1. Development and test of concentration scaled demagnetization in effective media theories of magnetic composites.
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Moore, Rick L.
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MAGNETIC susceptibility , *MAGNETIC particles , *DEMAGNETIZATION , *PERCOLATION theory , *MICROMAGNETICS , *COMPOSITE materials - Abstract
Three effective medium theories (Maxwell-Garnett Theory, MGT; Bruggeman Effective Medium Theory, BEMT; and Coherent Model Approximation, CMA) are applied to predict magnetic susceptibility of polymer-magnetic particle composites and composite resonant frequency. Predictions are compared to the measurement of multi-crystalline magnetic particulate-polymer composites. Particulates had aspect ratios near unity; bulk low frequency susceptibilities ranged from 27 to 1000 s and particle volume fractions were between 5% and 100%. Emphasis was placed on CMA and BEMT. BEMT was selected for incorporation of a scaling function relating demagnetization with particulate concentration. The scaled model is scaled effective medium theory (ScEMT). Percolation theory and micromagnetic computations were applied to guide the choice of scaling function parameters. Experimental support of scale model physics was taken from measurements of magnetic sphere clustering in two dimensions. Scaling function constants and power laws were determined by numerical fits to one set of high susceptibility, Ni0.24 Zn0.65 Cu0.07 Fe2.04O4 particle composites. The parameters of the scaling function were held constant and then applied to predict magnetic parameters in other composites. These included Fe, Fe-Ni, Ni0.34 Zn0.65Fe2.0O4, Mn0.53Zn0.4Fe2.06O4, NiMn0.02Fe2O4, and Fe3O4. ScEMT predictions and measurement were in good agreement. When combined with Snoek's law, the combined model improved predictions of resonant frequency in composites and relaxation frequency predictions are in progress. Overall, ScEMT shows improved accuracy for calculating low frequency susceptibility and composite resonant frequency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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