Abstract: Nanocrystalline supersaturated solid solutions (Sa in Fe) with Sn content less than 50 at. %,and FeSn2 and Fe1.3Sn intermetallic compounds have been prepared by mechanical alloying of Fe and Sn mixture powders with composition of Fe1-xSnx (x≤0.5).The atomic alloying the formation and microstructure, especially the coordination environments, of the resultant alloys have been studied by X-ray diffraction, 57Fe and 119Sn Mossbauer Spectroscopy and diffrrential scanning calorimetry. The Fe and Sn coordination environments and the composition dependence of the hyperfine parameters on the Fe and Sn content have been fully discussed with respect to the solid dissolution alloying, grain refinement, and distortion caused or induced by mechanical alloying.

Key words: mechanical alloying, Mossbauer effect, nanocrystalline Fe-Sn alloy