Abstract
Abstract Ni 0.8 Mn 0.2 Cr 0.5 Fe 1.5- x Gd x O 4 (where x =0, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08) spinel ferrites were synthesized by a sol–gel autocombustion technique using citric acid as fuel. Effect of Gd doping on structural and magnetic properties of Ni–Mn–Cr ferrites is reported. The phase composition of the prepared samples was analyzed by X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and the magnetic measurements were realized using a vibrating sample magnetometer. XRD and FT-IR analysis reveal pure spinel phase in all the samples, without traces of secondary phases. The grain sizes were estimated from the TEM micrographs and were found to decrease with the doping ions concentration from 43 to 10 nm. It was revealed from the hysteresis loop of the materials that magnetization and coercivity followed decreasing trend with substitution of Fe 3+ magnetic ions by Gd 3+ ions. Also, introducing Gd ions into the spinel lattice led to the decrease in Curie temperature.
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