Investigação das propriedades magnéticas e microestrutura da ferrita de chumbo e cobre

Abstract

The objectives of this work were to obtain a lead and copperferrite with spinel structure, characterizing the microstructure and the determination of their magnetic properties. The copper and lead ferrite is a material with low magnetic coercivity, high electrical resistivity and high magnetic permeability. Samples with stoichiometry PbxCu1-xFe2O4 with (x = 0, 0.1, and 0.2) were prepared by powder metallurgy process and sintered at 800 °C for 6 h in air. The structural, microstructural and magnetic characterizations were performed using the techniques of X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, vibrating sample magnetometer, and magnetic thermal gravimetric analysis. The results showed that samples are formed exclusively by the tetragonal spinel structure. Hysteresis loops show the characteristics of a soft magnetic material and the saturation magnetization increased with the lead concentration. The value of the Curie temperature decreased with increasing lead concentration.