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The Ge-Mg (Germanium-Magnesium) system

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Work was supported by American Society for Metals. Literature searched through 1983. Thermodynamic calculations were made using the F*A*C*T (Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics) computer program. Professor Abbaschian is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary germanium alloys, and 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., Olesinski, R.W. et al. The Ge-Mg (Germanium-Magnesium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 359–365 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872950

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