A new metallic glass, (METGLAS
®alloy) Co
74Fe
6B
20, has been identified which exhibits ∼ zero magnetostriction (

). The saturation induction of this new alloy, 11.8 kG, is approximately twice that reported for other non-magnetostrictive glasses with similar transition-metal (TM) content but including the metalloids P and Al or Si in addition to B. This larger magnetization results from the weaker hybridization of the TM d-bands with the valence bands of boron than with those of other metalloids. Due to the absence of magnetostriction, no coupling between winding stresses and magnetic properties exists. Hence, as-quenched/as-wound toroids of Co
74Fe
6B
20glass exhibit exceptional low-field magnetic properties:

Oe,

gauss and

.