1180. GERLACH, W., AND VON RENNENKAMPFF, J. [Magnetic Properties of Nickel Supersaturated With Carbon.] Naturwissenschaften, vol. 31, 1943, p. 96; Chem. Abs., vol. 37, 1943, p. 4999. Anomalous decrease of saturation magnetization with increasing temperature in Ni supersaturated with C is restricted to the temperature range of room temperature <300°. The coercive force decreases normally between –200° and +50°, and remains constant from 50° up to 300°. In this range no saturation is reached, even at 3,000 oersteds. Numerous Curie points are in this range. The % remanence increases under 0°. This behavior is attributed to the facts that the alloy is a definite ferromagnetic substance of a Curie temperature about 50° plus a number of ferromagnetic Ni-C alloys of decreasing or indefinite C content, and that C separates and the alloy gradually approaches pure Ni with gradual rise of the Curie temperature and hardening. After separation of all the C the normal character reappears. After annealing at 600°, the temperature curve of magnetic saturation is normal. |