Magnetic materials from co-precipitated ferrite nanoparticles

Some of recent technological advances in electronics need very compact magnetic materials. The paper presents the morphology and the magnetic properties of very dense polycrystalline magnetic materials obtained from co-precipitated manganese ferrite nanoparticles. The ferrite nanoparticles, with average diameter in the range of 13–25 nm, were obtained through an original low-cost co-precipitation route from aqueous solution of Mn2+ and Fe3+ ions generated by redox reactions between stoichiometric amounts of MnO2 (piroluzite) and FeSO4·7H2O raw materials. Very dense homogeneous polycrystalline magnetic materials with high square hysteresis loop (Br/Bs = 0.91) and low intrinsic coercivity were obtained using the co-precipitated un-doped manganese ferrite nanoparticles.