... Hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization of (1 2 x)a-Fe2O3–xSnO2 nanoparticles Monica Sorescua,*, L. Diamandescua,b, D. Tarabasanu-Mihailab, ... under the hydrothermal con-ditions are: x # 0:2 for Sn4þin the a-Fe2O3 and x $ 0:7 forFe3þin SnO2. This paper is the first report on the hydrothermal synthesis and structural characterization ... averagevalues of x; for the analyzed series of mixed samplesare: x ¼ 0:08; 0.15, 0.21, 0.31, 0.40, 0.56, 0.70, 0.77 and 0.86.3. Results and discussionThe X-ray diffraction patterns of the hydrothermallysynthesized...