It is shown that the electronic properties of the surface of rare-earth intermetallic compounds may differ from those of the bulk whenever the $4f$ level lies close to the Fermi energy. A surface valence transition is identified in YbAu₂.
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Wertheim et al. (1978) studied this question.
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