High temperature faraday balance for in situ measurement of magnetization in transition metal oxides

D Baskar; S B Adler

doi:10.1063/1.2432476

High temperature faraday balance for in situ measurement of magnetization in transition metal oxides

Rev Sci Instrum. 2007 Feb;78(2):023908. doi: 10.1063/1.2432476.

Authors

D Baskar¹, S B Adler

Affiliation

¹ Chemical Engineering Department, University of Washington, Box 351750, Seattle, Washington 98195-1750, USA.

PMID: 17578124
DOI: 10.1063/1.2432476

Abstract

We report the design of a Faraday balance that can be used to measure the magnetization of transition metal oxides at high temperatures and under controlled atmosphere. The instrument is sufficiently sensitive and stable to quantify the magnetic force on diamagnetic and paramagnetic samples at temperatures up to 1000 degrees C and in oxygen partial pressures as low as 100 ppm. We demonstrate the performance of the instrument by presenting preliminary magnetic measurements of lanthanum strontium cobalt oxide (La1-xSr(x)CoO3-delta) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3).