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It is suggested that critical assessments of alloy phase diagram data should include speculative interpretation of phase equilibria. Examples of speculative data for the Cr−Ni−W and Al−Fe−Ni systems are given to illustrate this point of view.
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Prince, A. To speculate or not to speculate. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 2, 149–152 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02881452
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