Uniformlysizedα-Fe2O3hexagonalplateletsweresynthesizedbyahydrothermalprocessusingFe(OH)3suspensionandlargeamountofNaOH.ThereactionproductswerecharacterizedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM),selectedareaelectrondiffraction(SAED),andavibratingsamplemagnetometer(VSM).Theresultsshowthatthehexagonalplateletsarefine,monodisperseandconsistingofsingle-crystals.Themagnetichysteresis(M-H)curveofthesamplesmeasuredatroomtemperatureindicatesthattheα-Fe2O3micro-plateletsexhibitferromagneticbehaviorswithrelativelylowcoercivity.
