The processes of thermal decomposition of iron(III) acrylate and iron(III) polyacrylate have been studied by analytical, magnetic and X-ray methods. For thermal decomposition in the absence of air, ferromagnetic properties are observed at 224° in the case of iron(III) acrylate, whereas in the decomposition products of iron(III) polyacrylate traces of a ferromagnetic phase can be detected only at temperatures>240°. An abrupt rise of magnetization occurs at 300–340° for iron(III) acrylate and at 300–440° for iron(III) polyacrylate. According to X-ray investigations the phase responsible for the ferromagnetic properties is magnetite. At>500° the magnetite is contaminated with α-Fe. The same contamination occurs in the iron(III) polyacrylate products, but the decomposition temperature required mus