Intermetallic compounds Zr 7 Ni 10 and Hf 7 Ni 10 have been studied by perturbed angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy considering the fact that Zr 7 Ni 10 has application as hydrogen storage material in fuel cell. In stoichiometric Zr 7 Ni 10 , the phase Zr 2 Ni 7 is found to be dominant (∼38%) while a fraction of ∼25% is found for the Zr 7 Ni 10 phase at room temperature. In this compound, a phase due to Zr 8 Ni 21 (∼10%) is found from room temperature up to 773 K but, this is not found at 873 K and above.In the stoichiometric Hf 7 Ni 10 sample, the phase due to Hf 7 Ni 10 is found as a minor phase (∼22%) at room temperature. In this system, no phase of Hf 2 Ni 7 is observed but, a different phase due to HfNi 3 is found to be dominant (∼62%).