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The Fe-N (Iron-Nitrogen) system

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Work was supported by ASM INTERNATIONAL and by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Literature searched through 1983. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Dr. Wriedt is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary nitrogen alloys.

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Wriedt, H.A., Gokcen, N.A. & Nafziger, R.H. The Fe-N (Iron-Nitrogen) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 8, 355–377 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02869273

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