TY - JOUR AU - Chuan, Lee Kean AU - Zaid, Hasnah Mohd PY - 2018 TI - Zinc Composition and its Effect on Magnetic Properties of Nickel-Zinc Ferrite Prepared Via Sol-gel Technique JF - American Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 15 IS - 2 DO - 10.3844/ajassp.2018.121.123 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2018.121.123 AB - Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Zn) ferrite (Ni1-xZnxFe2O4) with different Zinc composition (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1.0) were prepared and synthesized by applying sol-gel technique and the morphological characterization is done by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) to confirm the formation of Ni-Zn ferrite nanoparticle and estimate the particle sizes. Magnetic study was also performed using Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). Results showed that Zn composition when x = 0.5 possesses the highest magnetization which is 52.6 emu/g.