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Methods of Ex Situ and In Situ Investigations of Structural Transformations: The Case of Crystallization of Metallic Glasses
Published on: June 7, 2018
Structural characteristics, cation distribution, and elastic properties of Cr3+ substituted stoichiometric and
M A Islam1, A K M Akther Hossain1, M Z Ahsan2
1Department of Physics Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh maislam.buet.phy@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Structural, elastic and cation distribution properties have been investigated on stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric cobalt ferrites. Crystal structure, formation of spinel type ferrite, chemical bonding, cation distribution, and thermal properties of two series of Cr3+ substituted stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric various cobalt ferrites with general formula Co1- Cr Fe2O4 (S1), and Co1+ Cr Fe2- O4 (S2) were reported. Samples are synthesized by the solid-state reaction technique via planetary ball milling. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis confirms the formation of a single phase cubic spinel structure with the space group Fd3̄m. Rietveld refinement results show that Cr occupies both the tetrahedral (A-site) and octahedral sites (B-site). The experimental lattice parameters show increasing trends for both the series with increase of Cr content. The cation-anion vacancies, chemical bonding, and the displacement of oxygen have been evaluated to understand the effect of Cr substitution and how the non-stoichiometry affects the physical and chemical properties of the material. The crystallite size is found to be the decreasing value with an increase of Cr concentration for both series of samples. Specific vibrational modes from the FTIR spectra suggest a gradual change of inversion of the ferrite lattice with the increase of Cr concentration which is also evident from Rietveld refinement data. The elastic properties analysis reveals that the synthesized samples for both series are ductile in nature. The non-stoichiometric structure with excess Co2+ may pave a new way to realize the lowering of Curie temperature of ferrite that is expected to improve the magnetocaloric properties.
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