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The Ga-Sn (gallium-tin) system

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Thermodynamic calculations were made using software provided by Dr. H.L. Lukas, Max-Planck Institut für Metallforschung. This work was partially supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Literature searched through 1990. Dr. Ansara is the Alloy Phase Diagram Program Category Editor for binary gallium alloys

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Anderson, T.J., Ansara, I. The Ga-Sn (gallium-tin) system. JPE 13, 181–189 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02667485

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