Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of copper-cadmium ferrites prepared from metal oxalates

• Published in: Journal of materials science Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 387 - 398
• Main Authors: Gabal, M. A, Ahmed, M. A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.01.2005; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: ambient temperature; Applied sciences; Building materials. Ceramics. Glasses; Cadmium; Ceramic industries; Chemical industry and chemicals; electrical conductivity; Electrical resistivity; Electrotechnical and electronic ceramics; Exact sciences and technology; Ferrites; Ferromagnetism; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Infrared spectroscopy; ions; Lattice parameters; Magnetic moments; Magnetic permeability; Magnetic properties; Materials science; Mossbauer spectroscopy; Oxalates; Resistivity; Room temperature; Technical ceramics; Thermal decomposition; thermal degradation; X-ray diffraction; Electrical conductivity; Electrical properties; Property composition relationship; Thermal decomposition; Oxalate; Moessbauer spectrometry; Experimental study; Lattice parameters; Solid solution; X ray diffraction; Oxide ceramics; Structure composition relationship; Magnetic susceptibility; Copper Oxides; Iron Oxides; Cadmium Copper Iron Oxides Mixed; Ferrites spinels; Magnetic material; Fourier transform spectra; Manufacturing; Infrared spectrum; Cadmium oxide; Electroceramics; Magnetic properties
• ISSN: 0022-2461; 1573-4803
• DOI: 10.1007/s10853-005-6095-1

Seven samples of the system Cu₁₋ₓCdₓFe₂O₄ were prepared by thermal decomposition of mixed metal oxalates with x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.0. The formation of the ferrispinel was studied by XRD, FT-IR, Mössbauer spectroscopy, electrical conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements. XRD showed single cubic spinel phase for all the samples except for CuFe₂O₄ sample which shows a tetragonal structure. An increase in the lattice parameter of the ferrispinel was observed with increasing the cadmium content. The temperature variation of ac conductivity showed four definite regions with three transitions which attribute to the change in the conduction mechanism with increasing temperature. Magnetic properties of the sample with x ≤ 0.5 showed a decrease in the effective magnetic moment with the increase in the cadmium content which means that the ferromagnetics are widely separated and enclosed by non-magnetic cadmium ions. A well defined hyperfine Zeeman spectrum is observed for samples with x ≥ 0.3 at room temperature and resolved into two sextets corresponding to the octahedral and tetrahedral sites. The propable ionic configuration of the system proposed is (CdₓCuyFe₁₋ₓ₋y)[Cu₁₋ₓ₋yFe₁₊ₓ₊y]O₄.