“…This study presents a clear demonstration of the reaction and formation pathways in the co-precipitation of magnetite nanoparticles. The addition of base to the iron solution resulted in the nuclei and growth of nanoparticles passing through the goethite phase before reaching the magnetite phase, corroborating previous findings [ 13 , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] ]. In the diffractograms obtained for pH9 and pH11 it is possible to observe that the peak positions are slightly shifted towards higher 2θ values, indicating that the lattice parameter is contracted potentially due to the eventual oxidation of magnetite (This will be discussed later in this article.).…”