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The Be−Cu (Beryllium-Copper) system

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  1. Alcoa Research Laboratories, Alcoa Technical Center, 15069, Alcoa Center, PA, USA

    D. J. Chakrabarti

  2. Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 15213, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    D. E. Laughlin

  3. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, 94550, Livermore, CA, USA

    L. E. Tanner

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Work was supported by the International Copper Research Association, Inc. (INCRA) and the Department of Enery through the Joint Program on Critical Compilation of Physical and Chemical Data coordinated through the Office of Standard Reference Data (OSRD), National Bureau of Standards. Literature searched through 1983. Professor Laughlin is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary copper alloys, and Mr. Tanner is the Co-Category Editor for binary beryllim alloys.

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Chakrabarti, D.J., Laughlin, D.E. & Tanner, L.E. The Be−Cu (Beryllium-Copper) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 8, 269–282 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02874919

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