Nickel oxide and hematite nanostructured were successfully prepared by thermal decomposition from nickel nitrate hexahydrate and ferric nitrate nonahydrate in the temperature range of 350-450°C with variation of the time. The average crystallite sizes of NiO and Fe2O3 were estimated from X-ray diffraction (XRD) peaks using the PowderCell and Topas software. We observed that the crystallite size changes as a function of synthesis temperature. The significant result was the large size of the resulting NiO crystallites, which increased from 31nm (T=350°C, 3hr) to 98nm (T=450°C, 5hr). Kinetic studies of the reduction of NiO and Fe2O3 by hydrogen in the temperature range 250-600°C have been investigated. Nanostructured Fe-Ni alloys with compositions FexNi100-x (x = 25, 50, and 75 w%) have been successively prepared by thermal decomposition from mixtures of nitrates (formation of oxides) and reduction by hydrogen at 700ºC (formation of alloys). The Fe-Ni alloys, characterized by X-ray diffraction show crystallites sizes about 25nm. The Nirich phase, Fe25Ni75 alloys show the existence of γ(FCC) phase. The Fe50Ni50 alloy show the existence of tetragonal phase. The Fe-rich phase, Fe75Ni25 alloy, contain a mixture of α(BCC) and γ(FCC) phases. The coexistence of these phases is attributed to phase segregation occurring in these alloys as a result of enhanced atomic diffusion. It was inferred from results of magnetic measurements at 300K, that nanostructured Fe-Ni alloys were in a superparamagnetic state.