The etching ability of ferric chloride etching solution for iron nickel alloy was studied.The experiment results show that the best etching temperature of ferric chloride etching solution is 40 ℃.At 40 ℃,maximum etching speed of 20mL etching solution is 0.021 mg?min-1?mm-2;while achieving effective etching volume 46.39 g/L,the etching speed is 0.0094 mg?min-1?mm-2;while achieving the maximum etching volume 58.79 g/L,the etching speed is 0.00246 mg?min-1?mm-2.