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Quasicrystal-Enhanced Nucleation During the Solidification of fcc Metallic Alloys: A Tentative Thermodynamic Approach

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Rappaz, M., Kurtuldu, G. Quasicrystal-Enhanced Nucleation During the Solidification of fcc Metallic Alloys: A Tentative Thermodynamic Approach. J. Phase Equilib. Diffus. 37, 2–3 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-015-0396-0

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