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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Lu et~al.}(2004)\citenamefont{Lu, Liu, Thompson, and
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\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{Z.~P.} \bibnamefont{Lu}},
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  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.~J.} \bibnamefont{Shiflet}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Ponnambalam et~al.}(2003)\citenamefont{Ponnambalam,
  Poon, Shiflet, Keppens, Taylor, and Petculescu}}]{Poon03}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{V.}~\bibnamefont{Ponnambalam}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{S.~J.} \bibnamefont{Poon}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.~J.} \bibnamefont{Shiflet}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{V.~M.} \bibnamefont{Keppens}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{R.}~\bibnamefont{Taylor}}, \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Petculescu}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Mihalkovi\v{c} and Widom}(2004)}]{fezryb}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{M.}~\bibnamefont{Mihalkovi\v{c}}}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Egami and Waseda}(1984)}]{Egami84}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Miracle and Senkov}(2003)}]{Miracle03}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{D.~B.} \bibnamefont{Miracle}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{O.~N.} \bibnamefont{Senkov}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Furthmuller}(1996)}]{VASP2}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Kresse}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Furthmuller}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{54}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Hafner}(1993)}]{VASP}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{G.}~\bibnamefont{Kresse}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Hafner}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Blochl}(1994)}]{PAW}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Kresse and Joubert}(1999)}]{KJ_PAW}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Perdew and Wang}(1992)}]{PW91}
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  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{M.}~\bibnamefont{Nusair}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Moroni et~al.}(1997)\citenamefont{Moroni, Kresse,
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\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{E.~.} \bibnamefont{Moroni}},
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  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Hafner}}, \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{J.}~\bibnamefont{Furthmuller}},
  \bibinfo{journal}{Phys. Rev. B} \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{56}},
  \bibinfo{pages}{15629} (\bibinfo{year}{1997}).

\bibitem[{all()}]{alloy_home}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Villars}(1997)}]{Pearson}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{P.}~\bibnamefont{Villars}},
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Barber et~al.}(1996)\citenamefont{Barber, Dobkin, and
  Huhdanpaa}}]{qhull}
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  \textbf{\bibinfo{volume}{22}}, \bibinfo{pages}{469} (\bibinfo{year}{1996}),
  \bibinfo{note}{see web site http://www.qhull.org}.

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Massalski et~al.}(1990)}]{BinaryPD}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Okamoto}(2000)}]{PD_new}
\bibinfo{editor}{\bibfnamefont{H.}~\bibnamefont{Okamoto}}, ed.,
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  (\bibinfo{publisher}{ASM International}, \bibinfo{address}{Materials Park,
  Ohio}, \bibinfo{year}{2000}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Gschneidner and Calderwood}(1986)}]{C-Y}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{K.~A.} \bibnamefont{Gschneidner}}
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  \bibnamefont{Calderwood}}, \bibinfo{journal}{Bull. Alloy Phase Diagrams}
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Okamoto}(1996)}]{C-Y-upd}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{H.}~\bibnamefont{Okamoto}}, \bibinfo{journal}{J.
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\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Villars et~al.}(1995)\citenamefont{Villars, Prince, and
  Okamoto}}]{TernaryPD}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{P.}~\bibnamefont{Villars}},
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{A.}~\bibnamefont{Prince}}, \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{H.}~\bibnamefont{Okamoto}},
  \emph{\bibinfo{title}{Handbook of ternary alloy phase diagrams}}
  (\bibinfo{publisher}{ASM International}, \bibinfo{address}{Materials Park,
  Ohio}, \bibinfo{year}{1995}).

\bibitem[{\citenamefont{Watson and Bennett}(1991)}]{WB}
\bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{R.~E.} \bibnamefont{Watson}} \bibnamefont{and}
  \bibinfo{author}{\bibfnamefont{L.~H.} \bibnamefont{Bennett}},
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