{"paper":{"title":"Absence of superconductivity in NbB","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cond-mat.supr-con","authors_text":"A. J. S. Machado, F. Abud, I. R. Souza, L. E. Correa, M. S. Torikachvili, R.F. Jardim","submitted_at":"2017-08-29T01:58:56Z","abstract_excerpt":"A systematic study of the superconducting properties in a series of arc-melted Nb-B samples close to the 1:1 composition was carried out. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) shows that all samples are both non-stoichiometric, and comprising of two crystal phases: a majority orthorhombic NbB-type phase, and traces of a minor body-centered cubic Nb-rich phase Nb$_{ss}$ with stoichiometry close to Nb$_{0.98}$B$_{0.02}$. The emergence of superconductivity near T$_c \\sim$ 9.0 K was inferred from magnetization data in chunk and powder samples. However, the very small superconducting volume fractions are "},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1708.08570","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}