Volume 46 (2005)

ON THE RATIO BETWEEN THE MAXIMUM ABSORPTION FREQUENCY AND THE RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF COMPOSITE MAGNETIC FLUIDS
Pages 157-162
I.Malaescu, P. C. Fannin, C. N. Marin

Abstract
The magnetic fluid samples investigated in this study were three kerosene-based magnetic fluids, stabilised with oleic acid, denoted as F1, F2 and F3. Sample F1 was a magnetic fluid with Mn0.6Fe0.4Fe2O4 particles, sample F2 was a magnetic fluid with Ni0.4Zn0.6Fe2O4 particles and sample F3 was a composite magnetic fluid obtained by mixing a part of sample F1 with a part of sample F2, in proportion of 1:1. Starting from the Landau-Lifshitz equation, it is demonstrated that in the case of a magnetic fluid, the measured resonance frequency, ƒres is always different the corresponding maximum absorption frequency, ƒmax and the ratio,ƒmaxres, increases approaching unity with increase of polarizing field, Hpol . Measurements of the frequency dependent, complex magnetic susceptibility, χ(ω)=χ'(ω)−iχ"(ω), in the GHz range, are used to investigate the effect which the mixing of two different magnetic fluids has on the dependence of the ratio ƒmaxres on an external strong polarizing magnetic field.

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