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The Cu-Sn (Copper-Tin) system

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This work was supported by ASM INTERNATIONAL. Literature searched through 1988. Professor Miodownik is an ASM/NIST Data Program Contributing Editor for binary copper alloys.

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Saunders, N., Miodownik, A.P. The Cu-Sn (Copper-Tin) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 11, 278–287 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029299

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