Effects of the grain size distribution on the temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility of magnetite nanoparticles

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1071-1078

  Zhao, XiangYu ^a,b   Liu, QingSong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size distribution; N el theory; Temperature dependence of susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MAGNETISM; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOMETRIES; HOPKINSON PEAK; LOG-NORMAL; LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETIC REMANENCE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; MEDIAN DIAMETERS; NANO-SIZED; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; THERMAL PRODUCTS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; NEON; OXIDE MINERALS; REMANENCE; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

GRAIN SIZE; LOESS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; PALEOSOL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77954535849     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4015-y     Document Type: Article

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