Ball milling synthesis and BCC to FCC phase transition under pressure in nanostructured NANOPERM alloys

The main aim of the present work is to study the synthesis and stability of soft-magnetic nanostructured materials under high pressure - high temperature conditions. NANOPERM alloy powders were prepared by high-energy ball-milling. The as-milled alloys consist of a iron-based nanocrystalline solid solution. The evolution of crystallinity and grain-size during the ball-milling process and investigations under external pressure up to 3 GPa for temperatures up to 1200°C were evaluated using synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction. The X-ray experiments were performed at the B2/MAX80 instrument beamlines at DESY/HASYLAB, Hamburg, Germany.