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Work was supported by the International Gold Corporation Limited (InterGold) and American Society for Metals(ASM). Literature searched through 1983. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM and part through other sources including the bibliographic information provided from the files of Dr. O. A. Kunze of InterGold, which is gratefully acknowledged. Professor Massalski is the ASM/NBS Data Program Editor-in-Chief for the Binary Program and also Category Editor for binary gold alloys.
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Okamoto, H., Massalski, T.B. The Au−Ge (Gold-Germanium) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 5, 601–610 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02868323
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