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(11) EP 0 342 921 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.12.1989 Bulletin 1989/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.11.1989 Bulletin 1989/47

(21) Application number: 89304925.4

(22) Date of filing: 16.05.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4H01F 1/14, C22C 38/16, C21D 6/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.05.1988 JP 118331/88

(71) Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken 210 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Sawa, Takao c/o Intellectual Property Division
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Okamura, Masami c/o Intellectual Property Division
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: BATCHELLOR, KIRK & CO. 
2 Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road
London EC1R 0DS
London EC1R 0DS (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Fe-based soft magnetic alloy


    (57) Fe-based soft magnetic alloy having excellent soft magnetic characteristics with high saturated magnetic flux density, characterized in that it has fine crystal grains and is expressed by the general formula:
    Fe100-a-b-c-d Ma M′b Yc Nd      (I)
    where M is at least one element from the following: Cu, Ag, Au, Zn, Sn, Pb, Sb, and Bi;
    M′ is at least one element from the following: Groups IVa, Va, VIa of the periodic table, Mn, Co, Ni, and Al;
    Y is at least one of the following: Si, P, or B,
    and wherein "a", "b", "c" and "d" expressed in atomic % are as follows:
    0.01 ≦ a ≦ 5
    0.1 ≦ b ≦ 10
    15 ≦ c ≦ 28
    0 < d ≦ 8.







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