Composites consisting of mixture of a Fe-Co alloy and a mixed Fe-Co fe
rrite have been studied together with the pure spinel phase extracted
from the composite. They are prepared by a new chemical route. Detaile
d Mossbauer studies allow the determination of the chemical formulas i
ncluding the Fe and Co populations in the two spinel sites. Mossbauer
study under applied field reveals the presence of a randomly canted sp
in structure in the spinel. The results are in agreement with the magn
etization measurements.