Abstract
Haematite particles of four different morphologies (polyhedral, platelike, needlelike and diskshape) were synthesized by the hydrothermal method. The morphology and average particle diameter (1.4; 7.4; 0.2 and 0.12 μm, respectively) were determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with electron diffraction. The haematite samples were studied by transmission Mössbauer spectroscopy in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. In all cases, a weak ferromagnetic phase (WF) was present above the Morin temperature of 230 K and found to coexist with an antiferromagnetic phase (AF) below this temperature. However, the populations of the two phases at 230 K were demonstrated to depend on the morphology of the particles. Moreover, the WF and AF phases exhibit a different dependence of the magnetic texture on temperature and particle morphology.
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