Oxidation and Magnetic Properties of Iron-nitride Particles in Fluids

  • Lee, Hyo-Sook (Korea Research Institute of Geoscience, Mining and Materials) ;
  • Isao Nakatani (National Research Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

Iron nitride magnetic fluid was oxidized by exposing it to the air under normal atmospheric conditions. After exposure of 3.2 hours, the relative saturation magnetization of the iron nitride magnetic fluid is less than 0.4 compared to the value of the unexposed sample, and it is nearly zero after exposure for 1008 hours. The structure of the oxidized iron nitride is considered to be a non-magnetic hematites. The thickness of the oxidation layers of the iron-nitride particles are nearly the same, about 3 nm, regardless of the different particle sizes.

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