%0 Journal Article
%T Synthesis, Structural and Physical Properties of Cu<sub>1¨Cx</sub>Zn<sub>x</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Ferrites
%A Shahida Akhter
%A Deba Prasad Paul
%A Md. Abdul Hakim
%A Dilip Kumar Saha
%A Md. Al-Mamun
%A Alhamra Parveen
%J Materials Sciences and Applications
%P 1675-1681
%@ 2153-1188
%D 2011
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/msa.2011.211223
%X Zn substituted Cu-Zn ferrites with a composition Cu<sub>1-x</sub>Zn<sub>x</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> have been synthesized by standard double sintering ceramic method and characterized by X-ray diffraction. The single-phase cubic spinel structure of all the samples has been confirmed from X-ray diffraction analyses. The lattice constant is found to increase linearly with the manganese content obeying Vegard¡¯s law. This increase in lattice parameter is explained in terms of the sizes of component ions. It is well known that density plays a key role in controlling the properties of polycrystalline ferrites. The X-ray and bulk densities of the Cu-Zn ferrite is significantly decreased whereas porosity increased with increasing Zn concentration, thereby giving an impression that zinc might be helping in the densification of the materials. SEM micrographs exhibit a decrease in grain size with increasing Zn content. The real part of initial permeability, ¦Ì¡ä increase with increasing Zn contents upto x = 0.5 after that it decreases with higher Zn content.
%K Ferrites
%K XRD
%K Lattice Parameter
%K Density
%K Porosity
%K Permeability
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