ICAME 2007 : Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2007) Held in Kanpur, India, 14-19 October 2007

Disordered nature of structural arrangement in amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys gives rise to advantageous soft magnetic properties in particular from a practical application viewpoint [1]. Especially nanocrystalline alloys attract a lot of scienti?c interest because, contrary to their amorphous counterparts, their magnetic parameters do not substantially deteriorate at elevated temperatures during the process of their practical exploitation. To bene?t from their unique magnetic pr- erties, the mechanism of crystallization should be known. Here, we present the study of structural transformation of NANOPERM-type alloys by the help of Mössbauer spectrometry, conventional X-ray diffraction (XRD), and by an advanced diffraction of synchrotron radiation. 2 Experimental Alloys of the composition Fe Mo Cu B for x = 12, 15, 17, 20 prepared by 91?x 8 1 x 57 rapid quenching on a rotating wheel were analyzed in the as-cast state by Fe transmission Mössbauer spectrometry (TMS) and by conversion electron Mössbauer spectrometry (CEMS). The obtained as-quenched ribbons were about 10 mm wide and 20 ?m thick. The nanocrystalline state was achieved by annealing about 2 cm ? long samples for 1 h at temperatures up to 650 C in a vacuum. Conventional XRD was performed with Cu-K radiation in Bragg-Brentano con?guration with graphite ? monochromator in the diffracted beam. Monochromatic synchrotron radiation of 7keV(? = 0. 178 nm) provided at the KMC-2 beamline at BESSY Berlin was used for in situ examinations of structural transformations during continuous heat treatment. Front Matter....Pages i-xix Preface (ICAME2007)....Pages 1-3 Mössbauer effect: a dual method for myriad applications....Pages 5-13 Skutterudites, a thermoelectric material investigated by high field Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 15-22 Study of nano-scale diffusion in thin films and multilayers....Pages 23-30 Iron as a risk factor in neurological diseases....Pages 31-44 Mössbauer spectroscopy in studies of photosynthesis....Pages 45-53 Iron minerals formed by dissimilatory iron-and sulfur reducing bacteria studied by Mössbauer spectrometry....Pages 55-63 Reaction and deposition of laser-evaporated iron....Pages 65-75 Iron chelates: a challenge to chemists and Mössbauer spectroscopists....Pages 77-86 Mössbauer spectroscopy of magnetic minerals in basalt on Earth and Mars....Pages 87-101 The study of electron transfer in advanced materials (electrodes for Li-ion batteries or catalysts)....Pages 103-112 Out-of-equilibrium Sm–Fe based phases....Pages 113-123 Advantages of Mössbauer polarimetric methods in material studies....Pages 125-136 The effect of adding a bit of Fe to Ag–Ge–Se system....Pages 137-147 Extraterrestrial Mössbauer spectroscopy: more than 3 years of Mars exploration and developments for future missions....Pages 149-156 Scientific opportunities in nuclear resonance spectroscopy from source-driven revolution....Pages 157-172 A 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of iron nanoparticles obtained in situ in conversion ferrite electrodes....Pages 173-177 Effect of aluminum on the hyperfine field and crystallization behaviour of NANOPERM alloy....Pages 179-187 Anomalous magnetic behaviour of zinc and chromium ferrites without any hyperfine splitting....Pages 189-196 X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy of high energy ball-milled α -Fe 2 O 3 /TiO 2 composite powders....Pages 197-201 Structural transformations in NANOPERM-type alloys studied by Mössbauer spectrometry and diffraction of synchrotron radiation....Pages 203-207 Study of CuFe 2 O 4 –SnO 2 nanocomposites by Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution....Pages 209-216 Mössbauer effect studies on mixed lithium–zinc ferrites prepared by solution combustion method....Pages 217-220 Mössbauer and magnetization studies of iron oxide nanocrystals....Pages 221-225 Mössbauer study of intergranular phase in Nd 8 Fe 86 − x Nb x B 6 ( x = 0, 1, 2, 3) nanocomposite magnet....Pages 227-232 Comparative study of the structural and magnetic properties of bulk and nanostructured Fe 2 CrAl....Pages 233-237 Evolution of a FeV sigma phase ball-milled in a mixture of argon and air....Pages 239-245 Magnetic and Mössbauer spectral studies of nano crystalline cobalt substituted magnesium ferrites (Mg x Co 1 − x Fe 2 O 4 )....Pages 247-252 Mössbauer study of nano-crystalline Li–Zn ferrites....Pages 253-258 A structural and Mössbauer study of Y 3 Fe 5 O 12 nanoparticles prepared with high energy ball milling and subsequent sintering....Pages 259-264 Magnetic and Mössbauer spectral studies of x (NiFe 2 O 4 ) + (1− x )(SrFe 12 O 19 ), x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 nanocomposites....Pages 265-269 Magnetic and Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of NiZn ferrite nanoparticles synthesized by a combustion method....Pages 271-279 Partial amorphization of an α -FeCr alloy by ball-milling....Pages 281-287 Fe-doped TiO 2 prepared by mechanical alloying....Pages 289-294 Mössbauer studies of nano phase Ce–Fe oxide composites....Pages 295-300 Structural and magnetic study of bulk glassy Fe 72 − x Co x B 20 Si 4 Nb 4 alloys....Pages 301-305 Rapid stress annealing dependence of structural and magnetic properties of Fe 75 − x Co x Cu 1 Nb 3 Si 15 B 6 alloys....Pages 307-312 Study of the effect of SHI irradiation on nanocrystalline vacancy doped (La,Sr)(Mn,Fe)O system and its comparison with hydrostatic pressure using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 313-318 Mössbauer and magnetic studies of nanocrystalline γ ′ -Fe 4 N....Pages 319-325 Low temperature magnetic properties of Cr 0.25 Co 0.25 Zn 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 nano particles....Pages 327-333 Magnetic enhancement in nano-sized Ni–Zn ferrite....Pages 335-341 Hyperfine interaction studies and magnetic properties of FeCoAlN nanocomposite films....Pages 343-349 129 I-Mössbauer study of iodine-doped open- and closed-end single-walled carbon nanotube....Pages 351-356 Magnetic and Mössbauer properties of Fe doped VN nanoparticles....Pages 357-363 Mössbauer spectroscopy study of aluminium substituted nickel-ferrites....Pages 365-370 A Mössbauer investigation of zirconium distribution and diffusion in ball milled nanocrystalline iron powders....Pages 371-376 Magnetic characterization of some nanometric iron oxides....Pages 377-386 Tin in silicate glasses: structure, thermodynamics and kinetics....Pages 387-392 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopic study of nanostructured zinc ferrite....Pages 393-400 XRD and Mössbauer studies on Pt–Fe nano-particles synthesized by polyol method for cathode catalyst of PEFCS....Pages 401-405 Changes in structure and magnetic hyperfine fields of Finemet alloys, induced by transition elements substitution....Pages 407-413 50 MeV Li 3 + ion irradiation induced modifications in structural and magnetic properties of Ti 4 + -substituted Li–Al and Li–Cr ferrites....Pages 415-422 Surface spin disorder in nickel ferrite nanomagnets studied by in-field Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 423-428 Mössbauer spectroscopy of Co 2 Mn 1 − x Fe x Al....Pages 429-435 Mössbauer spectroscopic investigation of tin-doped thiospinels....Pages 437-440 Magnetic properties and Mössbauer studies in Y 1−x Gd x Fe 2 ....Pages 441-445 Hyperfine interactions studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy in SmRhSn....Pages 447-452 Mössbauer and magnetic characterization of TbRhSn....Pages 453-457 Effect of vanadium neighbors on the hyperfine properties of iron–vanadium alloys....Pages 459-464 Mössbauer and magnetic study of silicon substituted cobalt ferrite....Pages 465-469 119 Sn Mössbauer study of sol–gel synthetized Fe x Sb y Sn 1 − x − y O 2 − δ powders....Pages 471-476 Relaxation of magnetic clusters in Sr and Fe doped cobaltate perovskites....Pages 477-482 57 Co-emission Mössbauer study on diluted magnetic semiconductor TiO 2 films....Pages 483-488 Magnetic behaviour of nanocrystalline Ni 0.5 Cu 0.5 Fe 2 O 4 spinel ferrite....Pages 489-495 Hyperfine interactions and dynamics characteristics of 119 Sn in x SnO 2 -(1- x ) α -Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticle system....Pages 497-503 Study of phase transition on nanocrystalline (La, Sr)(Mn, Fe)O system using high-pressure Mössbauer spectroscopy and high-pressure X-ray diffraction....Pages 505-510 Comparative study between melted and mechanically alloyed samples of the Fe 50 Mn 10 Al 40 nanostructured system....Pages 511-517 Structural characterization and magnetic properties of NiMg 3x/2 Cr 0.9 Fe 1.1 − x O 4 ....Pages 519-524 Magnetization and Mössbauer studies of 57 Fe doped SrCoO 3 ....Pages 525-529 Mössbauer study on indium tin oxides (ITO) doped with Fe....Pages 531-535 Sol–gel synthesized powder and pulsed laser deposited film of amorphous indium zinc oxides doped with Fe....Pages 537-542 Mössbauer studies and magnetic properties of spinel lead ferrite....Pages 543-548 (Ni, Zn, Sn) Ru and (Ni, Sn) Sn substituted barium ferrite prepared by mechanical alloying....Pages 549-555 Mössbauer spectroscopy of perovskite-related oxide fluorides of composition Ba 0.5 Sr 0.5 FeO 2 F at elevated temperatures....Pages 557-560 Mixing characterization of mechanically milled Fe 75 Si 15 M 10 powders using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 561-567 Magnetism of (Fe 0.93 Ni 0.07 ) 2 P studied using 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 569-573 The correlation of lattice constant with superexchange interaction in Bi-YIG fabricated by mechanochemical processing....Pages 575-580 Structural, magnetic and electrical transport properties of the La 0.70 Sr 0.30 Mn 0.96 57 Fe 0.04 O 3 + δ perovskite....Pages 581-586 Antiferromagnetism in Fe-doped PrRh 2 Si 2 : a Mössbauer study....Pages 587-591 Influence of silicon and cobalt substitutions on magnetostriction coefficient of cobalt ferrite....Pages 593-598 Mössbauer study of ferromagnetic metallic glasses irradiated by swift heavy ions at temperatures 100 and 300 K....Pages 599-607 Magnetic properties of ferrites synthesized by low temperature technique....Pages 609-614 Magnetization and Mössbauer study of double layer perovskites La 1.5 Ca 1.5 Mn 2 − x Fe x O 7 prepared by sol–gel method....Pages 615-620 Mössbauer study of Fe in 3C-SiC following 57 Mn implantation....Pages 621-625 Electric field gradients at 151 Eu sites in GaN....Pages 627-630 Decrease of superparamagnetic fraction at room temperature in ultrafine CoFe 2 O 4 particles by Ag doping....Pages 631-639 Magnetic and Mössbauer studies on nanocrystalline Co 1−x Li x Fe 2 O 4 ( x = 0, 0.2)....Pages 641-647 Mössbauer and magnetic studies on nanocrystalline NiFe 2 O 4 particles prepared by ethylene glycol route....Pages 649-657 Magnetic, Mössbauer and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic investigations on nanocrystalline Fe 3 Mo 3 N, FeMoN 2 and Ni 3 Mo 3 N nitrides....Pages 659-664 3-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 665-671 Chemical tuning by 5-Methyl and N-Methyl-substitution in heptanuclear complexes effects multistability investigated by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 673-679 On the phenomena occurring at the interface between iron and iron–platinum thin films....Pages 681-687 Depth resolved structural study of heavy ion induced phase formation in Si/Fe/Si trilayer....Pages 689-695 Nuclear resonant reflectivity data evaluation with the “REFTIM” program....Pages 697-701 Investigation of magnetic properties in 57 Fe/Al multilayers....Pages 703-708 Interface study of Ag/ 57 Fe/Ag trilayer using Mössbauer and X-ray standing wave analysis....Pages 709-712 CEMS spectra of non-spherical nanoparticles in oxidized iron thin films....Pages 713-718 Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ferritin and Imferon: preliminary results....Pages 719-726 Dimeric Fe (II, III) complex of quinoneoxime as functional model of PAP enzyme: Mössbauer, magneto-structural and DNA cleavage studies....Pages 727-736 Characterization of the kinetics of Fe (II) binding by the R2 protein subunit of E. coli ribonucleotide reductase....Pages 737-742 Mössbauer investigation of iron uptake in wheat....Pages 743-747 Mössbauer spectral studies of di- and triorganotin(IV) histidinylleucinates....Pages 749-759 Mobility of microparticles in protein gel....Pages 761-766 Dynamics of iron in Fe-porphyrin aggregates studied by X-ray absorption and Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 767-773 119 Sn Mössbauer characterization of self assembled organotin(IV) complexes with Schiff bases containing amino acetate skeletons....Pages 775-782 Conformational changes in hemoglobin triggered by changing the iron charge....Pages 783-790 Iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of fluorinated strontium orthoferrite....Pages 791-794 57 Fe-Mössbauer study of electrically conducting barium iron vanadate glass after heat treatment....Pages 795-801 Mössbauer spectroscopy of 151 europium dicarboxylates....Pages 803-807 Investigation of Mo- and W-stannylidyne complexes by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 809-812 Synthesis and spectroscopic investigation of iron(III) complexes of N ′-(thioaroyl)pyridine-2-carbohydrazides....Pages 813-817 Mössbauer studies of nanosized ferrites prepared by the combustion of metal nitrates–oxalyl dihydrazide solutions....Pages 819-823 Mössbauer study on iron-polygalacturonate coordination compounds....Pages 825-829 Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of spin crossover in tris(N, N′-dialkyldithiocarbamato) iron (III) complexes: effect of alkyl substituents....Pages 831-837 Mössbauer study of [Fe(Dioximato) n L 2 ] mixed coordination compounds....Pages 839-845 Mössbauer studies of Fe 2 + and Fe 3 + mixed state in ilmenite–hematite solid solution....Pages 847-851 Mössbauer spectroscopy of lanthanum and holmium ferrites....Pages 853-857 Chemical bonding and quadrupole splittings of 57 Fe Mössbauer spectrum in active sites of oxyhemoglobin as calculated by X α -discrete variation method....Pages 859-864 157 T internal magnetic field in Fe[C(SiMe 3 ) 3 ] 2 compound at 20 K....Pages 865-869 Structure of some Fe II − III hydroxysalt green rusts (carbonate, oxalate, methanoate) from Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 871-876 Mössbauer study of iron in high oxidation states in the K–Fe–O system....Pages 877-882 Mössbauer characteristics of glauconitisation....Pages 883-890 Disordered chromite in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001....Pages 891-896 Mössbauer studies on impactites from Lonar impact crater....Pages 897-904 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of organic rich sediment (source rocks) from test well K-263 of Cambay Basin, India....Pages 905-911 Fougerite Fe II − III oxyhydroxycarbonate in environmental chemistry and nitrate reduction....Pages 913-919 Iron speciation in fault gouge from the Ushikubi fault zone central Japan....Pages 921-934 Study of iron meteorite Sikhote–Alin and extracted iron–nickel phosphides using Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution....Pages 935-941 Mössbauer spectroscopy with high velocity resolution in the study of ordinary chondrites....Pages 943-950 Mössbauer study of synthetic jarosites....Pages 951-955 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction study of complex metamict minerals. Part II....Pages 957-963 Mössbauer study of tektites....Pages 965-970 Mössbauer and mineral magnetic studies on archaeological potteries from Adhichanallur, Tamilnadu, India....Pages 971-980 High-temperature cation ordering in olivine: an in situ Mössbauer study of synthetic (Mg 0.55 Fe 0.45 ) 2 SiO 4 ....Pages 981-985 Characterization of Maghsail meteorite from Oman by Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and petrographic microscopy....Pages 987-993 Mössbauer study on microwave synthesized (Cu,Fe) sulfide composites and correlation with natural mineral—cubanite....Pages 995-1002 Mössbauer studies of Polish enstatite meteorite—Zakłodzie....Pages 1003-1007 Mössbauer and VNIR study of dust generated from olivine basalt: application to Mars....Pages 1009-1015 Mössbauer study of ancient iron smelting slag in Japan....Pages 1017-1021 A Mössbauer spectroscopic study of simulated weathering of Didwana ordinary chondrites....Pages 1023-1027 57 Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study of phlogopite megacrysts from an evolved carbonatitic kimberlite in the northeastern Oman Mountains....Pages 1029-1033 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of China clay samples collected from different Indian sites....Pages 1035-1042 Reduction of iron(III) in annealed asbestos/chrysotile....Pages 1043-1048 New mineralogical phases identified by Mössbauer measurements in Morasko meteorite....Pages 1049-1053 Weathering of Martian and Earth surface studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1055-1062 Preferential occupation of pyroxene sites by iron in diogenite meteorites....Pages 1063-1068 Iron valency in minerals of xenoliths and redox state of the upper mantle (by Mössbauer spectroscopy data)....Pages 1069-1074 Coatings and weathering rinds at Gusev crater, Mars, investigated by depth selective Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1075-1080 Fe mineralogy of rocks from the Vredefort impact structure investigated with Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1081-1085 Variety of available coordination sites for extra-framework iron in LTA and MFI zeolites....Pages 1087-1092 Mössbauer study of magnetism in Fe II − III (oxy-)hydroxycarbonate green rusts; ferrimagnetism of Fe II − III hydroxycarbonate....Pages 1093-1098 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy: a powerful tool to unfold the reaction mechanism in advanced electrodes for lithium-ion batteries....Pages 1099-1103 Lithium insertion–deinsertion mechanism in NbSn 2 anode studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1105-1112 Evolution of the negative electrode (tin/silicate) for Li-ion batteries studied by 119 Sn Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1113-1120 Mössbauer spectroscopy and nuclear inelastic scattering studies on polynuclear oxo-bridged iron catalyst—first results....Pages 1121-1127 ICEMS study of isothermal oxidation of Fe–Mn–Al–C–Cr–Si–Mo, Fe–Mn–Al–C–Cr–Si and Fe–9Cr–1Mo alloys....Pages 1129-1134 Neutron in-beam Mössbauer spectroscopy of iron disulfide at 298 and 78 K....Pages 1135-1141 57 Fe Mössbauer study of the electrochemical reaction of Li with FeP y ( y = 1,2)....Pages 1143-1155 121 Sb Mössbauer study of the electrochemical reaction of NiSb 2 vs lithium....Pages 1157-1165 Effect of cooling conditions on the magnetic structure of multiferroic BiFeO 3 synthesized by mechanical activation....Pages 1167-1172 Microstructure and Mössbauer studies on magnetostrictive Tb 0.3 Dy 0.7 Fe 1.95 − x Nb x ( x = 0, 0.025, 0.05 and 0.075)....Pages 1173-1177 Mössbauer studies of GdFe 2 − x Hf x alloys....Pages 1179-1186 Low temperature route to the multiferroic FeAlO 3 : XRD and Mössbauer characterizations....Pages 1187-1193 57 Fe Mössbauer study of La 0.67 Ca 0.33 Mn 1 − x Fe x O 3 CMR system....Pages 1195-1201 Study of SHI-induced ion beam mixing in Y 3+ : YIG employing X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1203-1210 Protection against corrosion of iron alloys by aluminized coatings produced using two different processes....Pages 1211-1216 Borosiliciding of Fe–Ni alloys and evaluation of their resistance to abrasive wear....Pages 1217-1222 Magnetic studies of Bi x Y 3-x Fe 5 O 12 fabricated using conventional method....Pages 1223-1227 Effect of Ti 4+ substitution on the hyperfine properties of Li–Sb–Ti ferrites using Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1229-1234 Mössbauer study of spin structure transformation from an incommensurate to a commensurate state....Pages 1235-1239 Mössbauer and magnetic studies of the system Li 0.35 + 0.5t Zn 03 Ti t Fe 2.35 − 1.5t O 4 ....Pages 1241-1244 57 Fe Mössbauer investigations in p-type Silicon Germanium single crystals....Pages 1245-1251 Mössbauer and calorimetric studies of portland cement hydration in the presence of black gram pulse....Pages 1253-1258 Follow up of the glassy phase formation as silicon oxide was added to Brownmillerite phase of Portland cement clinker....Pages 1259-1267 Low temperature 151 Eu and 57 Fe Mössbauer study of mechanically alloyed EuFeO 3 ....Pages 1269-1275 Mössbauer spectroscopic study of iron-doped zirconia synthesized by microwave route....Pages 1277-1283 Conversion electron Mössbauer spectroscopy study of growth and nature of corrosion products on mild steel exposed to different environments....Pages 1285-1292 Mössbauer spectroscopy and magnetic studies of orientated textured Fe 3 O 4 ferrofluid....Pages 1293-1296 Magnetic properties of neutron irradiated RPV steel....Pages 1297-1303 Spin-transition in nearly cubic site in [Fe II (L) 3 ][PF 6 ] 2 ....Pages 1305-1312 Sign determination of the hyperfine field by elliptically polarized Mössbauer source....Pages 1313-1318 Isothermal defect annealing in semiconductors investigated by time-delayed Mössbauer spectroscopy: application to ZnO....Pages 1319-1323 Quo vadis? Present and future directions of Mössbauer spectroscopy research: special focus on India....Pages 1325-1327 Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy to the thermal decomposition of strontium and barium bis(CITRATO)Ferrates(III)....Pages 1329-1335 q -Gaussian representation of non-Lorentzian Mössbauer lineshapes....Pages 1337-1340 Spin-crossover phenomenon of the assembled iron complexes with 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane as bridging ligand studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy....Pages 1341-1345 Simultaneous fitting of Mars Mössbauer data....Pages 1347-1354 “Mössbauer spectroscopic microscope”....Pages 1355-1360 Point charge model analysis of the quadrupole splitting in normal spinels....Pages 1361-1370 Experimental design and methodology for a new Mössbauer scan experiment: absorption line tracking....Pages 1371-1376 Back Matter....Pages xx-xxvii Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2007) held in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 14-19 October 2007 N.S. Gajbhiye and S.K. Date (Eds) This book provides an excellent overview of the Mössbauer Effect in many diverse fields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Solid state Chemistry, Electro and Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Catalyis, Medicine, Geology, Minerology, Archeology and Materials Science, etc. It is of significant interest for graduate students and researchers, who wishes to work in one of the diciplines of Mössbauer Spectroscopy. In addition to the traditional topics, the book contains the recent developments of the technique using Synchrotron Radiation and also in the fields of nanomaterials, surfaces and interfaces, industrial applications and Mars Exploration Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2007) held in Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 14-19 October 2007 N.S. Gajbhiye and S.K. Date (Eds) This book provides an excellent overview of the Mössbauer Effect in many diverse fields such as Condensed Matter Physics, Solid state Chemistry, Electro and Bio-inorganic Chemistry, Catalyis, Medicine, Geology, Mineralogy, Archeology and Materials Science, etc. It is of significant interest for graduate students and researchers, who wishes to work in one of the diciplines of Mössbauer Spectroscopy. In addition to the traditional topics, the book contains the recent developments of the technique using Synchrotron Radiation and also in the fields of nanomaterials, surfaces and interfaces, industrial applications and Mars Exploration