Ba
1-xSr
xFe
12O
19 particles were prepared by the glass-ceramic method. Ba
1-xSr
xFe
12O
19 particles precipitated by heat-treatment of BaO-SrO-B
2O
3-SiO
2-Fe
2O
3 glass in the temperature range from 600° to 900°C. The particles showed a habit as hexagonal platelet with fairly uniform dimension, which could be taken out easily of the glass matrix by leaching with a dil. HCl solution.
In the case of SrO rich glass, 4SrO⋅B
2O
3⋅SiO
2 precipitated abruptly and consequently Ba
1-xSr
xFe
12O
19 particles precipitated with a small dimension of 0.1-0.4μm. On the other hand, BaFe
12O
19 particles with a relatively larger dimension of 0.1-2μm were obtained from a SrO free glass.
Ba
1-xSr
xFe
12O
19 particles with 0.43 pm in size, prepared under the heat-treatment condition at 875°C for 5 hr, showed coercive force of 6000 Oe except for BaFe
12O
19. These particles showed a characteristic I-H curve for single domain particle assemblies.
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