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The Pb−S (Lead-Sulfur) system

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R.C. Sharma is Visiting Assistant Professor, 1984–1986, on leave from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. 208016 India. This work was supported by American Society for Metals. Literature searched through 1985. Professor Chang is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary sulfur alloys.

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Lin, JC., Sharma, R. & Chang, Y. The Pb−S (Lead-Sulfur) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 7, 374–381 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873026

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