Anion-Exchange Synthesis of Copper Ferrite Powders

Abstract

Amethod is proposed for synthesizing copper ferrite, consisting in anion-exchange precipitation of copper (II) and iron (III) from solutions of their salts in the presence of tartrate ions as complexing agents followed by calcination of the obtained precipitate. The precursors and the products of their heat-treatment or studied by means of chemical, complex thermal and x-ray phase analyses, IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray spectral microanalysis; the magnetic properties of the obtained samples were also studied. It was determined that a ferromagnetically ordered phase is present in the synthesized materials and their magnetic properties are close to those of bulk CuFe₂O₄.