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Glass formability and phase transformations in rapidly quenched ferromagnetic nano-structured (Fe85B15-xSix)98-yC2Cuy (where x=0; 5 and y=0; 1) systems were investigated. The consecutive crystallization stages of bcc-Fe and borides were determined by resistometry, differential scanning calorimetry and by thermogravimetry, where the values of important transformation parameters were estimated and mutually correlated with the results from the structure analysis by TEM and XRD. Morphology of the nano-sized Fe grains in amorphous matrix and their transformation to borides matrix was observed by TEM in dependence on the chemical composition and thermal treatment. The effects of systematic alloying on the transformation process and on the resulting structure have been correlated with selected magnetic properties of the samples after suitable annealing.

Phase transformations and composition of Al-Fe-Si, Al-Co-Si and Al-Ni-Si based rapidly quenched ribbons have been investigated. Different Al-Si based alloys with varying Si content and additions of third metallic element, namely Al80Si20, Al60Si40, Al75Fe5Si20, Al70Fe10Si20, Al75Co5Si20, Al70Co10Si20, Al75Ni5Si20, Al70Ni10Si20 were analyzed. Variation of phase composition with elemental composition was observed. Evolution of phases was determined by resistometry, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In situ X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) records were observed during isothermal and isochronal annealing.