Investigation of Nanostructure and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline NiZnCu Ferrites Synthesized by Sol-Gel Method

Nanocrystalline material of ferrites with composition Ni0.5Zn0.35Cu0.15Fe2O4 was successfully synthesized by sol-gel method. This paper investigates nanostructure and magnetic properties of nanocrystaline material Ni0.5Zn0.35Cu0.15Fe2O4. Crystallite size, intensity,d-spacing and lattice parameters of material were investigated by using X-Ray diffractometer (XRD). While nanostructure, size, shape, surface morphology and topography of Ni0.5Zn0.35Cu0.15Fe2O4 were examined by variable pressure field emission scanning electron microscope (VP-FESEM) SUPRA 55VP. Magnetic properties was investigated using vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). According to thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) result, it was found that after temperature 600oC there is no more weight loss detected and it was considered as minimum calcination temperature. XRD result shows that the samples is in single-phase cubic spinel structure. Crystallite size of the material is in range of 42.3-163.7nm. Highest intensity was 88.89 arb.units at highest calcination temperature 900oC. The value of d-spacing and FWHM decrease with increasing calcination temperature. Lattice paramenters decrease in the range of 8.4040-8.2458oA. VP-FESEM analysis shows that grain size increase by increasing calcination temperature. Grain size of the material is in the range of 47.6-506.9nm with cubic structure of the Ni0.5Zn0.35Cu0.15Fe2O4. VSM result shows that the highest value of magnetic saturation was at 152.8emu/g. The best value of coercive force (Hc) was in 31.8Oe and magnetic remanence (Mr) was in 2.6emu/g.