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The Au−Ge system (Gold-Germanium)

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Work done at IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois, under contract to the Office of Standard Reference Data, National Bureau of Standards. From [Elliott; IITRI]; bibliography through 1966.

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Elliott, R.P., Shunk, F.A. The Au−Ge system (Gold-Germanium). Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 1, 51–54 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02881185

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