Ceramics International, 2018
In this work, the Al 3+-Sm 3+ substituted M-type Ba-Sr hexaferrites, having a composition of Ba 0... more In this work, the Al 3+-Sm 3+ substituted M-type Ba-Sr hexaferrites, having a composition of Ba 0.4 Sr 0.6 Al 0.4x Sm x Fe 11.60 O 19 (BSAMFO; Pure, 0.0 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) were synthesized using the sol-gel technique. To achieve the hexagonal phase, the optimum annealing temperature was measured by the TGA analysis. X-ray diffraction (XRD) was employed to identify the phase of magnetic powders (MPs). The XRD pattern reveals that the MPs with Al 3+ and Sm 3+ contents (for x ≤ 0.4) represent α-Fe 2 O 3 as a second phase and the MPs (with 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.4) show the presence of a small amount of FeSmO 3 phases. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and XRD examination clearly expose the different band modes in structure, formation and the compositions of the hexagonal structure, whereas scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was employed to examine the morphologies of the MPs. The hexagonal platelet-like shape with size 0.54-1.23 µm of MPs is observed by SEM images. The presence of ferrite elements is confirmed by energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) analysis. The magnetic characteristics of MPs were analyzed by a physical property measurement system-vibrating sample magnetometer (PPMS-VSM). Results reveal that Al 3+-Sm 3+ substitutions modify the saturation magnetization (M s), a remanant magnetization (M r) and coercivity (H c). Additionally, the H c value decreased while M s and M r exhibited the monotonic behavior as the function of x. x Fe 12 0 19 by the ceramic method and achieved the magnetic properties at x = 0.25. Abbas et al., [17] investigated Pr 3+ ions substituted in Ba
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