5Ti0.5O4. -Sr2Mn0.5Ti0.5O4 is prepared by sol-gel combustion of a mixture of Ti(O-iPr) 4, Sr(NO3)2, Mn(HCOO)2, and citric acid as well as diammonium citrate which shows a rapid volume expansion after evaporation at 430 C before being ignited and sintered (1. 943 K, 6 h, 2. 1323 K or 1573 K). Samples sintered at 1573 K show a pycnometric density of 98.2% of the X-ray density, a 100% phase purity, and a reduced pore size and pore amount compared with that sintered at 1323 K. The compound crystallizes in the tetragonal space group I4/mmm (powder XRD) and shows no oxygen vacancies. The oxidation states of Mn and Ti are +4 and the substitution of Ti 4+ for Mn 4+ does not affect the distortion of the (Mn,Ti)O6 and SrO9 polyhedra. The dielectric constant of the ceramic samples shows no frequency dependence. The dielectric properties are caused by the regular coordination polyhedra SrO 9 and the lack of charge ordering which leads to significant permittivity. Increase of the dielectric constant at temperatures >453 K is mainly caused by the grain boundary processes explained in terms of the Maxwell-Wagner polarization model. -(CHUPAKHINA*, T. I.; MELNIKOVA, N. V.; GYRDASOVA, O. I.; J. Alloys Compd. 670 (2016) 105-112, http://dx.