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The Co-Cr (Cobalt-Chromium) system

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    K. Ishida & T. Nishizawa (Professor, ASM/NIST Category Editor for binary cobalt alloys)

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Work was supported by the Japanese Committee for Alloy Phase Diagrams. Part of the literature search was provided by ASM International. Literature searched through 1986

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Ishida, K., Nishizawa, T. The Co-Cr (Cobalt-Chromium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 11, 357–370 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843315

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