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The structure and phase composition have been examined by microstructure, x-ray phase, and differential thermal analysis for cast and annealed erbium–silicon alloys. The complete phase diagram for the erbium–silicon system has been compiled for the first time.
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Materials Science Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev. Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Nos. 1–2, pp. 24–30, January–February, 1997.
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Luzan, S.P., Buyanov, Y.I. & Martsenyuk, P.S. Phase equilibria in the erbium-silicon system. Powder Metall Met Ceram 36, 24–29 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02684247
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