Abstract

Temperature dependent experimental magnetic Compton profiles (MCPs) of inverse spinel CoFe2−xRExO4 (x = 0.05; RE = Dy, Gd) have been decomposed into constituent profiles to determine site-specific spin moments. A comparison of MCPs of doped and undoped CoFe2O4 shows a decrease in spin moment on 5% doping of Dy and Gd. Reduction in spin moment is explained on the basis of migration of Co2+ ions from octahedral to tetrahedral sites, which is also supported by photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. The orbital moments deduced from combination of spin momentum density and magnetization data are found to be almost similar in doped ferrites.

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