%0 Journal Article %J Journal of the American Ceramic Society %D 2005 %T Novel low-temperature synthesis of nanosized NiZn ferrite %A Verma, S. %A Pradhan, S. D. %A Pasricha, R. %A Sainkar, S. R. %A Joy, Pattayil Alias %X

Nanosized NiZn ferrite powder is synthesized by a low-temperature method, using a unique combination of citric acid and glycine. An appropriate molar ratio of both citric acid and glycine offers a low-temperature synthetic route by incorporating the complexation behavior of citric acid and the combustion nature of glycine. Thermal decomposition/controlled autocatalytic combustion of the composite gel occurs at a low temperature of around 175 degrees C, with the evolution of a large amount of gases. Transmission electron microscopic studies showed that the average particle size of the ferrite obtained is similar to 2.5 nm, with a narrow size distribution. Uniformly distributed fine-grained microstructure with low porosity is obtained for a sample sintered at 1000 degrees C.

%B Journal of the American Ceramic Society %I BLACKWELL PUBLISHING %C 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND %V 88 %P 2597-2599 %8 SEP %G eng %N 9 %9 Article %3 Foreign %4 2.787 %R 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00445.x