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International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 989281, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/989281
Research Article

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanosized F e 2 O 3 Pigments

M. F. R. Fouda,1 M. B. El-Kholy,1 S. A. Moustafa,1 A. I. Hussien,2 M. A. Wahba,1 and M. F. El-Shahat3

1Inorganic Chemistry Department, National Research Center, P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
2Polymers and Pigments Department, National Research Center, P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt

Received 10 April 2012; Accepted 17 May 2012

Academic Editor: Wolfgang Linert

Copyright © 2012 M. F. R. Fouda et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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