“…While it has been frequently shown that mechanical changes in steels, such as those resulting from neutron irradiation, have effects on the major loops of magnetization (e.g., Park et al 2004a;Park et al 1997a)), Barkhausen noise (e.g., (Chang et al 2002;Altpeter et al 2001;Park et al 1999d;Park et al 1999b;Sipahi et al 1994)), impedance spectroscopy (Park et al 2004b;Park et al 2004a), and ferromagnetic resonance (Park et al 2004b;Park et al 2003), only one group has looked at the effects of mechanical changes and precipitation on minor hysteresis loops where the magnetic history is not merely between positive and negative saturations Kobayashi et al 2009Kobayashi et al , 2008Takahashi et al 2005). First order reversal curves (FORCs) are similar to minor loops but consist of only part of the loop.…”