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Magnetic susceptibility measurements have been made on dilute monocrystalline alloys MgDy, MgNd, and MgCe. At low temperatures these alloys are anisotropic, which enables an evaluation of the crystalline electric field. A computer program was written to make a chi-square fit to these data and obtain the crystalline field parameters, which are compared to those derived from EPRg values for MgEr alloys.
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Supported in part by a State University of New York Research Foundation Award.
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Burr, C.R., Pirich, R.G. Crystalline fields in dilute rare earth-magnesium alloys. J Low Temp Phys 21, 179–189 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01141297
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