Abstract
Nanocrystalline barium hexaferrite (BaFe 12O 19) powders have been synthesized through the co-precipitation route. The produced ferrite precursors were obtained from aqueous mixtures of barium and ferric chlorides by co-precipitation of barium and iron ions using 5 M sodium hydroxide solution at pH 10 in room temperature. These precursors were calcined at temperatures of 800–1200 °C for constant 2 h in a static air atmosphere. The effect of Fe 3+/Ba 2+ mole ratio and addition of surface-active agents during co-precipitation step on the crystal structure, morphology and magnetic properties of produced ferrite powders were studied. The results obtained showed that the single phase BaFe 12O 19 powders was achieved by decreasing the Fe 3+/Ba 2+ molar ratio from the stoichiometric value 12 to 8 and increasing the calcination temperature ≥1000 °C. In addition, the Fe 3+/Ba 2+ mole ratio of 8 and presence of surface-active agents promoted the formation of homogeneous nanopowders (ca. 113 nm) of BaFe 12O 19 at a low temperature of 800 °C with good saturation magnetization (50.02 emu/g) and wide coercivities (642.4–4580 Oe).
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