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The Pb-Te (lead-tellurium) system

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Professor Sharma was a Visiting Assistant Professor from 1984 to 1986 on leave from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208016 India. This work was supported by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Literature searched through 1985. Professor Chang is the ASM/NIST Data Program Category Editor for selected binary Group II-VI and III-V alloys.

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Lin, J.C., Hsleh, K.C., Sharma, R.C. et al. The Pb-Te (lead-tellurium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 10, 340–347 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877589

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