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The Au-Hg (Gold-Mercury) system

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Work was supported by the International Gold Corporation Limited and ASM INTERNATIONAL. Literature searched through 1983. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM. Professor T.B. Massalski is ASM/NIST Data Program Editor-in-Chief for binary alloys, and also Category Editor for binary gold alloys, jointly with Dr. H. Okamoto.

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Okamoto, H., Massalski, T.B. The Au-Hg (Gold-Mercury) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 10, 50–58 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02882176

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