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The Li-Mg (Lithium-Magnesium) system

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  1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, The University of Missouri-Rolla, 65401, Rolla, MO

    A. A. Nayeb-Hashemi & J. B. Clark

  2. Polytechnique Campus de l’Université de Montreal, H3C 3A7, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    A. D. Pelton

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The coupled phase diagram/thermodynamic analysis were made using the interactive F*A*C*T (Facility for the Analysis of Chemical Thermodynamics) computer programs. Work was supported by American Society for Metals (ASM). Literature searched through 1983. Professor Pelton is ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary alkali alloys, and Professor Clark is ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary magnesium alloys.

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Nayeb-Hashemi, A.A., Clark, J.B. & Pelton, A.D. The Li-Mg (Lithium-Magnesium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 365–374 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02872951

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