Comparison of Structural, dielectric and magnetic investigation of Cr3+ substituted Mg-Cu, Mg-Zn, and Mg-Ni ferrites system

Abstract

• Studied the effect of Cr 3+ substitution on the structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties of Mg 0.5 M 0.5 Fe 1.5 Cr 0.5 O 4 (M = Cu, Zn, and Ni) ferrite system prepared by sol–gel method. • The XRD patterns showed a single spinel phase. • The magnetic saturation (M s ), magnetic moment (M r ), and Coercivity (H c ) is found to be the highest for the Cr substituted Mg-Ni ferrite system. • All the synthesized samples showed ferrimagnetic behavior. • Thus, the magnetic and structural properties of (Mg 0.5 M 0.5 Fe 1.5 Cr 0.5 O 4 (M = Cu, Zn, and Ni) NPs can be favorable for their potential use in high-density recording media applications. Effect of Cr 3+ substitution on the structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties of Mg 0.5 M 0.5 Fe 1.5 Cr 0.5 O 4 (M = Cu, Zn, and Ni) ferrite system prepared by sol–gel method. All ferrites prepared samples’ powder; X-ray diffraction patterns confirmed the formation of single-phase cubic spinel structures with Fd -3 m space group. It possesses a monophasic cubic-spinel lattice structure with an average crystallite size ranging from 25 to 44 nm. The lattice constant determined by XRD analysis falls between 8.497 Å and 8.392 Å. Furthermore, the crystallite size determined by XRD data is well matched with the particle size determined by scanning electron microscopy images. Using an LCR Meter, the dielectric parameters of the samples, such as dielectric constant ( ε ’) and dielectric loss tangent (tan δ ), were studied as a function of frequency in the range of 100 Hz to 5 MHz at room temperature. The dielectric constant and loss tangent among the samples show a normal dielectric behavior with a frequency which reveals that the dispersion is a result of the Maxwell-Wagner type interfacial polarization and hopping of electrons between the Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ ions. The hysteresis curve exhibits the particles are soft ferrimagnetic with maximum saturation magnetization, Ms = 38.55 emu/g due to Cr substituted Mg-Ni ferrite. The squareness ratios were discovered to be less than 0.5, indicating that our particles have a single-domain ferrimagnetic isotropic nature. Thus, the magnetic and structural properties of (Mg 0.5 M 0.5 Fe 1.5 Cr 0.5 O 4 (M = Cu, Zn, and Ni) NPs can be favorable for their potential use in high-density recording media applications.