1. 30Gru: G. Grube and E. Schiedt, “Die Elektrische Leitfähigkeit und die Thermische Ausdehnung der Magnesium-Kadmium Legierungen (Electrical Conductivity and Thermal Linear Expansion of Magnesium-Cadmium Alloys)”,Z. Anorg. Chem., 194, 190–222 (1930) in German. (Experimental)
2. 40Hum: W. Hume-Rothery and G.V. Raynor, “The Equilibrium and Lattice Spacing Relations in the System Magnesium-Cadmium”,Proc. Roy. Soc., A174, 471–486 (1940). (Crys Structure; Experimental; Indicates presence of a phase diagram)
3. 49Hir: M. Hirabayashi, S. Nagasaki, H. Maniwa, and H. Nagasu,Nippon Kinzoku Gakkai-Shi, 13, 6–10 (1949) in Japanese.
4. 50Bus: R. Busk, “Lattice Parameters of Magnesium Alloys”,Trans. AIME, 188, 1460–1464 (1950). (Crys Structure; Experimental)
5. 50Hir: M. Hirabayashi, H. Maniwa and S. Nagasaki,Nippon Kinzoku Gakkai-Shi, 14, 6–8 (1950), in Japanese.