Magnetic properties of La0.8K0.2MnO3 have been studied on nanoparticles prepared by glycine-nitrate method. Crystal structure and particles size were modied by heat treatment. Crystal structure changes from orthorhombic (space group Pbma ) to rhombohedral (space group R-3c) after annealing at 600• C/2 hours. The average size of particle varies with annealing from about 30 nm to 135 nm. The Curie temperature TC and the saturated magnetization µs increase with annealing. The exchange bias eect was observed on samples with particles size smaller than 60 nm. DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.126.312 PACS: 75.50.-y, 75.47.Lx, 75.30.-m, 75.30Kz The mixed-valence manganese oxides of the general formula La 1−x A x MnO 3 (A is a divalent ion like Ca, Sr, Ba and Pb) are a subject of interest due to a desire to understand and exploit the large negative magnetoresistance and magnetocaloric eects [1]. Among manganites, the manganites doped with univalent metals, such as Ag, K, and Na are of greatest interest, because their physical properties are very sensitive to magnetic eld at room temperature. Group of La 1−x K x MnO 3 manganites provides a series of new oxides to study magnetocaloric eect [2,3] and insulator-to-metal transition [4] at room temperature.In our paper we study the eect of annealing on magnetic properties of La 0.8 K 0.2 MnO 3 nanoparticles.The preparation of nanoparticles followed the glycinenitrate method, where glycine was used as a fuel and nitrates as oxidants [5]. The as prepared samples were annealed for 2 hours in air atmosphere at 300• C, 600• C and 900• C. Fig. 1. X-ray powder diraction patterns for all samples; arrows point to the contribution from sample holder. * corresponding author; e-mail: mihalik@saske.sk The X-ray powder diraction (XRD) measurements have been carried out on the X'Pert PRO diractometer with Cu-K α radiation (λ 1 = 1.54056 Å, λ 2 = 1.54440 Å) and the XRD patterns were evaluated with the FullProf program based on the Rietveld method [6]. The as prepared sample and sample annealed at 300• C adopt orthorhombic crystal structure (space group Pnma ) with lattice parameters a = 0.5570(5) nm; b = 0.7773(9) nm; c = 0.5525(1) nm. The crystal structure changes to rhombohedral (space group R-3c) with annealing, a = 0.5512(6) nm; c = 1.3385(2) nm for the sample annealed at 900• C. MnO 6 the building blocks of the crystal structures are distorted and tilted. The average size of nanoparticles depends on annealing and varies between 30 nm and 135 nm. The morphology of nanoparticles and their size distribution was studied on powders by scanning electron microscope (SEM) MIRA3 TESCAN. Magnetization and AC susceptibility measurements were performed by a SQUID (MPMS XL−5) or in a VSM (PPMS) magnetometer in the temperature range from 1.8 K to 380 K and in magnetic eld up to 9 T.Hysteretic behaviour (see Fig. 2) between ZFC and FC magnetization is a characteristic feature of the system.(312)