The increase in the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of chromium dioxide by substitution of Cr (IV) with Rh (IV) or Ir (IV) has led the authors to study the Cr
1-xRh
xO
2and Cr
1-xIr
xO
2solid solutions. The use of H
3BO
3as buffer agent or iron oxalate in the crystal growth process reduces the particle size and greatly improves the coercive field of Cr
1-xIr
xO
2even at low Ir concentrations (

).