THESIS EXAMINATION REPORT Name of Candidate: Muhammad Syazwan Bin Mustaffa Tit e: 0e1"ee: E u!idation of Pa"a e Mi!"ost"u!

tu"e and Physi!a P"o#e"ties E$o ution in Ni!%e &'in! (e""ite )Ni*+,'n*+-(e.O-/ Maste" of S!ien!e

1. Thesis To#i! )Tit e/ Based on the work done by the candidate which is a study on the relationship between microstructure and magnetic properties (refer to pp. 5, 6, 76, etc. an in conclusion), it is suggested the title of the thesis should be rephrased as !"lucidation of #arallel $icrostructure and $agnetic #roperties "%olution in &ickel'(inc )errite &i*.6(n*.+)e,-+. ,. A2st"a!t .he abstract include well understood problem statement and ob/ecti%es. .he method of preparing and characteri0ing the samples were briefly described including a summary of the results. 1. Resea"!h P"o2 ems and O23e!ti$es .he candidate2s research issues are well defined. .he ob/ecti%es are clearly stated. 3owe%er ob/ecti%es 1 and , should be combined because preparation of samples is not an ob/ecti%e per se. +. S!o#e and Re e$an!e .he scope of the study is ade4uate and suitable for $.5. degree in the field of magnetic materials. 5. 4ite"atu"e Re$iew .he literature re%iew is comprehensi%e with up to date references of o%er 65 references rele%ant to the research work. 6. Methodo o1y5Mate"ia s and Methods 6ll sample preparations using mechanical alloying and characteri0ations using 789, )"5"$, ."$, #article 6naly0er, :mpedance 6naly0er, etc. ha%e been described clearly and follow a standard methodology in this field.

7. Ana ysis and Inte"#"etation of Resu ts 8esults obtained were analy0ed based on the microstructure, grain si0e, acti%ation energies and magnetic properties. :n calculating the acti%ation energies, the candidate only uses two points to draw a straight line to find the slopes ()ig. 5.15). .his is not a good estimate to find the acti%ation energy especially where there are other points almost along the same line (especially in the middle part of the cur%e). :n my opinion, there should be only 1 acti%ation energies at most. 6lso, there are ,5 sintering temperatures and only 7 points were plotted. .he candidate should label the points with respect to the sintering temperature. .he candidate should also try to relate the acti%ation energies with grain growth using the )"5"$ micrographs where sudden increase in grain si0e should tally with higher acti%ation energies. )rom the results of comple; permeability, it is concluded that the magnetic properties are strongly influenced by the microstructural properties. <. P"esentation 6ll the chapters in the thesis are in se4uence. 6ll the results are well presented in graphs, tables and figures with clear )"5"$ and ."$ micrographs. 3owe%er, captions for the tables should be on top not at the bottom of the tables. 6lmost all figures presented in chapter 1 do not ha%e a reference e%en though it was taken from another source. .he presentation of the thesis should be in the format =/ustified2. 6+ Refe"en!es5Bi2 io1"a#hy .he candidate made many mistakes when citing the references where the years of publication do not tally with that in the list of references. >hen citing the references with more than two authors, the candidate should add et al. $any of the references cited are not listed in the list of references. .here are also a few references in the list of references that are not cited in the thesis. .he format of writing the list of references is %ery inconsistent. $ost of the references are listed using their last names, but some are listed using their first name or full names and some are not listed in alphabetical order. .he format for citing the references and writing the list of references should be corrected. 1*. A!!om# ishment and5o" Me"its .he candidate has successfully studied the e%olution of parallel microstructure and magnetic properties of a single sample &i*.6(n*.+)e,-+ ferrite at %arious sintering temperatures synthesi0ed %ia mechanical alloying. 11. 0eme"its $any mistakes concerning the citing and formatting of the

references as already mention. .here are also grammatical errors and the unit ? not written correctly especially in the legend of the figures for the graphs. (8efer to the thesis) 1,. Re!ommendation .his thesis is accepted with minor modifications.

6ssociate #rof. 9r. @umiah 3assan 9epartment of #hysics )aculty of 5cience Ani%ersiti #utra $alaysia. 17th -ct. ,*11