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The properties of light rare earth Nd substitution for heavy rare earth Dy in Dy3Fe5O12 (DyIG) garnet ferrite have been studied. The NdxDy3–xFe5O12 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1) (Nd:DyIG) garnet powders were prepared by sol–gel autocombustion followed by heat treatment. The structure and the magnetic properties of the annealed powders were measured with X-ray diffraction (XRD), the Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and the Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS) techniques. The experimental results indicate that a single Nd:DyIG garnet phase structure can be obtained after the samples annealed above 800 °C. With the Nd substitution content increasing, the average lattice constants of the sample, the a−d super-exchange interaction strengthens and the magnetization of unit cell increase. The maximum saturation magnetization is 13.86 emu/g for x = 1, and coercive force is about 136 Oe, for x = 0.75. The reason of increasing in magnetization with Nd substitution is also discussed.
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This work is supported by the National Foundation of the Natural Science of China (No.10504019) and the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Program (No.T0104).
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Yu, L., Wang, J., Cao, S. et al. Effect of Nd substitution on structure and magnetic properties of NdxDy3−xFe5O12 garnet powders. J Mater Sci 42, 5335–5339 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-006-0888-8
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