The results of research on the crystalline-electric-field (CEF) effect in RCu2, R2Fe14B and RFe11
Ti compounds are presented. In the study of the CEF effect in the RCu2 compounds, attention is paid to the
combined analysis of specific heat and thermal expansion. An attempt has been undertaken to investigate the
systematic behavior of CEF interactions by comparing different compounds with the same crystallographic
structure. From the analysis of spin-reorientation phenomena in R2Fe14B and RFe11Ti compounds the sets
of CEF parameters are derived. ?? 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
