Note on the crystal-field-induced magnetic anisotropy in R2Fe14B compounds and other rare-earth-based permanent magnet materials

Abstract
The compound Gd2Fe14B was investigated by means of 155Gd Mossbauer spectroscopy. From the value of the quadrupole splitting found in this compound and in the compounds GdCo5 and Gd2Co17 investigated earlier the authors determined experimental values for the corresponding second-order crystal-field parameters V20, which mainly govern the magnetocrystalline anisotropy in related permanent magnet materials such as Nd2Fe14B, SmCo5 and Sm2Co17.