Crystal structure and magnetic properties of highly-coercive Sr[1–x]Gd[x]Fe[12–x]Zn[x]O[19] ferrites

Abstract

High-coercivity ferrite samples Sr[1–x]Gd[x]Fe[12–x]Zn[x]O]19] (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5) with magnetoplumbite structure were prepared from oxides Fe[2]O[3], Gd[2]O[3], ZnO and carbonate SrCO[3] by solid-state ceramic method, the dependence of the unit cell parameters aand con the value of xwas determined. XRD showed that the samples with x >0.1 were not single-phase, and the samples with x > 0.2 contained not only bases phase with the structure of magnetplumbite, but also the a-Fe[2]O[3] and Gd[3]Fe[5]O[12] phases. It was found that increase of the xvalue leads to a slight decrease in the Curie temperature (from 727 K for the basic ferrite SrFe[12]O[19] to 714 K for Sr[1–x]Gd[x]Fe[12–x]Zn[x]O[19] solid solution with x = 0.5). It has been found that at 300 K values of spontaneous magnetization (no) and coercive force (?Hc) of solid solution Sr[0.9]Gd[0.1]Fe[11.9]Zn[0.1]O[19] are respectively 1.3 and 2.3% higher than for the base ferrite SrFe[12]O[19], and values of samples with x > 0.1 of these magnetic properties decreases gradually.