Main Article Content

Cation distribution of Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 nanoparticles


Rakesh K Singh
Chandan Upadhyay
Samar Layek
A Yadav

Abstract

A set of Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 samples were prepared by citrate precursor route to investigate the growth mechanism and its effect on cationic distribution. Following the information from DTA–TGA analysis, samples were annealed at 550 °C, 700 °C and 750 °C. Magnetization and Mössbauer studies suggest that initially the cationic distribution deviates from its normal preferences but it gets back to the normal preference at a temperature around 675 °C. It has been found that size onset for having the bulk cation configuration exclusively depends on the composition.

Keywords: Mössbauer Spectroscopy; Ferrite; Nanoparticles, Cationic distribution

International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 8, 2010, pp. 104-109

Journal Identifiers


eISSN: 2141-2839
print ISSN: 2141-2820