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The structure and hyperfine interactions in the Bi5Ti3FeO15, Bi6Ti3Fe2O18 and Bi7Ti3Fe3O21 multiferroic ceramics were studied using X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Samples were prepared by mechanical activation process in a high-energy ball mill from a mixture of TiO2, Fe2O3 and Bi2O3 oxides as polycrystalline precursor materials. The mechanical milling process was completed by thermal processing. A pure single-phased material was obtained in the case of Bi7Ti3Fe3O21 compound. The proposed mechanical activation technology allows to produce the Aurivillius compounds at lower temperature, by about 50 K, as compared to the solid-state sintering method.The structure and hyperfine interactions in the Bi5Ti3FeO15, Bi6Ti3Fe2O18 and Bi7Ti3Fe3O21 multiferroic ceramics were studied using X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. Samples were prepared by mechanical activation process in a high-energy ball mill from a mixture of TiO2, Fe2O3 and Bi2O3 oxides as polycrystalline precursor materials. The mechanical milling process was completed by thermal processing. A pure single-phased material was obtained in the case of Bi7Ti3Fe3O21 compound. The proposed mechanical activation technology allows to produce the Aurivillius compounds at lower temperature, by about 50 K, as compared to the solid-state sintering method.
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