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- Title
INFLUENCE OF BALL MILLING PROCESS ON STRUCTURAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF La<sub>0.7</sub>Sr<sub>0.3</sub>MnO<sub>3</sub> MANGANITE.
- Authors
FIGUEROA, GLORIA CAMPILLO; OLMOS, ÓSCAR ARNACHE; GARCÉS, ANDRÉS GIL; OSORIO VÉLEZ, JAIME ALBERTO; JOAQUÍN BELTRÁN, JAILES; BACA MIRANDA, EVAL; CASTILLO, ROBERTO
- Abstract
This investigation presents the magnetic and structural properties of ferromagnetic manganite La0.7Sr0.3MnO3, (LSMO), subjected to ball milling processes. The LSMO powder sample was obtained by solid state reaction from high purity precursors. From X-ray diffraction (XRD), the sample showed the characteristic peaks of this phase. By means of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) assisted by magnetic field, used as first method to measure the Curie temperature TC, the NM (non-milling) LSMO powders exhibited a TC=369.69 K (96.96 oC), which agrees with the magnetization measurements. In order to study size dependent properties, LSMO powder was subjected to mechanical milling processes during 3, 6 and 12 hours. From Rietveld refinement of XRD patterns, a reduction in crystallite average size (Dv) and a stabilization of crystalline structure (the R3c space group), with milling time (tM), were observed. These results are consistent with the Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images, which showed more homogeneity in the grain distribution with longer milling times. From magnetic characterization results, it was found that the saturation magnetization decreases with decreasing grain size (smaller Dv). This behavior is attributed to surface effects that induce magnetically disordered states in smaller particle sizes. However, the TC is kept constant around 365 K and it is independent of tM.
- Subjects
BALL mills; MAGNETIC properties of manganese oxides; MANGANITE; FERROMAGNETIC materials; SOLID state chemistry; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X-ray diffraction
- Publication
Revista EIA, 2014, pE31
- ISSN
1794-1237
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14508/reia.2014.11.e1.31-38