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The N−Pu (Nitrogen-Plutonium) system

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The work was supported by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Part of the literature search was provided by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Literature searched through 1985. Dr. Wriedt is the ASM/NIST Data Program Category Editor for binary nitrogen alloys.

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Wrledt, H.A. The N−Pu (Nitrogen-Plutonium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 10, 593–602 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02882419

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