151Eu and 57Fe Mössbauer study of mechanically alloyed EuFeO3

EuFeO3 was prepared by mechanical alloying starting from europium and iron oxides. After 20 h of milling the resulting compound is pure EuFeO3. Samples were studied as a function of milling period using XRD, Mössbauer, SEM, and magnetic measurements. Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to probe both the transition metal and the rare-earth sites. Results are compared with previous works on EuFeO3 prepared by different methods.