Carbon-bearing Ni(II)-ferrite (CBNF) was prepared by repeated decompos
ition of CO2 on H-2-reduced Ni(II)-ferrite. The material was also char
acterized by Mossbauer spectra, XRD and chemical analysis. A peculiar
amorphous surface layer composed of carbon, divalent transition metals
and oxide ions (CIO layer) was found to be synthesized on the surface
of the CBNF. Deposited carbon on the CBNF was characterized using X-r
ay photoelectron spectroscopy. About 70% of deposited carbon was assig
ned to graphite.