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This work was supported by ASM International. Literature searched through 1989. Professor Carlson is a Contributing Editor for the ASM/NIST Data Program for Alloy Phase Diagrams.
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Carlson, O.N. The N-Si (Nitrogen-Silicon) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 11, 569–573 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02841719
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