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Crystallographic and Magnetic Properties of Li0.7Co0.2Ti0.2V0.2Fe1.7O4 Ferrite

Journal of Magnetics, Volume 15, Number 1, 31 Mar 2010, Pages 25-28
Kwang Pyo Chae * (Department of Applied Physics, Konkuk University), Woo Hyun Kwon (Department of Applied Physics, Konkuk University), Jae-Gwang Lee (Department of Applied Physics, Konkuk University)
Abstract
This study examined the crystallographic and magnetic properties of vanadium-substituted lithium cobalt titanium ferrite, Li0.7Co0.2Ti0.2V0.2Fe1.7O4. Ferrite was synthesized using a conventional ceramic method. The samples annealed below 1040 oC showed X-ray diffraction peaks for spinel and other phases. However, the sample annealed above 1040 oC showed a single spinel phase. The lattice constant of the sample was 8.351 Å, which was relatively unaffected by vanadium-substitution. The average grain size after vanadium- substitution was 13.90 μm, as determined by scanning electron microscopy. The Mössbauer spectrum could be fitted to two Zeeman sextets, which is the typical spinel ferrite spectra of Fe3+ with A and B sites, and one doublet. From the absorption area ratio of the Mössbauer spectrum, the cation distribution was found to be (Co0.2V0.2Fe0.6)[Li0.7Ti0.2Fe1.1]O4. Vibrating sample magnetometry revealed a saturation magnetization and coercivity of 36.9 emu/g and 88.6 Oe, respectively, which were decreased by vanadium-substitution.
Keywords: Li-Co-Ti-V ferrite; Mössbauer spectroscopy; saturation magnetization; coercivity
DOI: 10.4283/JMAG.2010.15.1.025
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