A method of manufacturing an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon includes forming a coated film of a molten alloy on a peripheral surface of a chill roll that has been subjected to polishing using a polishing brush roll, cooling the coated film on the peripheral surface, and then winding the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon, which has been peeled off by a peeling means, on a wind-up roll, to obtain a wound body of an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon. The polishing brush roll includes a roll axis member and a polishing brush that is equipped with a plurality of brush bristles and satisfies the following condition (1) and condition (2) while rotating axially in a reverse direction to the chill roll. Condition (1): Free length of brush bristles is more than 30 mm but no more than 50 mm. Condition (2): Density of brush bristles at the brush bristle tip is more than 0.30 bristles/mm.sup.2 but no more than 0.60 bristles/mm.sup.2.

A metal strip contains a metal magnetic material as a main component, and is formed such that a surface roughness of one main surface is higher than a surface roughness of an other main surface. The other main surface is formed in a smooth surface having a high surface smoothness, and the one main surface is subjected to surface treatment such that a striped pattern composed of a recessed portion and a protruding portion is continuously formed. After a continuous strip is made by a single-roll liquid quenching method, the striped pattern is formed by subjecting one main surface of the continuous strip to surface treatment. A magnetic core is obtained by winding the metal strip in an annular shape, and a coil component, such as a common mode choke coil, is obtained by using the magnetic core. Thus, the metal strip has sufficient toughness and good mechanical strength.

One aspect of the invention provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon having a free solidified surface and a roll contact surface, in which the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon has plural laser irradiation mark rows each formed from plural laser irradiation marks on at least one surface of the free solidified surface or the roll contact surface, a line interval is from 10 mm to 60 mm, which is a centerline interval in a middle section in a width direction, between mutually adjacent laser irradiation mark rows, a spot interval is from 0.10 mm to 0.50 mm, which is an interval between center points of the plural laser irradiation marks in each of the plural laser irradiation mark rows, and the number density D (=(1/d1)(1/d2), d1: line interval, d2: spot interval) of the laser irradiation marks is from 0.05 marks/mm.sup.2 to 0.50 marks/mm.sup.2.

A metal strip is provided having a casting-wheel side that has been solidified on an outer surface of a heat sink, an opposing, air side and a microstructure. The microstructure is at least 80 vol. % amorphous or has at least 80 vol. % nanocrystalline grains and a residual amorphous matrix in which at least 80% of the nanocrystalline grains have an average grain size of less than 50 nm and a random orientation. The air side of the metal strip has a surface crystallisation proportion of less than 23%.

The iron alloy particle is a particle including an iron alloy, and the particle includes: multiple mixed-phase particles, each including nanocrystals of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less (i.e., from 10 nm to 100 nm) in crystallite size and an amorphous phase; and a grain boundary layer between the mixed-phase particles.

The iron alloy particle is a particle including an iron alloy. The particle includes multiple mixed-phase particles, each including nanocrystals of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less (i.e., from 10 nm to 100 nm) in crystallite size and an amorphous phase; and a grain boundary layer between the mixed-phase particles. Also, the iron alloy has a composition containing Fe, Si, P, B, C, and Cu.

One embodiment of the present invention provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon for an Fe-based nanocrystalline alloy, the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon being a cooled body of a molten metal that has been applied to a surface of a chill roll, wherein the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon includes a recess having a depth of 1 m or more in a 0.647 mm0.647 mm region located in a central part, in the ribbon width direction, of a ribbon surface, which is a cooled surface, in which a maximum area of the recess having a depth of 1 m or more is 3000 m.sup.2 or less; and a method of manufacturing the same.

The invention relates to the technical field of amorphous soft magnetic material, specifically relating to the field of FeCo based amorphous soft magnetic alloy and preparation method thereof. The FeCo based amorphous soft magnetic alloy provided in the invention has chemical composition of Fe.sub.aCo.sub.bSi.sub.cB.sub.dCu.sub.e, which possesses merits of highly-saturated magnetic induction, outstanding soft magnetic property and great amorphous forming ability at the same time; the embodiment of FeCo based amorphous soft magnetic alloy disclosed in the invention has indicated that its saturation magnetic induction is 1.791.86 T, coercivity 1.44.3 A/m, and permeability 800014000; the invention has advantages of easy treatment process, low annealing temperature, which reduces process cost remarkably and economizes energy, thus having great application prospect.

A soft magnetic metal powder that has low coercivity Hcj and high saturation magnetic flux density Bs, and has high powder resistivity and high insulating performance is obtained. The soft magnetic metal powder is soft magnetic metal powder containing Fe. The soft magnetic metal powder has particles each including a soft magnetic metal portion and a coating portion coating the soft magnetic metal portion. The coating portion includes a first coating portion and a second coating portion. The first coating portion is closer to the soft magnetic metal portion than the second coating portion. The first coating portion and the second coating portion have oxides containing at least one element selected from Si, Fe, and B as a main component. The first coating portion includes amorphous material, the second coating portion includes crystals, and the second coating portion has a higher crystal content ratio than the first coating portion.

Disclosed is an iron-based amorphous alloy Fe.sub.aB.sub.bSi.sub.cRE.sub.d, wherein a, b, and c represent, in atomic percentages, the contents of corresponding components, respectively; 83.0a87.0, 11.0<b<15.0, 2.0c4.0, and a+b+c=100; and d is the concentration of RE in the iron-based amorphous alloy, i.e. 10 ppmd30 ppm. The iron-based amorphous alloy has a saturation magnetic induction intensity of no less than 1.63 T, and same can be used to manufacture a magnetic core material for power transformers, motors and inverters.