The substitution of elements was carried out to improve the soft magnetic properties in hexagonal ferrites. A series of Ba
3Co
2R
xFe
24-xO
41 samples (R=La, Nd, Gd, Dy, Ho, Yb) with Z-type structure were made. The initial permeability of Gd
3+-substituted sample (
x=0.1) was the highest of all samples, because the apparent specific anisotropy field of the sample was the lowest. The substituted sample Ba
3Co
2Mn
0.5xTi
0.5xFe
24-xO
41 with
x=0.4 had the maximum
μ' of 25.7 and
μ' ×
fr product of 17.6 GHz. The
M-
T curve showed an anomalous drop below the Curie temperature, which reflected the change from in-plane magnetic anisotropy to vertical one with increasing temperature. BaCo
xTi
xFe
12-2xO
19 (
x=1-3) were prepared. The initial permeability increased to 27 for a sample with
x=1.15. The reason for this may be that the coercivity becomes small as a result of the decrease in the anisotropic magnetic field. SrCo
2+yMe
4+yFe
12-2yO
19 (Me=Zr, Hf) samples were also fabricated. For SrCo
yZr
yFe
12-2yO
19 (
y=0-1.2), magnetization increased slightly for the sample of
y=0.4, and then decreased with increasing
y. Coercivity drastically decreased up to
y=1.2. Magnetic behavior of the Co-Hf substituted sample was similar to that of the Co-Zr substituted one.
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