Plasma dynamic synthesis method produces carbide and carbonitride for industrial applications

A group of researchers from Skoltech, Tomsk Polytechnic University, and other academic organizations in Russia and China used the method of plasma dynamic synthesis to obtain a high-entropy carbide--a compound of titanium, zirconium, niobium, hafnium, tantalum with carbon--and carbonitride--a solid solution formed by carbides and nitrides of the transition metals--in the form of nanopowders.