Soft magnetic FeCo films produced by green chemistry technique

The saturation magnetizations, local magnetic anisotropy field and coercivity values of FeCo film plated under various processing conditions have been investigated to optimize soft magnetic properties. Herein, we introduce a very promising processing technique based on the electrodeless deposition of FeCo film with carbohydrates as reducing agents. The produced FeCo film demonstrated significantly better saturation magnetization values and less contaminations, compared to those for the sample preparing with conventional reducing agent (sodium hypophosphite). The surface morphology and coercivities of FeCo films are dependent on the iron content and type of reducing agent. The coercive force values range from 12 up to 30 Oe and the saturation magnetization from 150 to 240 emu/g depending on the bath composition and deposition parameters. Maximum of saturation magnetization magnitude is reached for FeCo film with 30% cobalt. The local anisotropy field value of FeCo alloys increases with a decrease in Fe content for all reducing agent types.