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Interactive computer graphics for storing phase diagrams

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Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams

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Progress is described on an interactive graphics computer program needed for the creation of an automated phase diagram data base. Automation requires the ability to input literature data in various units and formats and to edit and update a phase diagram without unnecessary reentry of data. A relational data structure makes possible the necessary explicit representation of phase stability data. Examples of binary diagrams are given. Plans for global management of a large data base, are described.

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  1. Center for Materials Research, National Bureau of Standards, USA

    Joanne L. Murray

  2. Center for Applied Mathematics, National Bureau of Standards, USA

    Don J. Orser

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Murray, J.L., Orser, D.J. Interactive computer graphics for storing phase diagrams. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 1, 19–22 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02883277

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