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The thermodynamic properties of crystals undergoing the structural pha
se transitions due to the cooperative pseudo-Jahn - Teller effect are
considered. The influence of random crystal fields caused by impurity
atoms on the heat capacity, the elastic moduli and the linear expansio
n coefficient is investigated in the random phase approximation. It is
shown that the linear term in the low-temperature specific heal incre
ases with the impurity concentration at x < x(cr).