Synthesis of substituted lithium ferrites under the pulsed and continuous electron beam heating

Synthesis of substituted lithium ferrites with chemical formulas Li0.6Fe2.2Ti0.2O4 and Li0.649Fe1.598Ti0.5Zn0.2Mn0.051O4 under the pulsed and continuous electron beam heating was investigated by X-ray diffraction and thermomagnetometric analysis. The electron beams heating of Li2CO3-Fe2O3-TiO2 or Li2CO3-ZnO-Fe2O3-TiO2-MnO mixtures was carried out at a temperature of 750 °C during 60 min using two types of electron accelerators: ELV accelerator generating continuous electron beam or ILU-6 accelerator generating pulse electron beam. It was established that a high energy electron beam heating of initial reagents mixtures allows obtaining the substituted lithium ferrites with final composition at significantly lower temperatures (at least 200 °C lower than in the case of using traditional thermal synthesis) and times of synthesis. That statement is in agreement with results obtained by XRD analysis, showing single phase formation; by magnetic measurements, showing high values of specific magnetization; by DTG measurements showing the certain Curie temperatures of the synthesized samples.