Features of Mg(Fe0.8Ga0.2)2O4 synthesis by glycine-nitrate method

A finely dispersed powder of composition Mg(Fe0.8Ga0.2)2O4 was prepared by glycine-nitrate method. The use of glycine as a reducing agent allows preparation of the product without carbon-containing admixtures with unimodal particle size distribution and lower crystallization temperature (as compared with nitrate-citrate method of Mg(Fe0.8Ga0.2)2O4 synthesis) immediately after reaction completion.