A comparative study of structural, magnetic and X-band microwave absorption characteristics of pure and Zn–Zr co-doped M-type barium hexaferrites samples
摘要
Rietveld refinement has been used to analyse phase evolution in BaFe10ZnZrO19 (BZFO) and BaFe12O19 (BFO) samples calcined between 900 °C and 1200 °C. Refinement revealed that BZFO consist of five segregated phases viz. Zn-Zr doped BFO, ZnFe2O4, ZrO2, BaZrO3 and BaFeO3 at 1100 °C and 1150 °C. In contrast, BFO samples consist only of BFO and Fe2O3 phases. Both types of samples become phase pure at 1200 °C. FESEM micrographs reveal pronounced secondary grain growth in BZFO samples and reduction in grain size (0.32–0.19 µm) with dopant incorporation at 1200 °C. EDX mapping confirmed the even spatial distribution of various elements in both type of samples. VSM data reveals that BFO (Hc = 4536 Oe and Ms = 51.56 emu/g) samples exhibit superior magnetic characteristics as compared to BZFO (Hc = 728 Oe and Ms = 47.86 emu/g) samples at 1200 °C. The BFO and BZFO samples respectively show minimum