Ultrasonic Characterization of Co-Additives Effects on Elastic Moduli and Acoustic Properties of Li1-xCoxFe2O4

Abstract

Acoustic microscopes can be used to measure Rayleigh and longitudinal wave velocities in a specimen at microscopic resolution. These velocities are deduced from the analysis of the so-called acoustic signatures or V(z) curves. Such curves are obtained by recording the output signal, V, as the specimen is defocused along the z axis of the lens. In this context, we investigate Co-Additives effects on reflectance functions, R(θ) and acoustic signatures. The elastic properties of Lithium cobalt mixed ferrites of different compositions from the experimentally and simulation observed that the values of longitudinal wave velocities vary from 5072 m/s to 6833 m/s whereas transverse velocities from 3084 m/s to 4105 m/s. The variation of the elastic moduli with composition was interpreted in terms of the binding forces between the atoms.