LOW TEMPERATURE CRYSTALLIZATION OF BARIUM FERRITE NANO-PARTICLES VIA CO-PRECIPITATION METHOD USING DIETHYLENE GLYCOL

Abstract

Nano-crystalline particles of barium ferrite have been prepared by co-precipitation route using aqueous and non-aqueous solutions of iron and barium chlorides with a Fe/Ba molar ratio of 11. Water and a mixture of diethylene glycol and water with volume ratio of 3:2 were used as solvents in the process. Co-precipitated powders were annealed at various temperatures for 1 h. Phase composition of the samples was evaluated by XRD while their morphology was studied by TEM and SEM techniques. The XRD results showed that the single phase barium ferrite obtained at 750°C when diethylene glycol/water mixture was used as a solvent. This temperature increased to 900°C when the starting materials dissolved in water. Nano-size particles of barium ferrite with mean particle size of almost 50 and 80 nm were observed in the SEM micrographs of the samples synthesized in diethylene glycol/water solution after annealing at 750°C and 800°C for 1 h, respectively. The corresponding mean crystallite size measured by TEM for sample annealed at 800°C was 40 nm.