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Title: A comparative study of conventionally sintered and microwave sintered nickel zinc ferrite

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872548· OSTI ID:22269424
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  1. Electroceramics Research Lab, GVM Girls College, Sonepat-131001, India and School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala-147004 (India)
  2. Department of Physics, Hindu College, Sonepat-131001 (India)
  3. School of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala-147004 (India)
  4. National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi -110012 (India)
  5. Solid State Physics Laboratory, Timarpur, Delhi - 110054 (India)

For the present work, nickel zinc ferrite having compositional formula Ni{sub 0.8}Zn{sub 0.2}Fe{sub 2}O{sub 4} was synthesized by conventional solid state method and sintered in conventional and microwave furnaces. Pellets were sintered with very short soaking time of 10 min at 1150 °C in microwave furnace whereas 4 hrs of soaking time was selected for conventional sintering at 1200 °C. Phase formation was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis technique. Scanning electron micrographs were taken for microstructural study. Dielectric properties were studied as a function of temperature. To study magnetic behavior, M-H hysteresis loops were recorded for both samples. It is observed that microwave sintered sample could obtain comparable properties to the conventionally sintered one in lesser soaking time at lower sintering temperature.

OSTI ID:
22269424
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1591, Issue 1; Conference: 58. DAE solid state physics symposium 2013, Patiala, Punjab (India), 17-21 Dec 2013; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English