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The As−Cu (Arsenic-Copper) system

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    D. E. Laughlin

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This work was supported by the ASM INTERNATIONAL and the Department of Energy through the Joint Program on Critical Compilation of Physical and Chemical Data coordinated through the Office of Standard Reference Data (OSRD), National Bureau of Standards. Literature searched through 1986. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Professor Laughlin is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary copper alloys.

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Subramanian, P.R., Laughlin, D.E. The As−Cu (Arsenic-Copper) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 9, 605–618 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02881964

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