Highly ordered iron arrays of nanowires with different diameters have been prepared by the
electrochemical deposition method, with the intention of studying magnetic texture in this
system. Crystal texture with the [110] direction along the axis of the nanowires is
demonstrated by x-ray diffraction measurements. The orientation of the magnetic moments
is along the long axis of the nanowire, a result deduced from the transmission Mössbauer
spectra of the as-prepared sample and the remanent states. However, as the intensity of the
second and fifth lines is larger in conversion electron Mössbauer spectra than that in
transmission Mössbauer spectra for the same diameter samples, the orientation of the
magnetic moments appears to deviate from the axis more at the ends than that in the
middle of the nanowires. On increasing the nanowire diameter, the magnetic texture
becomes weaker. Large coercive force can be found for the small diameter samples
when the external magnetic field is applied along the long axis of the nanowires.