Effect of annealing on the magnetisation processes in cold-rolled thin Ni sheets

The magnetisation process has been investigated in thin Ni sheets by means of fluxmetric and alternating force techniques. As-rolled samples exhibit a rotation-dominated reversible magnetisation process, related to stress-induced and magnetocrystalline anisotropies. After annealing the rotations combine with substantial reversible displacements of the domain walls. It is always found that the transverse reversible susceptibility passes through a maximum at a field of the order of the anisotropy field.