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The Cu-Mg (Copper-Magnesium) system

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Work was supported by the American Society for Metals (ASM). Literature searched through 1982. Professor Clark is the ASM-NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary magnesium alloys.

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Nayeb-Hashemi, A.A., Clark, J.B. The Cu-Mg (Copper-Magnesium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 36–43 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868722

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