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The Mg-Th (Magnesium-Thorium) system

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  1. Department of Metallurgical and Nuclear Engineering, School of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri-Rolla, Fulton Hall, 65401, Rolla, MO

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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 Mg-Th (Magnesium-Thorium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 43–48 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868723

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