en Research Paper Research Paper In this work, the different fuels (citric acid, glycine and urea) were used for solution combustion synthesis of CoFe₂O₄ powders. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, electron microscopy and vibrating sample magnetometry techniques were employed for characterization of phase evolution, cation distribution, microstructure and magnetic properties of the as-combusted CoFe₂O₄ powders. Single phase CoFe₂O₄ powders with partially inverse structure in which the Co²⁺ cations are distributed in both tetrahedral and octahedral sites were synthesized by the citric acid, glycine and urea fuels. The as-combusted CoFe₂O₄ powders by the citric acid fuel exhibited the highest inversion coefficient. The crystallite size of the as-combusted CoFe₂O₄ powders synthesized by urea fuel was 15 nm, increased to 41 and 52 nm for the glycine and citric acid fuels, respectively. Furthermore, the solution combusted CoFe₂O₄ powders showed ferromagnetic behavior with saturation magnetization of 61.9, 63.6 and 41.6 emu/g for the citric acid, glycine and urea fuels, respectively. The high crystallinity and particle size of the as-combusted CoFe₂O₄ powders using glycine fuel led to the highest magnetization and the moderate coercivity.<br> &nbsp; Fuel, Cation distribution, Inversion coefficient, Magnetic properties, 67 75 http://ijmse.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-932-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 B. Pourgolmohammad bani.pgm@gmail.com 1800319475328460010314 1800319475328460010314 No Iran university of sceince and technology S.M. Masoudpanah masoodpanah@iust.ac.ir 1800319475328460010315 1800319475328460010315 Yes Iran university of sceince and technology M.R. Aboutalebi mrezab@iust.ac.ir 1800319475328460010316 1800319475328460010316 No Iran university of sceince and technology