Anomalous dielectric behavior of some ferrites

The dielectric behavior of some powdered polycrystalline samples has been studied in the frequency range of 200 Hz-100 kHz. It is shown that the dielectric behavior in these systems below the Curie temperature is not purely relaxational in its character and cannot be described by any of the models of the dielectric relaxation hitherto put forward. It is also shown that "isolation" of the particles in the powder samples plays a very important role. The origin of this abnormality is thought to be due to the mechanical resonance arising out of the magnetostrictive property of the material.