The multi component Fe_{74}Hf_{4}Ta_{1}Cu_{1}Gd_{1}La_{x}Si_{15-x}B_{4} (x = 0, 7) alloys are promising candidates in the search for materials with unusual mechanical and magnetic properties. Amorphous nature of melt-spun samples was confirmed by X-ray diffractometry and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed a distinct amorphous halo. The low-field components of magnetic hyperfine field distributions on iron nuclei are observed in the Mössbauer spectra, with average hyperfine field values of 19.9 and 15.7 T for x = 0 and x = 7, respectively. Coercivity studied by vibrating sample magnetometer was about 12 A/m for x = 0 and 82 A/m for x = 7 at 300 K and about 600 A/m for x = 0 and 1200 A/m for x = 7 at 400 K. Remanence also changed with temperature, amounting to 0.64 T for x = 0 and 0.36 T for x = 7 at 300 K, while at 400 K it was 0.43 and 0.11 T for x = 0 and x = 7, respectively. It is shown that La addition has beneficial effect of shifting the Curie point towards lower temperatures together with the increase of magnitude of magnetization.
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