Synthesis of Magnetite-Containing Materials for Sensor Applications: Phase Composition and Microstructural Characterization
摘要
The present work reports on the preparation of glass-crystalline samples in the compositional series 16Na2O/10CaO/(74-x)SiO2/xFe2O3, x = 20, 25 and 30 mol% via the traditional melt-quenching technique and their characterization. The phase composition was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction (EBSD), which showed the presence of magnetite and some hematite. Microcomputed tomography confirmed the presence of platelet-like large crystals consisting, according to phase composition analyses, of both magnetite and hematite. Low-temperature electrical measurements revealed the occurrence of the Verwey transition of magnetite in the temperature range of 118–125 K, depending on the mean size of the magnetite crystals.