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Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 574979, 6 pages
Compositional Dependence of Structural Properties of Prepared Alloys and Films
1Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Baghdad, P.O. Box 47162, Jadiriya, Baghdad, Iraq
2Department of Applied Physics, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, P.O Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE
Received 21 May 2011; Revised 15 August 2011; Accepted 22 August 2011
Academic Editor: Rosa Lukaszew
Copyright © 2011 M. F. A. Alias et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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