The microstructural changes and interdiffusion coefficients at the Sm 2 Fe 17 Zn interface were investigated in this study. Sm 2 Fe 17 Zn diffusion couples were annealed for 10 min at 320, 350, and 400°C, which are below the melting temperature of Zn (419°C), resulting in the interdiffusion of Zn, Fe, and Sm. At the interface annealed at 400°C, three diffusion regions were identified between the Sm 2 Fe 17 and Zn phases. The thickest region was a Zn-rich region composed of polycrystalline ¤and ¦-ZnFe binary alloy phases and a ThMn 12 -type Sm(Zn,Fe) 12 ternary alloy phase. The annealing time dependence of the thickness of the Zn-rich region at 400°C was measured, and the interdiffusion coefficient was evaluated as 7.3 © 10 ¹13 m 2 s ¹1 using the EinsteinSmoluchowski equation. At the surface of the Sm 2 Fe 17 phase, a region with a fiber-like microstructure was observed that consisted of two phases, ¡-(Zn,Fe) and Sm(Zn,Fe) 12 . Interestingly, these two phases exhibited a specific crystal orientational relationship of ¡-FeZn(10-1)[111]//Sm(Zn,Fe) 12 (01-1) [011]. Between these two diffusion regions, a third region composed of nanosized polycrystalline grains of ¥-FeZn, ¡-FeZn, and Sm(Zn,Fe) 12 was observed.The temperature dependence of the microstructural changes at the Sm 2 Fe 17 Zn interface indicated that the microstructural changes proceed as follows. In the initial stage of diffusion, interdiffusion of Zn, Fe, and Sm lead to the formation of the Zn-rich region. As the interdiffusion progresses, Zn diffuses into the Sm 2 Fe 17 phase, which decomposes to Sm(Zn,Fe) 12 and ¡-FeZn phases with a fiber-like microstructure. Upon further Zn diffusion into the fiber-like region, Zn reacts with the ¡-FeZn phase to generate a polycrystalline region composed of ¥-FeZn, ¡-FeZn, and Sm(Zn,Fe) 12 phases. To the best our knowledge, this is the first paper to report on the interdiffusion and detailed microstructural changes at the Sm 2 Fe 17 Zn interface.