Publication Date:
2016-07-08
Description:
Two series of nanosized cobalt spinel ferrites CoFe 2 O 4 are synthesized from metal salts using high-energy ball milling with the addition of NaCl as a growth agent (series CFO-NaCl), and without (CFO Series). The particle properties are characterized using atomic force microscopy, as well as magnetic and calorimetric measurements. It is shown that the average sizes of the nanoparticles were ∼5.6 and ∼10.3 nm for CFO and CFO-NaCl series, respectively. We performed magnetostatic measurements and determined the parameters that are required to analyze the magnetic state and remagnetization processes of the nanoparticles. It is shown that the blocking temperature is ≈160 K for CFO samples and ≈300 K for the CFO-NaCl series. It was concluded that at 293 K the CFO series particles exhibit a superparamagnetic state, whereas the CFO-NaCl series are in the blocked state. The specific loss power that is scattered by the synthesized nanoparticle ensembles placed in an alternating magnetic field, is measured experimentally and theoretically assessed. The nature of the processes that determine the thermal characteristics of the nanoparticles is analyzed.
Print ISSN:
1063-777X
Electronic ISSN:
1090-6517
Topics:
Physics
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