Published February 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Preparation and characterization of microsized FeCO3, Fe3O4 and Fe2O3 with ellipsoidal morphology

  • 1. Department of Chemistry, USTC, Hefei, 230026 (China)
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, 230026 (China)
  • 3. CAS Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and Design of Materials, Department of Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, USTC, Hefei, 230026 (China)

Description

Ellipsoidal FeCO3 microcrystals with length of ∼5-6.5 μm and width of ∼2.5-3.5 μm have been synthesized by an ascorbic acid assisted hydrothermal process. Both microsized ellipsoidal Fe2O3 and Fe3O4 microparticles were obtained using the spindle FeCO3 as sacrificial templates via direct thermal decomposition and sealed thermal decomposition for 2 h at 500 deg. C, respectively. The products were characterized with the X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer. The influences of the experimental factors on growth of the FeCO3 micron crystals were also investigated

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2007.05.019

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2007.05.019;
PII
S0304-8853(07)00724-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
320
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 164-170
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

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