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An updated evaluation of the Fe-Gd (Iron-Gadolinium) system

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Literature searched through 1996. Professor Zhang is the Contributing Editor of the Alloy Phase Diagram Program for Iron-Rare Earth Binary Alloys.

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Zhang, W., Li, C., Su, X. et al. An updated evaluation of the Fe-Gd (Iron-Gadolinium) system. JPE 19, 56–63 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1361/105497198770342751

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