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Manuscript ID: materials-1279078
Type of manuscript: Article
Title: The initial oxidation of HfNiSn half-Heusler alloy by oxygen and water
vapor
Authors: Oshrat Appel, Shai Cohen, Ofer Beeri, Yaniv Gelbstein, Shimon
Zalkind *
Received: 14 June 2021
E-mails: oshratap@nrcn.gov.il, scking1@gmail.com, ofer.beeri@gmail.com,
yanivge@bgu.ac.il, shimonz@nrcn.gov.il
Submitted to section: Metals and Alloys,
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Surfaces of Metals and Alloys – Phenomena, Processes and Their
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