Open AccessPhase Composition and Magnetic Behaviour of Iron Sand from Syiah Kuala Beach Prepared by Mechanical Alloying
Author(s) -
Zulkarnain Jalil,
Eva Novita Sari,
Anas Ismail,
Erfan Handoko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indonesian journal of applied physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2477-6416
pISSN - 2089-0133
DOI - 10.13057/ijap.v4i01.1180
Subject(s) - span (engineering) , life span , magnetite , chemistry , materials science , zoology , metallurgy , biology , structural engineering , engineering , evolutionary biology
It has recently been investigated that ball milling can improve the magnetic properties of natural iron sand significantly. In this work, we present the phase composition and magnetic behavior of iron sand from Syiah Kuala Beach, Banda Aceh. Samples were prepared by mechanical alloying method using a Fritsch planetary ball mill for 20 hours. As the results, it was shown by XRD test that Fe 3 O 4 (magnetite) appears as the majority phase and the magnetic properties observation shown that the magnetization saturation (Ms) and remanent (Br) was decreased with the increasing of the coercivity (Hc).