Relationship between magnetic properties and microwave-absorbing characteristics of NiZnCo ferrite composites

This study aims to evaluate the structural, magnetic, and microwave absorbing properties at the X-band region of oxidized mill scales as by-product derived from a steel making process by means of a facile solid-state reaction. The oxidized mill scales were heated at 600 °C for 4 h followed by mixing with NiO. A calcination process took place at 900 °C and sintering process were conducted at 1260 °C with a milling process conducted in between the heating process. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) were employed to evaluate the structural properties of the Ni-ferrites samples. Remacomp measurement were conducted to evaluate the magnetic properties and vector network analyzer (VNA) to measure its microwave properties. A single phase of NiFe2O4 was confirmed by XRD data. The site occupancies derived from the Rietveld refinement shows that the Ni:Fe:O ratio deviates from the 1:2:4 ratio as that suggests vacancies formed in the Ni2+ and Fe3+ that lowers the unit cell density to 5.08 g/cm3 that further confirmed by EDS measurement. The coercivity of 11 kOe is also higher than the bulk NiFe2O4¬ prepared by the chemical grade raw materials. The reflection data of the microwave properties at X-band of 8-12 GHz do not shows significant absorptions. This study suggests that the selected preparation method yields a single phase, however with the significant crystallographic defects and has less ‘soft’ magnetic properties compared to NiFe2O4 prepared using chemical grade by previous study.

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Technology and Properties of Ferroelectromagnetic Lead–Free BFN–Ferrite Composites

Archives of Metallurgy and Materials ◽

10.2478/amm-2013-0184 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

pp. 1405-1409 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

D. Bochenek ◽

P. Niemiec

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Properties ◽

Ceramic Composite ◽

Composite Powder ◽

Barium Carbonate ◽

Lead Free ◽

Relaxation Phenomena ◽

Lead Free Ceramic ◽

Calcination Method ◽

Ferrite Composites

Abstract A lead free ceramic composite 0.9BaFe0:5Nb0:5O3-0.1Ni0:5Zn0:5Fe2O4 (BFN-NZF) with ferroelectromagnetic properties have been obtained in presented work. Ceramic composite powder obtained from the simple oxides Fe2O3, Nb2O5, ZnO, NiO and barium carbonate BaCO3. The composition of the composite was chosen so that the ratio of the BFN and NZF components was 90:10. The synthesis of components of BFN-NZF composite was performed using the calcination method. Final densification of synthesized powder has been done using free sintering. The XRD, the microstructure, EDS and dielectric investigations were performed. For comparison of the BFN ceramic and the BFN-NZF composites, temperature and frequency impedance research was conducted. Relaxation phenomena were observed at temperatures above 235°C in the BFN ceramic and above 150°C in the BFN-NZF composite. Obtained results show the coexistence of ferroelectric and magnetic properties. Such properties of obtained composites give the possibility to use them in magnetoelectric transducers.

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