The Mn-Zn ferrite powders were prepared by high energy ball milling, then compacted and sintered at various temperatures to assess their sintering behavior and magnetic properties. The initial ferrite powders were spherical in shape with the size of approximately 70 m. After 3 h of ball milling at 300 rpm, aggregated powders ~230 nm in size and composed of ~15 nm nanoparticles were formed. The milled powders had a density of ~70 % when compacted at 490 MPa for 3 min. In the samples subsequently sintered at 1,273 K ~ 1,673 K for 3 h, the MnZnFe2O4 phase was detected. The density of the sintered samples had a tendency to increase with increasing sintering temperature up to 1,473 K, which produced the highest density of 98 %. On the other hand, the sample sintered at 1,373 K had the highest micro-hardness of approximately 610 Hv, which is due to much finer grains.

1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
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• Hyunseung Lee(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang 10540, Republic of Korea)
• Hoseong Rhee(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang 10540, Republic of Korea)
• Sangsoo Lee(Advanced Materials Research Institute, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang 10540, Republic of Korea)
• Si Young Chang(Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang 10540, Republic of Korea) Corresponding author