A nanocrystalline alloy ribbon has an alloy composition represented by Fe.sub.balCu.sub.xB.sub.ySi.sub.zA.sub.aX.sub.b where 0.6≤x<1.2, 10≤y≤20, 0<z≥10, 10(y+z)24, 0≤a≤10, O≤b≤5, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, where A is an optional inclusion of at least one element selected from Ni, Mn, Co, V, Cr, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta and W, and X is an optional inclusion of at least one element selected from Re, Y, Zn, As, In, Sn, and rare earth elements, all numbers being in atomic percent. The ribbon has a local structure having nanocrystals with average particle sizes of less than 40 nm dispersed in an amorphous matrix, the nanocrystals occupying more than 30 volume percent of the ribbon and has a radius of ribbon curvature of at least 200 mm.

A method for producing a magnetic core includes a processing step of giving a desired shape to a strip made of an alloy composition, a heat-treating step of forming bcc-Fe crystals, and then a stacking step of obtaining a magnetic core having a shape. Here, the alloy composition is Fe—B—Si—P—Cu—C and has an amorphous phase as a primary phase. In the heat-treating step, the strip is heated up to a temperature higher than a crystallization temperature of the alloy composition at a high heating rate.

An Fe-based nanocrystalline soft magnetic alloy including an amorphous phase and crystal grains, wherein clusters are dispersed in the amorphous phase and the alloy has a composition represented by (Fe.sub.1-x-ySi.sub.xAl.sub.y).sub.100-a-b-cM.sub.aM′.sub.bCu.sub.c (M represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Nb, W, Zr, Hf, Ti and Mo; M′ represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of B, C and P; a, b and c represent 2.0≤a≤5.0, 3.0<b<10.0 and 0<c<3.0, each in atomic %; and x and y represent 0.150≤x≤0.250 and 0.012≤y≤0.100 and satisfy 0.190≤x+y≤0.290).

A device for the production of a metallic strip using a rapid solidification technology is provided. The device includes a movable heat sink with an external surface onto which a melt is poured and on which the melt solidifies to produce the strip, and which device includes a rolling device which can be pressed against the external surface of the movable heat sink while the heat sink is in motion.

An amorphous alloy particle is an amorphous alloy particle formed of an iron-based alloy, and the particle contains a grain boundary layer.

An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in an iron loss in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon. The Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon has continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least one surface. The linear laser irradiation marks are formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon. Each linear laser irradiation mark has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in the thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon is 0.25 μm to 2.0 μm.

An Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon reduced in an iron loss in a condition of a magnetic flux density of 1.45 T is provided. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon. The Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon has continuous linear laser irradiation marks on at least one surface. The linear laser irradiation marks are formed along a direction orthogonal to a casting direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon. Each linear laser irradiation mark has unevenness on its surface. When the unevenness is evaluated in the casting direction, a difference HL between a highest point and a lowest point in the thickness direction of the Fe-based amorphous alloy ribbon is 0.25 μm to 2.0 μm.

A device for the production of a metallic strip using a rapid solidification technology is provided. The device includes a movable heat sink with an external surface onto which a melt is poured and on which the melt solidifies to produce the strip, and which device includes a rolling device which can be pressed against the external surface of the movable heat sink while the heat sink is in motion.

Disclosed are an amorphous nanocrystalline soft magnetic material, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof, an amorphous ribbon material, an amorphous nanocrystalline ribbon material, and an amorphous nanocrystalline magnetic sheet. The soft magnetic material comprises an amorphous matrix phase, a nanocrystalline phase distributed in the amorphous matrix phase, and fine crystalline particles distributed in the amorphous matrix phase and the nanocrystalline phase. The amorphous matrix phase comprises Fe, Si, and B, the fine crystalline particles comprise metal carbides, and the soft magnetic material comprises Fe, Si, B, P, and Cu.

This disclosure provides a method of producing an alloy strip laminate including applying an external force directly to an alloy strip of a first laminate member having an adhesive layer and the alloy strip, to form a crack in the alloy strip and prepare a first laminate including the adhesive layer and the cracked alloy strip, applying an external force directly to an alloy strip of a second laminate member having an adhesive layer and the alloy strip, to form a crack in the alloy strip and prepare at least one second laminate including the adhesive layer and the cracked alloy strip, and laminating the at least one second laminate on the first laminate to prepare an alloy strip laminate in which the adhesive layer, and the alloy strip with the crack formed are alternately layered; and a production apparatus for an alloy strip laminate.