Acta Physica Polonica A, vol.125, no.2, pp.597-599, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
In this present study attempts have been made to synthesize Fe 80B20 crystalline/amorphous nanocomposite powder by using surfactant-assisted high-energy ball milling. Comparison has been made for the differences in evolved microstructure via solidification and solid state phase transformation under equilibrium and non-equilibrium processing conditions. Structural analysis reveal that initially observed Fe2B and Fe 3B intermetallic phases tend to disappear even at 1 h milling time and eventually lead to the stabilization of α-Fe nanoparticles and possible formation of amorphous phase by increasing milling time. This resultant structure governs the magnetic behaviour of the Fe80B20 nanoalloy.