Synthesis and evaluation of nickel cobalt ferrite magnetic ceramics employing two alternative routes

JAVIER E. CAMARGO; LEANDRO A. RAMAJO ; MIRIAM S. CASTRO

Journal of Advanced Dielectrics

World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

Año: 2021 vol. 11 p. 2140001 - 2140006

2010-135X

Ni0.5Co0.5Fe2O4 (NCF) powders were obtained employing two alternative synthesis routes: solid-state reaction and Pechini?s methods. The ceramic powders were pressed and sintered in the temperature range of 1100 °C to 1250 °C. Microstructural and structural properties were evaluated by SEM, XRD, and Raman spectroscopy. Magnetic hysteresis loops of sintered samples were also recorded. A secondary phase was observed in samples synthesized by Pechini?s method, whereas samples obtained by the solid-state reaction method, with the mechanochemical activation of the reagents, only produced the spinel structure. Magnetic properties of samples obtained by the solid-state method displayed higher magnetic saturations and lower coercive fields than those obtained from the Pechini?s method.