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MATERIALS RESEARCH BULLETIN
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 81-86Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2010.09.036
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Glasses; Atomic force microscopy; Electron microscopy; Microstructure; Magnetic properties
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Glasses with the compositions (100 - x)(0.16Na(2)O/0.10MnO/0.74SiO(2))/xFe(2)O(3), (x = 5-30) and 16Na(2)O/10MnO/(74 - y)SiO2/yFe(2)O(3) (y = 5-30) were studied using X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The effect of the chemical composition and the thermal history on the phase formation and the resulting microstructure was investigated. During cooling, the precipitation of ferrimagnetic solid solutions Fe3O4/Mn3O4 was observed. These crystals show dendritic or platelet shape, whereby the platelets are ferromagnetic and the dendrites - mainly paramagnetic. The tendency towards crystallization can be suppressed by increasing the Na2O-concentration. In contrast to glasses without manganese oxide, the precipitation of hematite is not observed. Therefore, the addition of reducing agents is not required, in order to crystallize large volume concentrations of the ferrimagnetic phase. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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