Abstract
The nanosized powders formed on the steel surface contacting with zinc and nickel inorganic water salt solutions have been studied using an X-ray diffraction method, thermal analytical measurements (TG/DTG, DTA,) scanning electron microscopy, and magnetometry. It was shown that the formation of a single mineral phase of a non-stoichiometric spinel ferrite when zinc and nickel nitrate solutions were used as the dispersion medium, but in the presence of chloride-containing salts three mineral phases (spinel ferrite, lepidocrocite, and goethite) were determined in the phase composition of the surface powders. When sulfate solutions were chosen as the dispersion medium the mixed hydroxysulfate layered double hydroxides (LDHs) simultaneously appeared among other components of the powders. Due to cation exchange between Fe 2+ and Zn 2+ or Ni 2+ the mixed LDH structures achieved stability against further oxidation and thermal transformation. Hence, the presence of mixed LDHs in the phase composition of the powders significantly complicates the obtaining of homogenous superparamagnetic 3 d -metal doped spinel ferrite and iron oxide powders.
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