Correction: Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modelling assessment of the AECl₂–NdCl₃ (AE = Sr, Ba) systems

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Correction for ‘Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modelling assessment of the AECl₂–NdCl₃ (AE = Sr, Ba) systems’ by D. C. Alders et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 24041–24057, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4CP01784F.

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