Abstract
Nanocrystalline iron-oxide powder was fabricated with an inert gas condensation (IGC) method combined with evaporation, and in-situ oxidation techniques. The particle size of iron-oxide powder was controlled by varying the helium gas pressure between 0.1 and 10 Torr, with the smallest one ≈10 nm at 0.1 Torr. The nanostructure was characterized by TEM. Nanocrystalline iron-oxide powder was sintered with the pulse electric current sintering (PECS) method to obtain densified γ-Fe2O3 materials, and suitably densified nano-grained γ-Fe2O3 materials (≈ 40 nm) of great hardness were obtained. The correlation between the nanostructure and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline powder and densified γ-Fe2O3 materials was also investigated.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 135-139 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Metals and Materials International |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1999 Apr |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Inert gas condensation method
- Magnetic property
- Mechanical property
- Nanostructure
- Pulse electric current process
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Metals and Alloys
- Materials Chemistry