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Using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), microrods with sizes from 0.2 to 1.6 \u03bcm were observed. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses revealed that the nanorods had a length of ~86 nm and a diameter ~23.8 nm. The gas-sensing properties of these nanostructures were tested using pellets elaborated with powders of the MgSb2O6 oxide (calcined at 800 \u00b0C) at temperatures 23, 150, 200, 250 and 300 \u00b0C. The pellets were exposed to different concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) and propane (C3H8) at these temperatures. 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