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Microstructure and magnetic properties of Ni–Zn ferrite ceramics with different Ni2+ contents

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A series of NixZn1−xFe2O4 ( NiZn, x = 0.15, 0.25, 0.35, 0.45, 0.65, 0.7, 0.8, 0.85) ferrites were prepared via a solid-phase sintering method. The microstructure, phase, and gyromagnetic properties of the NiZn samples were studied in depth. It was found that the lattice constants, density, and hardness of the samples gradually decreased with increasing Ni2+ content. X-ray diffraction confirmed that all of the samples were in the spinel phase. Scanning electron microscopy indicated that the grain sizes were more uniformly distributed when x = 0.65. Raman analysis showed that the variation of Ni2+ content affected the occupancy distribution of ferrite ions. The results indicated that Zn2+ mainly occupied the A-site and that Ni2+ mainly occupied the B-site. The coercivity (Hc) of NiZn increased with increasing Ni2+ content. Meanwhile, the saturation magnetization (Ms) initially increased and then decreased. When x = 0.65, the total molecular magnetic moment started decreasing because of the decrease in the net A-site magnetic moment. The sample that had a composition of Ni0.65Zn0.35Fe2O4 had the highest Ms intensity with a value of 78.68 emu/g and a maximum value of 4πMs = 4780 Gs.

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This work was supported by the Project of State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology (Nos.20fksy23, 21fksy27 and 22fksy26).

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WL contributed toward conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, resources, data curation, and writing—original draft. BD contributed toward resources and supervision. ZL contributed toward investigation, formal analysis, and writing—review and editing. HY contributed toward investigation. GL contributed toward formal analysis and writing—review and editing. FX contributed toward formal analysis and writing—review and editing

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Li, W., Dai, B., Li, Z. et al. Microstructure and magnetic properties of Ni–Zn ferrite ceramics with different Ni2+ contents. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 541 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12101-w

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