Magnetism and thermal induced characteristics of Fe2O3 content bioceramics

Abstract Magnetic properties of Li2O–MnO2–CaO–P2O5–SiO2 (LMCPS) glasses doped with various amounts of Fe2O3 were investigated. There is a dramatic change in the magnetic property of pristine LMCPS after the addition of Fe2O3 and crystallized at 850 °C for 4 h. Both the electron paramagnetic resonance and magnetic susceptibility measurements showed that the glass ceramic with 4 at% Fe2O3 exhibited the coexistence of superparamagnetism and ferromagnetism at room temperature. When the Fe2O3 content was higher than 8 at%, the LMCPS glasses showed ferromagnetism behavior. The complex magnetic behavior is due to the distribution of (Li, Mn)ferrite particle sizes driven by the Fe2O3 content. The thermal induced hysteresis loss of the crystallized LMCPS glass ceramics was characterized under an alternating magnetic field. The energy dissipations of the crystallized LMCPS glass ceramics were determined by the concentration and Mn/Fe ratios of Li(Mn, Fe)ferrite phase formed in the glass ceramics.