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Zinc Composition and its Effect on Magnetic Properties of Nickel-Zinc Ferrite Prepared Via Sol-gel Technique

Lee Kean Chuan1 and Hasnah Mohd Zaid1
  • 1 Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Abstract

Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Zn) ferrite (Ni1-xZnxFe2O4) with different Zinc composition (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0) were prepared and synthesized by applying sol-gel technique and the morphological characterization is done by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) to confirm the formation of Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle and estimate the particle sizes. Magnetic study was also performed using Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). Results showed that Zn composition when x = 0.5 possesses the highest magnetization which is 52.6 emu/g.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 15 No. 2, 2018, 121-123

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2018.121.123

Submitted On: 27 September 2017 Published On: 8 January 2018

How to Cite: Chuan, L. K. & Zaid, H. M. (2018). Zinc Composition and its Effect on Magnetic Properties of Nickel-Zinc Ferrite Prepared Via Sol-gel Technique. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 15(2), 121-123. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2018.121.123

Open AccessCopyright: © 2018 Lee Kean Chuan and Hasnah Mohd Zaid. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Keywords

  • Sol-Gel
  • Nanoparticles
  • Magnetization