EVOLUTION OF FERRO ELECTRIC AND FERRO MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF RARE EARTH ALUMINIUM SUBSTITUTED M-TYPE BARIUM HEXA FERRITES AT ROOM TEMPERATURE

Abstract

The ferro-electric and ferro-magnetic properties of rare earth aluminium substituted Mtype barium hexa-ferrites with the composition of BaAlxFe(12-x)O19 where (x=0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0 and 1.2) have been prepared by oxides as precursors employing powder metallurgy route. The structural properties, functional groups, 3-D visualization, elemental analysis, surface morphology, magnetic, optical properties and ferro electric properties of the prepared samples have been characterized through X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), diamond visualization software, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS) and ZT-IA measurement system respectively. The structural measurements depict the confirmation of M-type barium hexa-ferrite structure. EDS spectrum illustrate the elemental composition of the prepared materials for every corresponding ‘x’ values. The surface morphology shows the existence of platelet like intergranular pores. Magnetic measurements shows that the saturation magnetization (Ms) decreases and coercivity (Hc) increases with increasing aluminium contents. The optical band gap energy increases as the crystallite size decreases. The variation of electric polarization has also been occurred due to the shifting of iron ions in the unit cell structure of oxygen octahedron FeO6.