Abstract
Zinc ferrite and strontium hexaferrite; SrFe12O19/ZnFe2O4 (SrFe11.6Zn0.4O19) nanoparticles having super paramagnetic nature were synthesized by simultaneous co-precipitation of iron, zinc and strontium chloride salts using 5 M sodium hydroxide solution. The resulting precursors were heat treated (HT) at 850, 950 and 1150°C for 4 h in nitrogen atmosphere. The hysteresis loops showed an increase in saturation magnetization from 1.040 to 58.938 emu/g with increasing HT temperatures. The ‘as-synthesized’ particles have size in the range of 20–25 nm with spherical and needle shapes. Further, these spherical and needle shaped nanoparticles tend to change their morphology to hexagonal plate shape with increase in HT temperatures. The effect of such a systematic morphological transformation of nanoparticles on dielectric (complex permittivity and permeability) and microwave absorption properties were estimated in X band (8.2–12.2 GHz). The maximum reflection loss of the composite reaches −26.51 dB (more than 99% power attenuation) at 10.636 GHz which suits its application in RADAR absorbing materials.
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Tyagi, S., Baskey, H.B., Agarwala, R.C. et al. Synthesis and Characterization of Microwave Absorbing SrFe12O19/ZnFe2O4 Nanocomposite. Trans Indian Inst Met 64, 607–614 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-011-0068-7
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