119Sn Mössbauer spectra of Au-Sn binary alloys with different tin concentrations from 2 to 90 at%Sn have been measured. The obtained values of the isomer shift (
ΔSI) and the quadrupole splitting (
ΔEQ) for four Au-Sn intermetallic compounds, ζ, AuSn, AuSn
2 and AuSn
4, were discussed by taking account of their crystal structures. The values of isomer shift for these compounds relative to BaSnO
3 at room temperature were 2.02(3), 2.28(2), 2.35(2) and 2.73(6), respectively. They increased almost linearly with the tin concentration except that the value of AuSn
4 showed a large deviation beyond that of β-Sn. The result was well explained in terms of two characteristic features in the compounds, i.e. the number of Au near-neighbours for Sn atoms,
nAu, and the specific volume of Sn atoms,
VSn. The quadrupole splittings for the four compounds were 0.25(2), 0.25(2), 0.71(2) and 0.17(3), respectively. They were of the same order as that of β-Sn, except a larger splitting for AuSn
2. These values well agreed with a simplified calculation of electric field gradient at a Sn site surrounded by near-neighbour Au atoms which were assumed to be point charges. The spectrum of AuSn
2 was resolved into two doublets, which suggested a large difference in electronic configurations between two sorts of lattice sites of tin atoms.
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