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01 August 1995
In Vol. 14, No. 4, p. 503 of “The Nb-Si (Niobium-Silicon) System” by M.E. Schlesinger, H. Okamoto, A.B. Gokhale, and R. Abbaschian, a digitizing error resulted in the same symbol being used to indicate the source of some of the data points in the atomic percent graph for the Assessed Nb-Si phase diagram. All data points were correctly placed; however, both [58Sam] and [69Dea] were indicated by a closed circle, and both [55Kna] and [91 Men] were indicated by an open triangle.
01 October 1993
In Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 273 of “The Magnesium Chloride-Potassium Chloride Phase Diagram,” by G.S. Perry and H. Fletcher, several figures were placed in incorrect figure boxes. Each is an MgC12-KC1 phase diagram. Figure 4 (Ivanov reference) should show the diagram that was placed in the Fig. 5 box. Figure 5 (Chikanov reference) should show the diagram that was placed in the Fig. 7 box. Figure 6 (Grjotheim reference) should show the diagram that was placed in the Fig. 4 box. Figure 7 (Siefert reference) should show the diagram that was placed in the Fig. 6 box. The figures are shown in the correct boxes below.
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Nb-Si evaluation contributed by M.E. Schlesinger, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, 218 McNutt Hall, Rolla, MO 65401-0249; H. Okamoto, ASM International, Materials Park, OH 44073; and A.B. Gokhale and R. Abbaschian, 202 Rhines Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Literature searched through 1991.
This work was supported by ASM International. Prof. Abbaschian and Dr. Okamota are Alloy Phase Diagram Program Category Editors for binary silicon alloys and miscellaneous binary alloys, respectively. Prof. Schlesinger is an Alloy Phase Diagram Contributing Editor for selected binary silicon alloys.
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Schlesinger, M.E., Okamoto, H., Gokhale, A.B. et al. The Nb-Si (Niobium-Silicon) system. JPE 14, 502–509 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02671971
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