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The Fe−Nb (Iron-Niobium) system

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  2. Chemical Metallurgy Division, National Bureau of Standards, 20899, Gaithersburg, MD

    L. J. Swartzendruber

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This work was jointly funded by the Office of Naval Research and Swartzendruber is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary iron alloys.

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Paul, E., Swartzendruber, L.J. The Fe−Nb (Iron-Niobium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 7, 248–254 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02869000

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