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Ferrite Toroid Core: Magnesium-Zinc Ferrite Fired at 1300 °C in Oxygen (Snoek)
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Ferrite Toroid Core: Magnesium-Zinc Ferrite Fired at 1300 °C in Oxygen (Snoek)

Ferrite is a ceramic magnet: iron oxide combined with other metal oxides, carrying magnetic flux while hardly conducting electricity. Snoek at Philips (US 2,452,531, 1948) made this magnesium-zinc ferrite ring: magnesia, zinc oxide and iron oxide ground together, moulded with water into a ring and fired in oxygen at 1300 °C for 1 hour, then cooled slowly. His ring had an initial permeability of 350. The picture: our diagram.
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Instructions

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Mix 26.5 : 26.5 : 47 mol

Mix pure magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and iron oxide in the molecular ratio 26.5 : 26.5 : 47. Ours, by weight: 9.95 g magnesium oxide, 20.10 g zinc oxide and 69.95 g ferric oxide per 100 g.

Materials for this step:

Magnesium OxideMagnesium Oxide9.95 g
Zinc Oxide PowderZinc Oxide Powder20.1 g
Ferric OxideFerric Oxide69.95 g

Tools needed:

Balance ScaleBalance Scale
Dust MaskDust Mask
2

Grind for 3 hours in an iron ball mill

Grind the mixture for 3 hours in a mill with iron balls.

Tools needed:

Iron Ball MillIron Ball Mill
Dust MaskDust Mask
3

Mould a ring at 4 tons per cm²

Mould a ring 3 cm across and 4 × 4 mm in section at 4 tons per square centimetre, with water as the plastifying and binding agent.

Tools needed:

Hydraulic PressHydraulic Press
Ring Pressing DieRing Pressing Die
Distilled WaterDistilled Water
4

Fire 1 hour at 1300 °C, cool at 3 °C a minute

Heat the ring in oxygen to 1300 °C for 1 hour, then cool it in oxygen at about 3 °C per minute. Snoek's ring had an initial permeability of 350.

Tools needed:

Tube FurnaceTube Furnace
OxygenOxygen
Pressure Gas CylinderPressure Gas Cylinder
PyrometerPyrometer
Crucible TongsCrucible Tongs
Heat-Resistant GlovesHeat-Resistant Gloves

Materials

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Tools Required

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