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Research articleMagnetic modulation in mechanical alloyed Cr1.4Fe0.6O3 oxide
RN Bhowmik , M Nrisimha Murty and E Sekhar Srinadhu  Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, R. Venkataraman Nagar, Kalapet, Pondicherry-605014, India
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PMC Physics B 2008,
1:20doi:10.1186/1754-0429-1-20
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29
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2008
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Abstract
The compound Cr1.4Fe0.6O3 has been synthesized through mechanical alloying of Cr2O3 and α-Fe2O3 powders and subsequent thermal annealing. The XRD spectrum, SEM picture and microanalysis of EDAX spectrum have been used
to understand the structural evolution during alloy formation. The alloyed samples have been matched to rhombohedral structure
with R3C space group. The observation of a modulated magnetic order confirmed the systematic diffusion of Fe atoms into the
Cr sites of lattice structure. A field induced magnetic behaviour has been noted in the field dependence of magnetization
data of the annealed samples. This feature is significantly different from that of the mechanical alloyed samples. The experimental
results also provided the indications of considering the present material as a potential candidate for opto-electronic applications.
PACS Codes: 75.30.-m, 75.20.En, 81.40.Rs
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