“…The XRD and SEM results show that the particles increased in size with nickel ion substitution, and this could have led to an increase in the saturation magnetization and coercivity. Similar reports have been presented for Co 0.5 Mn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 nanoparticles [18], and in Mn 1-2x Zn x Ni x Fe 2 O 4 ferrite powders the coercivity decreased from 79.2 Oe (x = 0.0) to 64.2 Oe (x = 0.1) as the zinc and nickel substitution increased, and this could be related to the increase in the particle size [14,15]. The superparamagnetic phase resulting from the smaller particle size changed to a ferrimagnetic phase at x = 0.1, as confirmed by the Mössbauer spectra.…”