Introduction Magnetic oxide nanomaterials, including iron oxide (Fe3O4 and γ-Fe2O3), spinel ferrites (MFe2O4; M=Mn, Zn, Cr, Ni, or Co) and hexagonal ferrite (MFe12O19, M=Ba and Sr) are attracting much attention due to their wide application potentials in advanced magnets, electronic devices, information storage, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and drug-delivery technology [1-6]. Hence, the sy...

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The semiconductor spinel ferrite will have the chemical formula as AB2O4 (where A  divalent metal ion like Ni, Mn, Zn, etc and B  Iron metal ion Fe2 + and Fe3 +) and many studies have focused on the synthesis of nanomaterials because of extensive applications due to their novel properties. Magnetite and spinel ferrite nanocrystals are regarded as two of the most important inorganic nanomateri...

Thermochemical and compressibility data are used to calculate the approximate pressures and temperatures required for the reaction of clinoenstatite to Mg•SiO• (spinel or olivine) or to periclase and stishovite, the reaction of forsteritc to Mg•SiO• (spinel) or periclase and stishovite, and the breakdown of Mg•SiO• (spinel) to periclase and stishovite. The calculated reaction lines for Mg•SiO• ...

Geologists usually deal with rocks that are up to several thousand million years old. They try to reconstruct the tectonic settings where these rocks were formed and the history of events that affected them through the geological time. The spinel group minerals provide useful information regarding the geological environment in which the host rocks were formed. They constitute excellent indicato...