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The Cd-Te (cadmium-tellurium) system

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R. C. Sharma was Visiting Assistant Professor, 1984–1986, on leave from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P.208016, India. This work was funded by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Literature searched through 1984. Professor Chang is ASM/NIST Data Program Category Editor for selected binary Group II–VI and III–V alloys.

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Sharma, R.C., Chang, Y.A. The Cd-Te (cadmium-tellurium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 10, 334–339 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877588

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