Conductance Properties of Binary Mixed Oxides

K. M. Abd El-Salaam; A. M. Summan; E. A. Hassan

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Conductance Properties of Binary Mixed Oxides

K. M. Abd El-Salaam¹, A. M. Summan² and E. A. Hassan¹

¹Umm Al-Qura University, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering, Chemistry Department, Makkah Al-Mukarramah K. S. Arabia.

²Department of Chemistry, Assiut University, Assiut Egypt.

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ABSTRACT:

Conductance of binary oxides like ZnO-Fe2O3 was studied for different Zn/Fe ratio. Lower percentages of either Zn ions added to Fe2O3 or Fe ions added to ZnO matrix increase the n-type character of the host oxide. Mixing in higher ratios shows ferrite structures as detected by XRD analysis. A maximum in conductivity was traced at 50 at % Fe ions due to reduction of Fe+2/Fe+3 ratio on the octahedral sites by which conduction in ferrites proceeds.

KEYWORDS:

Conductance; Binary; Oxides