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Mossbauer, X-ray diffraction and AC susceptibility studies on nanoparticles of zinc substituted magnesium ferrite

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Title Mossbauer, X-ray diffraction and AC susceptibility studies on nanoparticles of zinc substituted magnesium ferrite
 
Creator Nath, B K
Chakrabarti, P K
Das, S
Kumar, U
Mukhopadhyay, P K
Das, D
 
Subject Microstructure and Characterization
 
Description Nanoparticles of zinc substituted Mg-ferrite with compositions Mg((1-x))ZnxFe2O4 (x=0.15, 0.30 and 0.50) having particle sizes in the range 6.4 nm to 21.4 nm prepared by the co-precipitation method were characterized by Fe-57 Mossbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffratometry and AC magnetic susceptibility measurements. Mossbauer measurements at room temperature and down to 20 K clearly indicate presence of superparamagnetic particles in all the samples. AC magnetic susceptibility data show lowering of blocking temperature with decrease of particle size. Superparamagnetic relaxation was observed for larger particle size in samples with higher Zn content, which is attributed to the weakening of A-B exchange interaction in ferrite lattice due to replacement of Fe3+ in tetrahedral site by Zn2+ ions.
 
Publisher Springer
 
Date 2004-06
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://cgcri.csircentral.net/535/1/Eur_Phys_J_B_39_(2004)_417%E2%80%93425.pdf
Nath, B K and Chakrabarti, P K and Das, S and Kumar, U and Mukhopadhyay, P K and Das, D (2004) Mossbauer, X-ray diffraction and AC susceptibility studies on nanoparticles of zinc substituted magnesium ferrite. European Physical Journal B, 39 (4). pp. 417-425. ISSN 1434-6028
 
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