Formation of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles via Glycine-Nitrate Combustion and Their Magnetic Properties

Abstract

Cobalt ferrite nanoparticles, whose degree of crystallinity and particle size depends on the molar ratio of glycine to cobalt and iron nitrates, are produced by the glycine-nitrate combustion method. The highest values of the particles’ degree of crystallinity (94%) and size (77–79 nm) are observed in samples produced at a molar ratio of 0.84 of glycine to nitrates. The values of the coercive force and residual magnetization increased, together with the glycine to nitrate ratio: at 1.12, they reached 33.8 emu/g and 1350 Oe, respectively. The saturation magnetization attained the maximal value (80 emu/g) at the molar ratio of glycine to nitrates of 0.56.