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Synthesis of Highly Magnetic, Air-Stable Iron–Iron Carbide Nanocrystalline Particles by Using Power Ultrasound A. Gedanken is grateful for the support of the German Ministry of Science through the Deutsche-Israeli DIP program. I. Felner and A. Gedanken thank also the Israeli Ministery of Science, Culture and Sport for an infrastructure grant. S. I. Nikitenko thanks the Bar-Ilan Research Authority for his fellowship. The authors also thank Dr. Shifra Hochberg for editorial assistance.

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A coating of iron carbide and carbon confers air-stability on the nanocrystalline iron particles that were prepared by sonolysis of [Fe(CO)5] in diphenylmethane followed by annealing of the as-prepared material. The saturation magnetization of this material (222 emu g−1, see picture) is almost as high as that of bulk bcc iron.