The electroreduction of Fe(II) and Nd(III) in MCl chi-acetamide-urea-NaBr-KBr were studied by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. The reduction of Fe(II) to Fe is an irreversible process, the value of an, of the electrode reaction was calculated to be 0.31 and the diffusion coefficient of Fe(II) was calculated to be 9.53 x 1 0(-7) cm(2) s(-1) at 343 K. Nd(III) cannot be reduced alone in urea melt, but Nd-Fe can be codeposited by induced codeposition. The composition of Nd-Fe film varies with the Nd(III)/Fe(II) molar ratio, at the potential of -1.25 V the maximum content of Nd in Nd-Fe film is 60.4 wt%. The morphology of Nd-Fe film was investigated by SEM and AFM. Nd-Fe film comprises of nanoparticles with the size about 100-200 run. X-ray diffraction (XRD) shows it is amorphous. After heat-treatment at 1173 K the crystal Nd2Fe17 phase can be formed. The magnetic properties of the Nd-Fe films were determined using hysteresis loops, at 5 K the coercive field H-C of Nd (62.6 wt%)-Fe amorphous film is 1225 Oe, the remanent magnetization M-R and the saturation magnetization M-S are 5.15 and 15.80 emu g(-1), respectively. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.