Magnetite and Maghemite (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Magnetite and Maghemite

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In bulk powders the oxidation of magnetite to maghemite is shown by a change in color from black to red, but in nanoparticles it is not nearly so easy to distinguish the two phases.

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Lara Bogart

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