“…In contrary to a previous report that the additions such as CaO, Nb 2 O 5 , SiO 2 segregate to the grain boundaries forming second phases [11], undesirable second phases have not been detected due to their low contents below the limit of detection. Co 2 O 3 and NiO are expected to dissolve into the lattice and substitute for Mn 2+ or Fe 2+ in the octahedral B-sites, improving microstructure and magnetic properties in Mn-Zn power ferrites [12,14]. There is a slight shift of peak positions to high angles in the XRD patterns of samples with the increase of NiO concentration, suggesting a diminution of the lattice parameters (a) which can be examined by using the relation : a 2 =(λ 2 /4sin 2 θ)(h 2 +k 2 +l 2 ), where h, k and l are the miller indices of each plane [15].…”