简介：TheCurietemperatureof(Nd1-xPrx)2Fe14CoyBcompounds（x=0,0.2,…,1.0andy=O,2,4,6,14）hasbeendeterminedwithACinitialsusceptibilitymeasurement.ItwasfoundthatthevariationsofCurietempera-turewithxisnotlinearfory=0and14,whereasitislinearforothervaluesofy.Thelatticeconstantsof(Nd1-xPrx)2Fet14BweredeterminedbyusingX-raydiffraction.Thelatticeexpansionwasmostlyalongthecaxis,whereasthatalongthea-axisremainedpracticallyzeroforthewholeseries.ItissuggestedthatPratomsmayshowsitepreferenceinR2M14Bcompounds（M=FeorCo）.DuetothesubstitutionofCoforFe.thetendencyofsitepreferenceofPrbecomeslesspronounced,whichmaybeattributedtothedecreaseofdiffer-enceofcrystalelectricfield（CEF）actingonthetworareearthsiteswiththeintroductionofCoorFe.Incon-trasttothatofthePratoms,thesitepreferenceofCoiu（Nd（1-x）Prx）2Fe（14-y）CoyBcompoundsdoesnotdependonthecompositionoftherareearthsublattice（R=NdorPr）.