The invention relates to a super-paramagnetic composite particle with
core/shell structure, preparation method and use thereof. The composite
particle is consisted of a core portion and a shell portion coated on the
surface of the core portion, wherein said core portion is 10 70% by
weight and said shell portion is 30 90% by weight based on the total
weight of the composite particle, and said core portion is consisted of
magnetic particles of Fe.sub.3O.sub.4, .gamma.-Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 or other
ferric oxides, or magnetic particles of ferrites of tervalent ferrum and
bivalent manganese, nickel, zinc or copper, and the said shell portion is
consisted of elementary gold or silver. The particle has an average
diameter of 0.05 50 .mu.m. The preparation method comprises preparing the
core portion magnetic particle by chemical co-precipitation and
depositing gold or silver to coat the magnetic particle by chemical
reduction. The composite particle can label biological materials or
nonbiological materials selected from the group consisted of nucleic
acid, antigen, antibody, enzyme, polypeptide, polysaccharide, avidin,
streptavidin or cell and the like, and be used in biological test and
nonbiological test.