The phase relationships of the CeCo 5 -SmCo 5 pseudobinary system have been studied by means of x-ray powder diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetric measurements (TGM), and scanning electron microscopy equipped with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). The XRD results show that continuous solid solutions were formed in this CeCo 5 -SmCo 5 pseudobinary system, and all the (Ce, Sm)Co 5 solid solutions belong to a hexagonal structure with space group P6/mmm. With the increase of Sm content x, the lattice parameter, a, and the cell volume, V, of (Ce 1Àx Sm x )Co 5 solid solutions increase linearly, but its lattice parameter, c, decreases linearly. The DTA measurements show that the temperature of the peritectic reaction L + (Ce, Sm) 2 Co 17 fi (Ce, Sm)Co 5 , the liquid phase transition temperature of the reaction L fi L + (Ce, Sm) 2 Co 17 , and the Curie temperature of the (Ce 1Àx Sm x )Co 5 alloys increase almost linearly as x increases from 0 to 1.0. Based on the XRD results and DTA data, the tentative vertical section of the CeCo 5 -SmCo 5 pseudobinary phase diagram has been constructed.