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Magnetic Properties of MFeCrO4 (M = Co/Ni) Prepared by Solution Combustion Method

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Single phase MFeCrO4 (M = Co/Ni) nanosized samples are prepared by solution combustion method using glycine as fuel. Lattice parameter obtained after Rietveld refinement of the powder x-ray diffraction pattern of CoCrFeO4 and NiCrFeO4 samples are 8.374 and 8.325 Å and corresponding crystallite sizes are 40 and 27 nm, respectively. FTIR spectra of both samples show tetrahedral and octahedral metal oxygen bond stretching peaks at 596 and 488 cm−1, indicating spinel phase formation. DC magnetisation study indicates that both samples are ferrimagnetic at room temperature, with CoCrFeO4 having a higher value of saturation magnetisation. Mössbauer spectra indicate the presence of magnetic relaxation in the samples. Also, the strength of interaction with nearest neighbour Fe3+ cations is higher in NiCrFeO4.

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This work has been supported by UGC-Innovative and DST-FIST programmes of Nirmalagiri College, Nirmalagiri.N. Thomas acknowledges the financial support given by UGC Minor project, Department of Chemistry, Nirmalagiri College.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Nirmalagiri College, Nirmalagiri, Kannur, Kerala, 670701, India

    Nygil Thomas

  2. Department of Physics, Nirmalagiri College, Nirmalagiri, Kannur, Kerala, 670701, India

    V. D. Sudheesh & Varkey Sebastian

  3. Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India

    Harish Kumar Choudhary & Balaram Sahoo

  4. Department of Physics, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala, 671314, India

    Swapna S. Nair

  5. Department of Physics, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, 313001, India

    N. Lakshmi

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Thomas, N., Sudheesh, V.D., Choudhary, H.K. et al. Magnetic Properties of MFeCrO4 (M = Co/Ni) Prepared by Solution Combustion Method. J Supercond Nov Magn 32, 2973–2979 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-5080-x

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