Magnetic and electrical properties of Cr substituted Ni nano ferrites

Autor: Katrapally Vijaya Kumar, Rapolu Sridhar, Dachepalli Ravinder
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Processing and Application of Ceramics, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1820-6131
2406-1034
DOI: 10.2298/PAC1801001V
Popis: Nano-ferrites with composition NiCrxFe2-xO4 (where x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9, 1.0) were synthesized through citrate-gel auto combustion technique at moderately low temperature. X-ray analysis shows cubic spinel structure single phase without any impurity peak and average crystallite size in the range 8.5–10.5 nm. Magnetic properties were measured using a vibrating sample magnetometer at room temperature in the applied field of ±6 KOe. The obtained M-H loop area is very narrow, hence the synthesized nano ferrites are soft magnetic materials with small coercivity. Magnetic parameters such as saturation magnetization (Ms), coercivity (Hc), remanent magnetization (Mr) and residual magnetization were measured and discussed with regard to Cr3+ ion concentration. Electrical properties were measured using two probe method from room temperature to well beyond transition temperature. The DC resistivity variation with temperature shows the semiconductor nature. Resistivity, drift mobility and activation energy values are measured and discussed with regard to composition. The Curie temperature was determined using DC resistivity data and Loria-Sinha method. The observed results can be explained in detail on the basis of composition.
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