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The Ga-In (Gallium-Indium) System

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Thermodynamic calculations were made using software provided by Dr. H.L. Lukas, Max-Planck Institut für Metallforschung. This work was partially funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-FG05-86ER45276. Literature searched through 1990. Dr. Ansara is the Alloy Phase Diagram Program Category Editor for binary gallium and indium alloys.

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Anderson, T., Ansara, I. The Ga-In (Gallium-Indium) System. JPE 12, 64–72 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02663677

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