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Discussion on this paper, TP 3829E, may be sent, 2 copies, to AIME by Jan. 1, 1955. Manuscript, Feb. 26, 1954. Chicago Meeting, November 1954.
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Nicholson, M.E. On the Nucleation of Pearlite. JOM 6, 1071–1074 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398347
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