Influences of High Calcination Temperature on Densification and Magnetic Properties of Low-Temperature-Fired NiCuZn Ferrites
Traditional low-temperature-fired NiCuZn ferrites (900 °C sintered) were generally prepared at relatively low calcination temperatures to increase the activity of the calcined powders and promote sintering. However, in this study, we changed the calcination temperature from 700 °C to 1000 °C to investigate the influences of high calcination temperature on the densification characteristic and magnetic properties of the low-temperature-fired NiCuZn ferrites. It was found that although a high calcination temperature decreased the activity of the calcined powder, the NiCuZn ferrite could attain a higher sintered density with an adequate sintering aid. Furthermore, a uniform microstructure with small average grain size was obtained for the sample calcined at 1000 °C with 1 wt% Bi2O3 sintering aid. It also displayed high performances on Q-factor and permeability. Hence, choosing a high calcination temperature and adding more sintering aid was also an option for obtaining high performance and low-temperature-fired NiCuZn ferrites.
Dielectric properties of Cu substituted Ni0.5−xZn0.3Mg0.2Fe2O4 ferrites
Abstract Dielectric properties of Cu substituted Ni–Zn–Mg ferrite samples having the general formula Ni 0.5− x Cu x Zn 0.3 Mg 0.2 Fe 2 O 4 (where x  = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5) synthesized by Pramanik method are reported. The single phase formation of the ferrites was confirmed by XRD technique. The lattice parameter is found to increase with increase in Cu content. Average grain size, obtained from SEM micrographs, is found to increase with increase in Cu content. Dielectric parameters were measured as a function of frequency at room temperature as well as at higher temperatures. The variation in dielectric constant ( ɛ ′) with temperature at four different fixed frequencies viz. 1 kHz, 10 kHz, 100 kHz, and 1 MHz was also studied. The room temperature dielectric constant ( ɛ ′) and dielectric loss (tan  δ ) are found to decrease with increase in frequency. The ac conductivity ( σ ac ) is found to increase with increase in the frequency.
Complex permittivity and permeability of Co-substituted NiCuZn ferrite at rf and microwave frequencies
NiCuZn ferrite has recently attracted a lot of attention for its application in high frequency (up to a few GHz) multilayer chip inductors (MLCIs) and for other microwave devices owing to their favorable electromagnetic properties and low densification temperature. In order to study the effect of substitution of cations by cobalt in small concentration on the dielectric and magnetic properties at low and high frequencies, bulk polycrystalline ferrite samples of starting composition (Ni0.2Cu0.2Zn0.6)1 − xCoxFe2O4, having x = 0, 0.01, 0.03 and 0.05, were prepared by citrate precursor method. Pure spinel (cubic) ferrite formation was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction technique. Complex permittivity and permeability were measured at microwave frequencies (X-band) using the cavity perturbation method, which is a non-contact method. The values of real part of permittivity (ε ′) vary in the range 7–9.6 and of the imaginary part (ε ″) vary from 0.020–0.120, whereas real part of the permeability (μ′) lies in the range 2.6–14.0 and the imaginary part of permeability (μ″) varies from 0.5–6.0. It is observed that there is an increase in μ′ and decrease in the magnetic loss (tan δ μ) on increasing the cobalt concentration from x = 0 to x = 0.05. The variation of these parameters, both with frequency in X-band and with the cobalt concentration, is discussed in this paper.