Thermal Stability Of FeTaN As A Function Of N And Ta Content
FeTaN thin films promise to be a good candidate for inductive head pole materials. FeTaN thin films which are nanocrystalline and possess the required magnetic properties in the as-deposited state are advantageous because they do not require a high temperature processing anneal. However, FeTaN films must possess sufficient thermal stability in order to maintain their magnetic properties while being processed into inductive heads. In this study we have undertaken systematic microstructural and magnetic measurements on nanocrystalline, single-layer FeTaN thin films as a function of N and Ta content and annealing temperature. The annealing temperatures used are less than 300/spl deg/C and are meant to simulate head processing conditions. The addition of Ta was found to enhance thermal stability. By stabilizing the microstructure, Ta also stabilizes magnetic properties such as coercivity and magnetostriction (structure determines properties). The optimum amount of Ta for thermal stability while maintaining good magnetic properties was 10 weight percent. In the highest N content Fe-10TaN thin films, soft magnetic properties were found to be controlled by the magnetic domain structures which are governed by magnetoelastic anisotropy. These films which exhibited a magnetoelastic anisotropy less than -2/spl times/10/sup 4/ ergs/cm/sup 3/ also exhibited stripe domains which resulted in relatively high coercivities.
Microstructure and magnetism in FeTaN films deposited in the nanocrystalline state
As‐deposited, magnetically soft nanocrystalline FeTaN films are successfully grown by dc‐magnetron reactive sputtering. Growth conditions are instrumental in extending the solubility limit of Ta in the bcc FeTa alloy. Nitrogen incorporation in FeTa films is found to be much higher than in Fe films and can be explained in terms of thermochemistry using a large Ta‐N interaction coefficient. The influence of different alloying elements is discussed theoretically, with regard to the metal‐nitrogen affinity. A ‘‘typical columnar microstructure’’ associated with the sputtering process is identified and its evolution versus the extent of nitrogenation is described in detail. Stress, magnetostriction, resistivity, and magnetic properties are respectively described as a function of both Ta and N contents of the films. The magnetic behavior of as‐deposited nanocrystalline FeTaN is found to be very sensitive to both the dimension of the grains, their morphology and the nature of the grain boundary material which rep...
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