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The Al−Cu (Aluminum-Copper) system

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work done while on leave at NBS; bibligraphy through 1979

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02881167.

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Massalski, T.B. The Al−Cu (Aluminum-Copper) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 1, 27–33 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02883281

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