Journal
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED CERAMICS
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 360-369Publisher
SPRINGEROPEN
DOI: 10.1007/s40145-013-0084-7
Keywords
magnetic materials; X-ray diffraction (XRD); Raman spectra; Mossbauer spectroscopy
Categories
Funding
- UGC New Delhi
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Solid-state ceramic technique route is used for synthesizing Cr-doped haematite alpha-Fe2-xCrxO3 (x = 0, 0.125, 0.50 and 1) samples. Single phase and corundum (Al2O3) type structure is revealed from the X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns. The Raman spectra of alpha-Fe2-xCrxO3 illustrate seven phonon modes. On substitution of Cr (x = 0, 0.125, 0.50 and 1) at Fe site, all Raman active modes are shifted to higher wave numbers. The coercivity and remanence of Cr-doped haematites increase as x increases. The increased coercivity and remanence for Cr-doped samples can be attributed to their enhanced shape and magneto-crystalline anisotropy. The observed isomer shift. values from room-temperature Mossbauer data clearly show the presence of ferric (Fe3+) and Cr3+ ions illustrating strong ferromagnetic ordering up to x = 0.125 in alpha-Fe2-xCrxO3 haematite and weak ferromagnetic ordering for alpha-Fe2-xCrxO3 (x > 0.125) haematites.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available