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The Na-Sn (Sodium-Tin) system

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This work was partially supported by the United States Department of Energy funds through the Joint Program on Critical Compilation of Physical and Chemical Data coordinated through the Office of Standard Reference Data, National Bureau of Standards. Literature searched through 1991. Dr. Bale is the Alloy Phase Diagram Program Category Co-Editor for binary alkali systems.

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Sangster, J., Bale, C.W. The Na-Sn (Sodium-Tin) system. JPE 19, 76–81 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1361/105497198770342797

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