Amorphous iron phase formation in swift heavy ion irradiated electrodeposited iron thin films

57Fe conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy, SEM, EDAX, XRD and AFM measurements were used to study the radiation effect of 246 MeV Kr ions on electrochemically deposited 57Fe thin films. Amorphous iron phase formation has been shown to occur for the first time in electrodeposited iron thin films due to the irradiation with swift heavy ions.