Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystal Barium Ferrite by
Glycine-nitrate Process
Barium ferrite is a Permanent magnetic material with high magnetic
anisotropy, high coercivity and excellent chemical stability, so it been widely
used as permanent magnet, magnetic recording materials,tape and
disk,high-performance nano-Ferrite absorbing agent. The micro-structure has
great influence on magnetic properties for barium ferrite, when the particle
size of barium ferrite reached its single-domain critical dimensions, the
coercivity reached the maximum value. In order to obtain barium ferrite with
small size and good single phase, various preparation methods had been developed
in recent years, for example: ceramics, chemical co-precipitation
Neodymium Magnets method,
sol-gel method, hydrothermal method and so on,The purpose of these preparation
methods is to obtain the nano-sized barium ferrite under low sintering
temperature, which could improve the magnetic properties of the permanent
magnetic materials.The glycine - nitrate combustion method has been widely used
to prepare materials of fuel cells, however, the preparation of nano-crystalline
barium ferrite with glycine - nitrate combustion method has been reported
hardly. First, the resulted powders with glycine - nitrate process dispersion,
single crystallinity, narrow particle size distribution, and high purity;
Secondly, the glycine - nitrate combustion method is easy to operate with short
experimental period, because the reactants dispersed uniformly in the solutions,
the atom could enter the lattice sites through short-proliferation or
http://www.999magnet.com/products/110-sintered-neodymium-magnets rearrangement, the fast react speed and low formation temperature of glycine -
nitrate combustion method resulted in small particle size and uniform
distribution, which were advantages of the sol-gel technology and
low-temperature combustion synthesis technology respectivly. The purpose of this
work is to prepare nano-fuel Barium ferrite particles: with glycine nitrate
combustion method. Glycine works as a complexing agent of barium ferrite , in
order to have better magnetic properties of samples, and get good single
phase.
The calcination temperature, metal ions ratio, holding time, glycine and
the ratio of four metal ions were(1) The optimal stoiehiometry of metal ion
(Fe/Ba )= 10.8.Antlfemimagnetie BaFe2O4 can be found in the sample with less
iron, the coereiveforce of barium ferrite increased,.which can be explained by
the pitining effect of BaFe2O4. BaFe2O4 and a-Fe2O3 can be found in the sample
with more iron, the coereiveforce of barium ferrite decreased.(2). The optimal
reaction temperature is 850℃.The resultant magnetic parameters of barium ferrite
are Hc =5102Oe, Ms = 53.72emu/g,and the grain size is about 80-150nm;When the
calcined temperature reached 950℃, the grain size is about 200-600 nm;and the
coercive force decrease due to the formation of multidomain. The resultant
magnetic parameters of barium ferrite are Hc = 4992Oe,
http://www.999magnet.com/products/110-sintered-neodymium-magnets Ms = 54.72emu/g, and the
grain size is about 80-150nm.(3) The optimal holding time of heat treatment is
four hours. Intermediate phases were observed when the holding time is less than
four hours,Longer holding time will give an increase of the grain size and a
decrease of the coercivity.(4) The optimal stoiehiometry of (G/N) is G/N = 3.5.
when G/N = 2, the actual temperature of combustion is too low, a-Fe2O3 is
generated at this low temperature, so pure barium ferrite phase is generated
difficultly .When G / N = 2.5, G/N = 3, the magnetic parameters of barium
ferrite dose not reach the best value. With grain size increasing, and larger
than single-domain critical size, magnetic properties also increase. When G/N =
3.5, the grain size is in single-domain and is larger than the critical size,
coercivity reached the maximum value .When G/N = 4,the grain size is about
300-600 nm, and the coereive force deerease due to the formation of
multidomain.