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Melting enthalpies and heat capacities of lower germanides of rare-earth metals

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Experimental temperature dependences of the enthalpies of R5Ge3 (R=La, Pr, Gd, Dy, Ho, Lu) are used to calculate the melting enthalpies and temperature dependences of the heat capacity for other germanides with this structure.

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Translated from Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya, Vol. 49, No. 7–8 (474), pp. 133–137, 2010.

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Gorbachuk, N.P. Melting enthalpies and heat capacities of lower germanides of rare-earth metals. Powder Metall Met Ceram 49, 474–477 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11106-010-9261-1

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