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Nanocrystalline Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite: Synthesis, characterization and study of their magnetic behavior at different temperatures

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Title Nanocrystalline Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite: Synthesis, characterization and study of their magnetic behavior at different temperatures
 
Creator Kumar, Sanjeev
Singh, Vaishali
Mandal, Uttam K.
Kotnala, R. K.
 
Subject Inorganic Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
 
Description Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite nanocrystals with average diameter in the range of 5-6 nm have been synthesized by reverse microemulsion technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) are used to characterize the structural, morphological, and magnetic properties. X-ray analysis showed that the nanocrystals possess cubic spinel structure. The absence of hysteresis, negligible remanence, and coercivity at 300 K indicate the superparamagnetic character and single domain in the nanocrystalline Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite materials. The nanocrystalline Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite was annealed at 600 degrees C. As a result of heat treatment, the average particle size increases from 5 nm to 7 nm and the corresponding magnetization value increases to 15.94 emu/g at 300 K. However, at a low temperature of 100 K, the annealed samples show hysteresis loop which is the characteristic of a superparamagnetic to ferromagnetic transition. A comparative study of the magnetic properties of Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite nanocrystals obtained from (1) reverse microemulsion and (2) chemical co-precipitation route has also been carried out.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2015-03-24
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://npl.csircentral.net/1917/1/224.pdf
Kumar, Sanjeev and Singh, Vaishali and Mandal, Uttam K. and Kotnala, R. K. (2015) Nanocrystalline Co0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 ferrite: Synthesis, characterization and study of their magnetic behavior at different temperatures. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 428. pp. 21-26. ISSN 0020-1693
 
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