Structural, morphological, optical, cation distribution and Mössbauer analysis of Bi3+ substituted strontium hexaferrite

Abstract

Abstract Single-phase M-type hexagonal ferrites, SrBi x Fe 12− x O 19 (0.0≤ x ≤1.0), were prepared by a co-precipitation assisted ceramic route. The influence of the Bi 3+ substitution on the crystallization of ferrite phase has been examined using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Mossbauer spectroscopy. The XRD data show that the nanoparticles crystallize in the single hexagonal magnetoplumbite phase with the crystallite size varying between 65 and 82 nm. A systematic change in the lattice constants, a = b and c , was observed because of the ionic radius of Bi 3+ (1.17 A) being larger than that of Fe 3+ ion (0.64 A). SEM analysis indicated the hexagonal shape morphology of products. From 57 Fe Mossbauer spectroscopy data, the variation in line width, isomer shift, quadrupole splitting and hyperfine magnetic field values on Bi substitutions have been determined.