1. Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Building 307, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark 2. Chemistry Department, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Abstract:
Samples of akaganeite (β-FeOOH) and goethite (α-FeOOH) have been studied after heating at various temperatures up to 800 °C. X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy measurements showed that slightly below the temperatures at which the samples transform to hematite (α-Fe2O3) the oxyhydroxide phases become nanocrystalline.