PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND RADIATION TOLERANCE OF MAGNESIUM-INDIUM FERRITE SYNTHESIZED BY THE POLYMER-NITRATE METHOD
Abstract
The paper discusses the features of polymer-nitrate synthesis of fine MgFeInO4 particles and presents experimental study results of the physico-mechanical properties of ceramics produced on their basis. According to powder XRD data, a single-phase ferrite-spinel powder can be obtained only as a result of high-temperature treatment of an X-ray amorphous precursor prepared by thermal decomposition of a mixture of polyvinyl alcohol and metal nitrates. Ceramics produced using submicron MgFeInO4 particles have a density close to the theoretical one. The results of microhardness measurements using the Vickers method showed that the resulting material has high hardness. The band gap energy of MgFeInO4 was determined from the DRS data. Based on the crystallographic and electrophysical characteristics of the synthesized material, its resistance to radiation-induced structural changes was predicted.
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Galina NikiforovaRussian Federation
Maria Smirnova
Russian Federation
Olga Kondrat'eva
Russian Federation
Alexey Yapryntsev
Russian Federation
Maria Dranik
Russian Federation
Valery Ketsko
Russian Federation
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Nikiforova G., Smirnova M., Kondrat'eva O., Yapryntsev A., Dranik M., Ketsko V. PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND RADIATION TOLERANCE OF MAGNESIUM-INDIUM FERRITE SYNTHESIZED BY THE POLYMER-NITRATE METHOD. Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. 2025;16(6).
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