The strontium hexaferrites were produced by a ceramic method. Other investigations were made to substitute the Fe 3+ by Al 3+ by a wet chemical method [3]. Thereby the coercivity increases, but the saturation magnetization decreases.In our work the glass crystallization technique was used to modify the powders and to increase the magnetic properties. The achieved powders were analyzed for their chemical, crystallografic and magnetic properties.
ExperimentalThe samples were prepared using the glass crystallization technique. For the modification of the powders the BaCO 3 in the raw materials was substituted by For the investigation of the magnetic properties the hysteresis loops of the samples were measured in a vibration sample magnetometer (VSM 7312, Lake Shore). From these hysteresis loops the saturation magnetization M S and coercivity J H C were determined.
ResultsThe investigation of the different doped flakes for their structure and crystallization behavior was the first step before the crystallization. The XRD-analysis showed that all of the used flakes were amorphous. These amorphous flakes were analysed by DSCanalysis. Thereby only small changes in the DSC-signals of the different dopings are achieved. The biggest differences were found for the flakes of the melt with the highest strontium content (Sr3). Fig. 3 shows the DSC-signals of two Sr containing flake samples compared to one of an undoped flake sample. The prepared powders were analysed by XRD for their crystallographic structure.Thereby all powders (with the different dopings) show only the barium (or strontium) hexaferrite structure. As expected the powder sample with the highest strontium content (Sr3a) shows only strontium hexaferrite peaks (see Fig. 4).
Fig. 4: XRD-diagram of strontium hexaferrite powder (Sr3a) prepared by the glass crystallization techniqueTab. 2 shows the magnetic properties of undoped powder samples made by different conditions but with the same heating rate (infinite, the sample was positioned into the heated furnace) for tempering. As observed already earlier by Knauf [5], one result of this magnetic measurements is, that the magnetic properties increase with increasing crystallization temperature and tempering time. The The XRD-diagrams show for the La/Co-doped samples nearly the same peaks as the undoped barium hexaferrite, which is also a sign for the loss of doping ions. With this loss of La inside the powder we can also describe the poor magnetic properties of the La/Co-doped powders.
TabAmong the used tempering conditions maybe the value of approximately 0,7 wt-% La inside the powder is the maximum concentration for La in the powders. In order to achieve higher doping rates, it is necessary to change the tempering atmosphere. With a reducing atmosphere, it is possible to adjust the valencies of iron and doping ions.Further the Sr-and Al-doped powders show also reduced contents of doping ions inside the powders. This is also a sign, that big parts of the dopands are crystallizing inside the borate phase and s...