Anomalous Hysteresis Behavior in a Cobalt Ferrite Ferrofluid

摘要

The magnetization of cobalt ferrite ferrofluid has been studied at low temperatures in the presence of the carrier fluid. A prominent difference between slow and fast cooled samples was observed. In particular the slow cooled samples display an anomalous increase in magnetization on field reversal. The data is analyzed in terms of the possibilities of both coherent and incoherent spin rotations.