnetic induction, permeability of 5.288 mH/m, and the lowest coercivity of 107.5 A/m. In summary, the Fe10Cr10Co soft magnetic alloy, through the application of a forging process involving a large deformation in the first pass and a small deformation in the second pass, combined with slow cooling after forging, effectively releases residual stress and reduces dislocation density during subsequent heat treatment, resulting in a microstructure with the highest uniformity and smaller grain size. This optimization of the microstructure achieves a synergistic improvement in mechanical and soft magnetic properties.
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