Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline nickel - cobalt ferrites by co-precipitation Method
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https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v11n1.352Keywords:
Co-precipitation method, Nanoparticles, Co-Ni spinel ferrites, XRD, FT-ITAbstract
Nano crystalline powders of Co-Ni ferrite compounds having the chemical formula Co(x)Ni(1-x) Fe2O4( x = 0.0, 0.2 and 1.0) have been successfully synthesized by co-precipitation technique. These synthesized compounds are characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scan electron microscopy (FESEM), fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) spectrum, energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDX) and TGA-DTA. The XRD analyses of the samples sintered at 600 °C clearly show the formation of single cubic spinel structure. XRD patterns are further analyzed to calculate the lattice constant and jump length of charge carriers. Average crystalline sizes for ferrite powders are determined from XRD line using Debye-Scherrer's formula is found to be in the range of 16 to 19 nm with narrow size distribution. The Fourier transformed infrared (FTIR) spectrum characterization of the spinel ferrite structure sintered at 600 °C shows two fundamental strong band in the range 385-600 cm-1, which is attributed to different main metal-oxygen bands.
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