The growing valency of the Yb ion, when Cu is substituted by Al in YbCu5 -
xAlx, causes a magnetic instability at a critical concentration x(cr) appro
ximate to 1.5. Alloys in the vicinity of x(cr) exhibit typical non-Fermi-li
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