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The Al-O (Aluminum-Oxygen) system

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Work was supported by the American Society for Metals. Literature searched through 1983. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM. Dr. Wriedt is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary oxygen alloys.

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Wriedt, H.A. The Al-O (Aluminum-Oxygen) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 6, 548–553 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02887157

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