“…In addition, as for the unnitrided Sm 2 Fe 17 sample [11], a central paramagnetic component was introduced for the spectrum of the Sm 2 Fe 17 N z sample to account for the extra absorption at the centre of the spectrum. This contribution could correspond to an R-Fe-O oxide or to a nanocrystalline R-Fe phase The Mössbauer spectrum of the NdGdFe 17 N z phase was fitted with seven sextets, namely: 18f 12 , 18f 6 , 18h 12 , 18h 6 , 9d 6 , 9d 3 and 6c, as for the unnitrided materials [11]. Indeed, the magnetization remains in the basal plane along the [1 0 0] axis in Nd 2 Fe 17 N x [9].…”