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This work was supported by Ontario Hydro as a contribution from the Canadian Council of ASM INTERNATIONAL to the joint ASM/NIST Data Program for Alloy Phase Diagrams. Literature searched through 1987. Part of the bibliographic search was provided by ASM and part by other sources

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San-Martin, A., Manchester, F.D. The Fe-H (Iron-Hydrogen) system. Bulletin of Alloy Phase Diagrams 11, 173–184 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02841704

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