Cryoscopic studies in fluoride-oxide-silica systems: Part I. systems containing Li + , Na + and K +
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HIDEAKI SUITO is Lecturer, Research Institute of Tohoku University, Sendal, Japan. D. R. GASKELLis Associate Professor of Metallurgy, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Pennsylvania,Philadelphia, PA 19174. Manuscript submitted May 6, 1976. METALLURGICAL TRANSACTIONSB
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