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This work was supported by ASM International. Literature searched through 1993. Professor Chang is the Alloy Phase Diagram Program Category Editor for selected binary Group II-VI and III-V alloys, and Dr. Guminski is the Alloy Phase Diagram Program Category Editor for binary mercury alloys.
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Sharma, R.C., Chang, Y.A. & Guminski, C. The Hg-Te (mercury-tellurium) system. JPE 16, 338–347 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02645295
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