Mechanochemical Synthesis and Characterization of Molybdenum Dioxide-Hematite Nanostructures with Different Molarities

xMoO2-(1-x)α-Fe2O3 nanoparticle system with molarities x = 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 and 0.7 was successfully synthesized by mechanochemical activation of MoO2 and α-Fe2O3 mixtures for 0 - 12 hours of ball milling time. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic measurements were used to study the phase evolution of the molybdenum dioxide-hematite nanoparticle system under the mechanochemical activation process. Rietveld refinement of the XRD patterns yielded the values of the crystallite size and lattice parameters as function of milling times and indicated the presence of Mo-substituted hematite and Fe-doped molybdenum dioxide…