Local crystal/chemical structures at iron sites in amorphous, magnetic, and nanocrystalline materials.
dc.contributor.author | Clark, Ted Michael | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Evans, B. J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-30T17:31:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-30T17:31:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9811055 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/130684 | |
dc.description.abstract | Order-disorder phenomena have been examined by means of Mossbauer spectroscopy in a variety of materials, including (a) tektites and other silicate glasses, (b) magnetic materials such as natural and synthetic magnetoplumbite, M-type hexagonal ferrites and magnetite, and (c) nanocrystalline zinc ferrite. A methodology has been established for the analysis of the local crystal/chemical structures of iron in tektites and its application has reconfirmed a low ferric/ferrous ratio of approximately 0.10 for tektites. Additionally, a greater degree of submirocscopic heterogeneity has been established for Muong Nong tektites in comparison with splash form tektites. The dynamics of the 2b site in hexagonal ferrites has been studied above and below the Curie temperature for magnetoplumbite and its synthetic analogs, and also for polycrystalline and oriented single-crystals of MeFe$\sb{12}$O$\sb{19}$ (Me=Ba, Sr, Pb). Cation ordering on this site is shown to be dependent on the thermal history of the material, while the dynamic disorder of the 2b site for the end-member hexagonal ferrites is shown to be influenced by the divalent heavy metal species, Me. The influence of chemical composition on the morphology of magnetite has been shown to depend on the site preference of impurity cations: Substitutional impurities with tetrahedral site preferences are postulated to result in the seldom-observed cubic habit. Based on the cation distributions of bulk and nanocrystalline material it is held that the enhanced magnetic moments and susceptibilities of nanocrystalline zinc ferrite are shown to be consistent with surface phenomena, independent of synthesis methodology, and contrary to claims of special effects resulting from a particular synthesis methodology. | |
dc.format.extent | 162 p. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | Amorphous | |
dc.subject | Chemical | |
dc.subject | Crystal | |
dc.subject | Hexagonal Ferrites | |
dc.subject | Iron | |
dc.subject | Local | |
dc.subject | Magnetic | |
dc.subject | Materials | |
dc.subject | Nanocrystalline | |
dc.subject | Silicate Glasses | |
dc.subject | Sites | |
dc.subject | Structures | |
dc.subject | Tektites | |
dc.subject | Zinc Ferrite | |
dc.title | Local crystal/chemical structures at iron sites in amorphous, magnetic, and nanocrystalline materials. | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.description.thesisdegreename | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Condensed matter physics | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Earth Sciences | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Geology | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Inorganic chemistry | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Pure Sciences | |
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantor | University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/130684/2/9811055.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's) |
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