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Structural and magnetic properties of Zn doped CoFe2O 4
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Date Issued
December 1, 2013
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Article
Abstract
Zinc doped cobalt ferrite powders were prepared by the solid state reaction method. The effect of zinc substitution on structure, morphology and magnetic properties was investigated. The X-ray analysis confirmed existence of the single phase cubic spinel structure, while Rietveld refinement data showed increasing of lattice parameters with zinc content. In addition, saturated magnetization increased with increasing zinc concentration and it was contained at maximum in CoFe1.9Zn0.1O4 powders. However, the value of coercivity was decreased with zinc doped content. Furthermore, the oxidative states were characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The results confirm that the structure contained Co2+, Fe3+ and Zn2+ ions. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Citation
Integrated Ferroelectrics, 148(1), 145-152, 2013