A series of chemical composition based on Cr, Fe and O with Zn as a partially substituting ion has been prepared in the general formula Zn//xCr//1// minus //xFe//2O by coprecipitation method using NH//4OH as the preci...A series of chemical composition based on Cr, Fe and O with Zn as a partially substituting ion has been prepared in the general formula Zn//xCr//1// minus //xFe//2O by coprecipitation method using NH//4OH as the precipitating agent at pH equals 10.3. The prepared samples were identified by both thermal analysis (DTA and TGA) and X-ray diffraction. It was found that no single phase is obtained for any of the studied compositions but a mixture of different phases is observed, depending on the molar percentage of zinc ion substitution as well as on the sintering temperature. The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity, sigma , of the prepared samples is plotted between 25 and 680 degree C. It was observed that the electrical conductivity increases with temperature for both samples with x equals 0.00 and 0.80 Zn ion content while it is nearly temperature independent for samples with intermediate Zn concentration x equals 0.2 and 0.5 mol fraction. The activation energy, E//a, calculated from the linear relation, lg sigma -1000/T for the final mixtures (sintered at 1300 degree C) was calculated. (Edited author abstract) 16 Refs.展开更多
文摘A series of chemical composition based on Cr, Fe and O with Zn as a partially substituting ion has been prepared in the general formula Zn//xCr//1// minus //xFe//2O by coprecipitation method using NH//4OH as the precipitating agent at pH equals 10.3. The prepared samples were identified by both thermal analysis (DTA and TGA) and X-ray diffraction. It was found that no single phase is obtained for any of the studied compositions but a mixture of different phases is observed, depending on the molar percentage of zinc ion substitution as well as on the sintering temperature. The temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity, sigma , of the prepared samples is plotted between 25 and 680 degree C. It was observed that the electrical conductivity increases with temperature for both samples with x equals 0.00 and 0.80 Zn ion content while it is nearly temperature independent for samples with intermediate Zn concentration x equals 0.2 and 0.5 mol fraction. The activation energy, E//a, calculated from the linear relation, lg sigma -1000/T for the final mixtures (sintered at 1300 degree C) was calculated. (Edited author abstract) 16 Refs.
