Mössbauer and Neutron Diffraction Studies on Co–Al Ferrite: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2003) Muscat, Oman, 21–25 September, 2003 (Guest Editors: M. E. Elzain, A. A. Yousif, A. D. Al Rawas and A. M. Gismelseed)

Author: Kim Sam Jin   Jung Kwang-Deog   Kim Chul Sung  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0304-3843

Source: Hyperfine Interactions, Vol.156, Iss.1, 2004-06, pp. : 113-122

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Abstract

Al substituted CoAlxFe1−xO4 (x=0.1, 0.2, 0.3, and 0.5) have been studied with X-ray and neutron diffraction, Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetization measurements. Neutron diffraction at 10 K for CoAl0.1Fe1.9O4 revealed a cubic spinel structure of ferrimagnetic long range ordering, with magnetic moments of Fe3+(A)(−4.18 μB), Fe3+(B)(4.81 μB), Co2+(B)(2.99 μB), respectively.The temperature dependence of the magnetic hyperfine field in 57Fe nuclei at the tetrahedral (A) and octahedral (B) sites was analyzed based on the Néel theory of magnetism. In the sample CoAl0.1Fe1.9O4, the intersublattice A–B interaction and intrasublattice A–A superexchange interaction were antiferromagnetic with strengths of JA–B=−23.3 kB and JA–A=−17.6 kB, respectively, while the intrasublattice B–B superexchange interaction was found to be ferromagnetic with a strength of JB–B=5.5 kB. With increasing Al substitution the A–B and B–B interaction decreased but the A–A interaction increased. It is interpreted that the reduction of magnetic moment in Fe3+(A) and a noticeable strength of the A–A interaction are closely related to the covalency effects.

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