Abstract
A series of nanocrystalline Sn4+ substituted NiFe2O4 with general formula Ni1+xSnx Fe2-2xO4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, and
0.5) has been prepared by co-precipitation synthetic method. The prepared compounds have been sintered at 1000 ◦C. The
structural and microstructural evolutions of the nanophase have been studied by X-ray powder diffraction and the Rietveld
method. The X-ray diffraction patterns showed that all the samples have cubic structure with the space group Fd-3m. The
structural parameters were obtained by X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra fitting refinement using the Rietveld method.
Microstructure characterization by TEM corroborates the findings of X-ray analysis.
Keywords
Nanocrystalline Ni-Ferrite, Cation distribution, Microstructure, Rietveld method.
Citation
A. ADAM, Z. ALI, E. ABDELTWAB, Y. ABBAS, Microstructure characterization and cation distribution of nanocrystalline Sn4+ substituted NiFe2O4, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 11, November 2009, pp.1174-1180 (2009).
Submitted at: June 27, 2009
Accepted at: Oct. 29, 2009