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The Mg−Si (Magnesium-Silicon) system

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Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams

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  1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Missouri-Rolla, 65401, Rolla, MO, U.S.A.

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Thermodynamic calculations were made using the F*A*C*T (Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics) computer program. Work was supported by the American Society for Metals. Literature searched through 1983. Professor Clark is ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary magnesium alloys.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02869854.

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Nayeb-Hashemi, A.A., Clark, J.B. The Mg−Si (Magnesium-Silicon) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 584–592 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868321

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