Ball milling was used to produce nanostructured Y-Fe alloys. Depending
on preparation conditions, nanocrystalline and amorphous components a
re formed to coexist. The transmission Mossbauer spectra exhibit YFe2
and amorphous components. The influence of superparamagnetic YFe2 part
icles was separated from the amorphous part by measuring at 77 K. The
thermal stability of the samples and the growth of equilibrium phases
was studied by annealing.