Single phase nano-crystalline lithium cadmium ferrite Li0.35Cd0.3Fe2.35O4 is synthesized by a modified citrate gel precursor technique in different pH media. The modified citrate precursor technique reduces the formation of the impurity phase alpha-Fe2O3 in the inverse spinel phase of lithium ferrite. X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) confirmed the average crystallite size. As-prepared sample shows the paramagnetic behaviour of M-H curve measured by vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). The coercivity (H-c) and magnetization (M) both increase with decrease in temperature from 300 K to 80K. Temperature dependent magnetic properties below the Curie point are defined by the Bloch's law and Neel relaxation relations. The effect of annealing on magnetic properties at different temperature is studied. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V.