Uniform crystalline CdSnO
3·3H
2O nanocubes with a 28-35 nm edge length have been obtained via the ion-exchange reaction of Na
2Sn(OH)
6 in a CdSO
4 aqueous solution, assisted by ultrasonic treatment. Precursor Na
2Sn(OH)
6 crystals were prepared via hydrothermal treatment in an ethanol/water solution. The formation ofCdSnO
3·3H
2O nanocubes resulted from the strain during the ion-exchange process. The influences of reactionconditions, such as ion-exchange (ultrasonic treatment) duration, solvent constitutes, surfactant, and pH on theformation of CdSnO
3·3H
2O crystals were described. Crystalline CdSnO
3 and Cd
2SnO
4 have been obtained bythermal treatment at 300 and 500
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C, respectively, for 5 h under an inert-gas protecting condition using CdSnO
3·3H
2Onanocubes as the precursor. The cube shape of CdSnO
3·3H
2O was sustained after thermal decomposition toCdSnO
3.