An effect of local atomic disorder on the electronic structure and magnetic
moments in Fe2TiSn is studied. The band structure is calculated by the spi
n-polarised tight-binding linearised muffin tin orbital (TB LMTO). We found
that the Fe2TiSn alloy in which Fe occupy two FCC sublattices in L2(1)-typ
e structure is paramagnetic. The substitution of Fe atoms onto titanium or
tin positions leads to an increase of the magnetic moment. (C) 2001 Elsevie
r Science B.V. All rights reserved.