Fig 1.
Structural and grain size analysis of La3+ substituted Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle.
XRD diffraction patterns for the sample of Ni0.5Zn0.5LaxFe1-xO4 nanocrystalline (α: Ni-Zn ferrite; β: iron oxide) at various La+3 substituted concentration.
Table 1.
Lattice parameters, interplane distance and crystallite size of Ni0.5Zn0.5LaxFe1-xO4 nanocrystalline.
Fig 2.
FTIR spectroscopic analysis to identify the types of chemical bonding in La3+ substituted Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle.
FTIR spectra for the samples of Ni0.5Zn0.5LaxFe1-xO4 nanocrystalline at various La3+ substitution concentrations.
Fig 3.
Morphological analysis of La3+ substituted Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle.
FESEM micrographs of typical a) Ni-Zn ferrite (i) 30KX (ii) 50KX and b) Ni0.5Zn0.5LaxFe1-xO4 at (x = 0.02) (i) 30KX (ii) 50KX.
Table 2.
The composition of elements of Ni0.5Zn0.5LaxFe1-xO4 nanocrystals at various La3+ substitution concentrations.
Fig 4.
Magnetic properties of La3+ substituted Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle hysteresis loops.
Hysteresis loops of (a) Ni0.5Zn0.5LaxFe1-xO4 nanocrystals at various La3+ substitution concentrations (b) Enlarged view of hysteresis loop.
Fig 5.
Magnetic properties of La3+ substituted Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle p.
Variation of saturation magnetization (Ms) coercivity (Hc) and remanence (Mr).