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The Ag−Al (Silver-Aluminum) system

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This work was jointly funded by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and the National Bureau of Standards through the Metallurgy Division and through the Office of Standard Reference Data. Literature searched through 1984. Dr. McAlister is the ASM/NBS Data Program Co-Category Editor for binary aluminum alloys.

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McAlister, A.J. The Ag−Al (Silver-Aluminum) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 8, 526–533 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02879428

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