BiFeO3 forms solid solutions with BaTiO3, over the entire compositional ran
ge, with different crystal symmetries. Magnetoelectric (ME) measurements ca
rried out with a superimposed alternating-current magnetic field, together
with a time-varying direct-current magnetic field in isothermal conditions,
indicated non-linearity. The peak observed coincided with a metamagnetic t
ransition in the magnetization data. Rather than the spin flop reported ear
lier, it is a gradual reorientation of spins towards the field direction th
at destroys the spiral spin arrangement. With increasing content of BaTiO3,
a quadratic signal was observed, indicating the structural dependence of t
he magnetoelectric effect; The temperature variation of the ME output in th
e investigation carried out for x = 0.75 indicates magnetic transitions.