Published May 31, 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Microwave-induced combustion synthesis of Li0.5Fe2.5-xM xO4 (M = Al, Cr, Mn) powder and their characterization

  • 1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Wu-Feng Institute of Technology, Ming-Hsiung, Chiayi 621, Taiwan (China)
  • 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan (China)
  • 3. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan (China)

Description

Li0.5Fe2.5-xM xO4 (M = Al, Cr, Mn) powders with small and uniformly sized particles were successfully synthesized by microwave-induced combustion, using lithium nitrate, ferric nitrate, aluminum nitrate, chromium nitrate, manganese nitrate, and carbohydrazide as the starting materials. The process takes only a few minutes to obtain as-received Al, Cr, and Mn-substituted lithium ferrite powders. The resultant powders annealed at 650 deg. C for 2 h and were investigated by thermogravimeter/differential thermal analyzer (TG/DTA), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), and thermomagnetic analysis (TMA). The results revealed that saturation magnetization and Curie temperature of Li0.5Fe2.5-xM xO4 were strongly affected by different metal ions substitution

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2004.11.048;
PII
S0925-8388(04)01477-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
395
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 272-276
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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