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This program was supported by American Society for Metals, under grant No. FG 101-1 to the University of Florida. Thermodynamic calculations wre made by using the computer program developed by Drs. A.D. Pelton, W.T. Thompson, and C.W. Bale of McGill University Montreal, Quebec. Literature searched through 1983. Professor Abbaschian is the AMS/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary germanium alloys.
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Olesinski, R.W., Abbaschian, G.J. The Bi−Ge (Bismuth-Germanium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 7, 535–540 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02869861
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