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The formation and evolution of strange quarks in quark gluon plasma is studied assuming perturbative QCD and qualitative models of plasma phase expansion. Chemical equilibrium abundance characteristic of the hottest and densest phase of nuclear collisions is proven to survive the process of expansion and cooling of the plasma.
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This work was, in part, supported by the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) and the Foundation for Research Develpment (FRD).