Magnetic properties of LiZnCu ferrite synthesized by the microwave sintering method

Abstract

Lithium ferrites have attracted considerable attention because they have been used as replacements for garnets due to their low cost. A series of polycrystalline ferrite samples were prepared with the composition of LiXZn(0.6−2X)Cu0.4Fe2O4(X=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3) at chemical reaction temperature 150 °C by sintering with microwave assisted combustion method. The characterization shows the formation of single phase cubic structure when carried out by using the X-rays technique and I–R technique. Magnetization parameters such as saturation magnetization, coercivity, magnetic moment were calculated by using the Hysteresis graph. The Curie temperature obtained using the susceptibility data are found to be in the range 350–700 °C. Anhysteric remanent magnetization is used for estimating the grain size and domain structure of the composition. An attempt has been made to synthesis the nano-particles at lower reaction temperature by using non-conventional microwave sintering method. The advantage of this method is its lower sintering temperature and time compared to the conventional ceramic technique and direct formation of nano-ferrites without ball-milling.