Magnetic properties of Ba- and Sr-hexaferrite prepared by mechanical alloying

Samples of Ba- and Sr-hexaferrite were prepared by mechanical alloying and subsequent heat treatment were found to consist of single domain particles of the single hexaferrite phase. The particles had a wide distribution of anisotropy fields. Study of irreversible magnetisation suggested, that the demagnetisation process is mainly controlled by the Wohlfarth rotation. It was deduced from the results of measurements of magnetic viscosity, that the activation volume was of same order of magnitude as the cube of the domain wall thickness.