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The Cu-S (Copper-Sulfur) system

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Work was supported by the International Copper Research Association, Inc., (INCRA) and the Department of Energy through the Joint Program on Critical Compilation of Physical and Chemical Data coordinated through the Office of Standard Reference Data (OSRD), National Bureau of Standards. Literature searched through 1980. Professor Laughlin is the ASM/NBS Data Program Category Editor for binary copper alloys.

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Chakrabarti, D.J., Laughlin, D.E. The Cu-S (Copper-Sulfur) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 4, 254–271 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868665

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