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Precursory spinodal decomposition-followed isothermal β → ω phase transformation in Zr-Nb alloys: A three-dimensional phase-field simulation

Shisen Gao, Kun Xiang, Wenbo Liu, Xuxi Liu, Xun Lan, Zhipeng Sun

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