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The influence of composition and high-temperature heat treatment on phase content and superconducting properties of the Yni2B2C phase was investigated. Phase relations in those parts of the Y–Ni–B–C quaternary phase diagram, which are relevant for the YNi2B2C intermetallic phase formation, were revealed by x-ray diffraction, optical and scanning electron microscopy, and high-temperature differential thermoanalysis. A widespread interval of superconducting transition temperatures TC = 10.4–15.2 K and small transition width <0.3 K were determined from samples of different nominal compositions after high-temperature annealing. The different intrinsic properties are ascribed to composition variations of the YNi2B2C phase and related to structure parameters, residual resistance ratios, and element concentrations determined by the electron probe microanalysis.
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Behr, G., Löser, W., Graw, G. et al. Phase relations and superconducting properties of the Y–Ni–B–C system. Journal of Materials Research 14, 16–23 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1999.0005
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