The influence of inorganic phosphate on the crystallization of magnetite (Fe3O4) from aqueous solution

1 January 1985

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 23,p. 1713-1715
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39850001713

Abstract

The formation of magnetite (Fe₃O₄) from the oxidation of Fe^II solutions results in small (20–60 nm) irregular-shaped crystals; in the presence of 5–10% inorganic phosphate Pⁱ the crystal morphology is selectively enhanced whilst at 20–30% Pⁱ-doping crystallization is severely inhibited.

Keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION

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