Magnetic Properties of Yttrium-Substituted NiZn Ferrites

Polycrystalline NiZn ferrite doped with a small amount of $Y^{3+}$ ions and having the composition of $Ni_{0.42}Zn_{0.58}Y_{x}Fe_{2-x}O_{4}$, where x=0.00, 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, 0.06, 0.08 and 0.10, was analyzed. Specimens were prepared by the ceramic method. Thermo-magnetic analysis and evaluation of hysteresis loops parameters were chosen as main examination methods in this study. Various parameters, such as Curie temperature $T_{C}$, coercive field $H_{c}$, remanent magnetic flux density $B_{r}$, hysteresis loop area and amplitude/initial permeability were studied at low frequencies.