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The H-Na (Hydrogen-Sodium) system

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This work was supported by a grant from ASM INTERNATIONAL. Literature searched through 1987. Professor Manchester is the ASM/NIST Data Program Co-Category Editor for binary hydrogen alloys.

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San-Martin, A., Manchester, F.D. The H-Na (Hydrogen-Sodium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 11, 287–294 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029300

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