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Superconducting compounds, such as cubic α-MoC1−x, cubic β-WC1−x, hexagonal MoB2, and cubic δ-TaN, which are metastable at room temperature, have been formed by heating and quenching of their respective equilibrium phases, such as hexagonal η-MoC1−x, hexagonal WC, rhombohedral Mo2B5, and hexagonal ε-TaN in a plasma jet. From calculations based on a simple model, the quenching rate of particles has been estimated to be 105 deg s−1.
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Matsumoto, O., Konuma, M. & Kanzaki, Y. Heating and quenching of metastable superconducting compounds with a plasma jet. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 1, 73–82 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00566377
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