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with small amounts of secondary phase DyFeO3. No regular trend in the lattice parameter a with Dy doping has been observed. Room temperature magnetisation results, obtained from Vibrating Sample Magnetometer measurements, showed a decrease in saturation magnetisation with Dy doping. Enhanced coercivity in undoped Ni-Cr ferrite is observed which was several orders of magnitude higher than that of the reported bulk material. Substitution of Dy in Ni-Cr ferrite further enhances coercivity thereby making the materials magnetically more hard.