Study on stress testing of ferromagnetic materials based on magnetic anisotropy

The stress testing and evaluation of ferromagnetic materials that are widely applied in engineering has always been a focus of, and presented difficulties for, non-destructive testing. As there is still no effective method for detecting the stress of ferromagnetic materials, this paper puts forward the idea of applying the magnetic anisotropy method based on the inverse magnetostriction effect in stress testing of ferromagnetic materials. According to the principle of the magnetic anisotropy method, this paper discusses the development of Mn-Zn ferrite probes of three different structures, the construction of a magnetic anisotropy testing system comprising an excitation system, a signal collecting system and a signal processing system and the way in which a testing experiment was conducted on a 16MnR steel plate specimen under different conditions of stress, frequency and excitation voltage. All three types of probe can effectively determine the stress location of the specimen and present different phenomena and characteristics of the test. According to the experiment, significant correlation is seen between the stress and the magnetic signal, which provides a new idea for stress testing of ferromagnetic materials.

Радиопоглощающие и радиоэкранирующие характеристики феррит-полимерных композитов Mn-Zn феррит/П (ТФЭ-ВДФ)

The article discusses the electromagnetic absorbing and shielding properties of ferrite-polymer composites of the composition Mn-Zn ferrite/fluoroplast-42, obtained by pressing a mixture of powders with heating. The measurement of the complex magnetic and dielectric permittivity spectra, as well as the reflection coefficient spectra was carried out in the frequency range 0.1 - 7 GHz. Using the obtained spectra, a comprehensive analysis of the absorbing characteristics of the composites was carried out, and the factors responsible for the absorption were determined. Fitting of the composites magnetic permeability spectra show that the process of natural ferromagnetic resonance prevails over the resonance of domain walls, and a decrease in the concentration of ferrite inclusions leads to a significant shift in the frequency of natural ferromagnetic resonance to high frequencies. It was found that for composites with a thickness of 5 - 10 mm, compositions with a mass fraction of ferrite ≤ 0.4 show radio-absorbing properties, while compositions with a fraction of ≥ 0.6 show shielding properties.

The Effect of Zn-Substitution on the Morphological, Magnetic, Cytotoxic, and In Vitro Hyperthermia Properties of Polyhedral Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles

The clinical translation of magnetic hyperthermia (MH) needs magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) with enhanced heating properties and good biocompatibility. Many studies were devoted lately to the increase in the heating power of iron oxide MNPs by doping the magnetite structure with divalent cations. A series of MNPs with variable Zn/Fe molar ratios (between 1/10 and 1/1) were synthesized by using a high-temperature polyol method, and their physical properties were studied with different techniques (Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy). At low Zn doping (Zn/Fe ratio 1/10), a significant increase in the saturation magnetization (90 e.m.u./g as compared to 83 e.m.u./g for their undoped counterparts) was obtained. The MNPs’ hyperthermia properties were assessed in alternating magnetic fields up to 65 kA/m at a frequency of 355 kHz, revealing specific absorption rates of up to 820 W/g. The Zn ferrite MNPs showed good biocompatibility against two cell lines (A549 cancer cell line and BJ normal cell line) with a drop of only 40% in the viability at the highest dose used (500 μg/cm2). Cellular uptake experiments revealed that the MNPs enter the cells in a dose-dependent manner with an almost 50% higher capacity of cancer cells to accommodate the MNPs. In vitro hyperthermia data performed on both cell lines indicate that the cancer cells are more sensitive to MH treatment with a 90% drop in viability after 30 min of MH treatment at 30 kA/m for a dose of 250 μg/cm2. Overall, our data indicate that Zn doping of iron oxide MNPs could be a reliable method to increase their hyperthermia efficiency in cancer cells.

Electrical transport properties of V2O5-added Ni–Co–Zn ferrites

Frequency-dependent dielectric constant, dielectric loss, AC conductivity values and complex impedance spectra of V2O5-added Ni–Co–Zn ferrites (Ni[Formula: see text]Co[Formula: see text]Zn[Formula: see text]Fe2O4 + [Formula: see text]V2O5, where [Formula: see text] = 0, 0.5, 1 and 1.5 wt.%) have been investigated at room temperature. The dielectric properties of the samples follow the Maxwell–Wagner polarization model. An inverse relationship was found between dielectric constant and AC electrical resistivity for all the samples. The dielectric constants decreased with the addition of V2O5, while the electrical resistivities of V2O5-added Ni–Co–Zn ferrites are found to be larger than that of pure Ni–Co–Zn ferrite. The AC conductivity was reduced with the addition of V2O5 to Ni–Co–Zn ferrite at lower-frequency region. However, AC conductivity shows a sharp increase at higher-frequency region, which could be attributed to the enhancement of electron hopping between the Fe[Formula: see text] and Fe[Formula: see text] ions in the ferrite matrix due to the activity of the grains. The complex impedance spectroscopy results through Cole–Cole/Nyquist plot have demonstrated a single semicircular arc. It indicates that conduction mechanism takes place predominantly through the grain/bulk property, which could be ascribed to the larger grain size of V2O5-added Ni–Co–Zn ferrites.