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Thermodynamic description of aqueous species in the system Cu-Ag-Au-S-O-H at temperatures of 0–600°C and pressures of 1–3000 bar

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Original Russian Text © N.N. Akinfiev, A.V. Zotov, 2010, published in Geokhimiya, 2010, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 761–767.

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Akinfiev, N.N., Zotov, A.V. Thermodynamic description of aqueous species in the system Cu-Ag-Au-S-O-H at temperatures of 0–600°C and pressures of 1–3000 bar. Geochem. Int. 48, 714–720 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702910070074

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