Abstract
A spin-1 Ising model with random bonds and crystal-field interactions Delta i is investigated by the use of effective-field theory with correlations. The general expressions for evaluating the second-order phase transition and the tricritical point are obtained. For a particular case with p( Delta i)=p delta ( Delta i- Delta )+p delta ( Delta i) the behaviour of the tricritical point with p is studied for a honeycomb lattice.

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