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Manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) nanoparticles were synthesized through a coprecipitation method using manganese (II) chloride tetrahydrate (MnCl2·4H2O) and ferric chloride hexahydrate (FeCl3·6H2O) as precursors. The scanning electron microscopy images showed that the as-synthesized particles were granular and about 20 nm. The X-ray diffraction patterns revealed that the manganese ferrite phase was completely decomposed into ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and manganese (III) oxide (Mn2O3) after annealing above 800°C in air. In contrast, its crystalline quality significantly improved when it was annealed in argon. By using the vibrating-sample magnetometry technique, it was demonstrated that the saturation magnetization (M s) of the as-prepared sample (∼36.6 emu/g) decreased sharply up to ∼5 emu/g ... |