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Synthesis of copper ferrite nanoparticles

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Pseudospherical copper ferrite particles 20 to 90 nm in average size were prepared by an aerosol method through condensation of iron and copper vapors in an inert-gas flow, followed by the oxidation of the resulting two-phase powder under heterogeneous combustion conditions to an almost single-phase product. The nanoparticles were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, BET measurements, and vibrating-sample magnetometry. Analysis of the X-ray diffraction data and the behavior of the magnetization of reaction intermediates and final synthesis products in the range 400–1100 K made it possible to propose models for the nanostructure of the particles and establish the likely sequence of the observed phase transformations.

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Original Russian Text © M.V. Kuznetsov, Yu.G. Morozov, O.V. Belousova, 2013, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2013, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp. 647–657.

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Kuznetsov, M.V., Morozov, Y.G. & Belousova, O.V. Synthesis of copper ferrite nanoparticles. Inorg Mater 49, 606–615 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168513050063

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