In this article synthesis and study of iron oxide nanopowders are described. The synthesis of sample 1 and sample 2-iron oxides-was carried out by electric arc plasma cutting of ordinary steel. The sample 3 was prepared by evaporation of Fe2O3/FeO mixture in radio-frequency nitrogen plasma. The characterization of the as prepared iron oxide nanoproducts was achieved by means of Mossbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. The presence of different phases of iron oxide with a basic phase Fe3-xO4 (magnetite), additional Fe1-xO (wustite) and alpha or gamma-Fe2O3 (hematite or maghemite) with superparamagnetic particles for sample 1 and sample 2 and Fe3-xO4 (magnetite) for sample 3 is observed.