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The H-Zr (hydrogen-zirconium) system

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This work was supported by Ontario Hydro as a contribution from the Canadian Council of ASM International to the joint ASM International-National Institue of Standards and Technology Binary Alloy Phase Diagram Program. Literature searched through early 1986. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM International and part by other sources

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Zuzek, E., Abriata, J.P., San-Martin, A. et al. The H-Zr (hydrogen-zirconium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 11, 385–395 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843318

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