9-13 July 2012
Africa/Johannesburg timezone
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Structural and Magnetic Properties of MgCe<sub>x</sub>Fe<sub>2-x</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Nanoferrites

11 Jul 2012, 08:20
20m
Oral Presentation Track A - Division for Condensed Matter Physics and Materials DCMPM1

Speaker

Mr Prince Mkwae (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

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Yes

Level for award<br>&nbsp;(Hons, MSc, <br> &nbsp; PhD)?

MSc

Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?

Yes

Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution

Dr Thomas Moyo. Email: moyo@ukzn.ac.za
University of KwaZulu-Natal

Abstract content <br> &nbsp; (Max 300 words)

MgCexFe2-xO4 (0 =< x <= 0.4) nanoparticles have been produced by glycol-thermal technique. All the samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Mössbauer and VSM measurements. The XRD results indicate single phase cubic spinel structure in samples with low concentration of Ce (x < or = 0.2). The particle size of the as-prepared compounds ranges between 8.7 nm and 16.6 nm. A general increase in the size of a unit cell from 8.352 Å (x = 0) to 8.413 Å (x = 0.2) occurs. This is explained on the basis of atoms involved. 57Fe Mössbauer spectra show transformation from ordered to paramagnetic spin state with increasing Ce concentration. The broad spectrum of the as prepared MgFe2O4 (x = 0) oxide changes to a well resolved magnetic splitting with increasing annealing temperature. The magnetization measurements show superparamagnetic behavior in all the compounds. A general decrease in magnetization with increasing x is observed. The coercive fields increase with decreasing measuring temperature from about 2 Oe at 300 K to 330 Oe at 10 K.

Primary author

Mr Prince Mkwae (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

Co-authors

Mr H Abdallah (University of KwaZulu-Natal) Dr Justice Msomi (Gebze Institute of Technology,Kecaeli,Turkey) Dr Thomas Moyo (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

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