Effects of Disorder in the Heavy Fermion Antiferromagnet CeCu$_{6-x}$Au$_{x}$

Using a quick quenching technique that also produces bars of known geometry for absolute resistivity measurements, we have measured the effects of this fairly rapid ($\sim $ 10$^{4}$ K/s) solidification on the high angle x-ray line width, resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat of CeCu$_{6-x}$Au$_{x}$ for several compositions. Gradual variations of the disorder and its effect on the properties were investigated by annealing the quenched samples at 700 $^{\circ}$C over periods of days to weeks. The discussion of the effects of the quenched-in disorder on the measured properties will focus on T$_{Neel}$, the low temperature specific heat $\gamma $, and the non-Fermi liquid behavior.