Enhancement of Magnetic Properties in Co-Sr Ferrite Nano Composites Prepared by an SHS Route
The preparation and characterization of composite materials containing nanometer-sized constituents is currently a very active and exciting area of research at laboratories around the world. In order to improve the magnetic and electromagnetic absorption properties of magnetic materials, composite of soft/hard ferrite is required in proper composition. For high-density magnetic recording, decrease in the coercive field and simultaneously increase in saturation magnetization has attracted much attention. To achieve these properties, new modified CoFe2O4-SrFe12O19 composite ferrite nanoparticles were prepared by using an SHS route. Composites of spinel: hexaferrite were prepared in the ratio 1:0, 1:2 and 0:1. The enhancement of maximum energy product BHmax is achieved by the addition of Spinel ferrite into M-type hexaferrite particles. The exchange interactions between hard and soft magnetic phases improve the microwave absorption properties. The parameters, Hc, σs, and particle size d, can easily be controlled by changing the content of spinel ferrite in the composite with Sr-M hexaferrite.