CONTENTS  
Production, Structure, Properties  
Smekhnov A. A. and Andreyeva S. V. The influence of chemical and physical actions on the composition of synthetic diamond surface . . . . . 
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Katsai M. Ya. and Sakovich Yu. N. The influence of growth conditions on entering boron into spontaneously formed diamond crystals. . . . . . . . . . 
 
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Prikhna T. A. Production of dense high-temperature superconductive ceramics temperatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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Kravets P. I. Mathematical models for heat exchange processes in high-pressure apparatus. Report 2. . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tsebulya G. G. , Zakharchuk A. P., Kozina G. K., Kitik I. V, and Kasperchik J. Study of optical properties of solid solutions based on silicon, aluminum and titanium nitrides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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Solozhenko V. L., Turkevich V. Z., Elf F., and Barbie B. Kinetics of phase transformation of wurtzitic into graphite-like boron nitride — in-situ studies. . 
 
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Investigation of Machining Processes  
Kolomiets V. V. and Klimenko S. A. Study of the process of machining EP616 heat-resistant alloy with 01 composite cutters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
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Tools, Powders, Pastes  
Bogatyreva G. P., Nikitin Yu. I., and Petasyuk G. A. Methods of measuring the surface roughness and porosity of synthetic diamond powders. . . . . . . . . 
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Letters to the Editor  
Sozin Yu. I. and Andreyev V. D. Diffractometry of coordination spheres of carbon-base graphite materials. 1. Spectra of graphite against those of diamond. A unit cell in the coordination spheres space. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
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Proceedings of the CIS Countries Seminar “Fullerenes ’97” (continued from Sverkhtverdye Materialy, no. 3, 1997)  
Katsai M. Ya. and Sozin Yu. I. Fullerites and their behavior at high temperatures and pressures. Report 2. Amorphous diamond from the fullerite C60 and its identification by the diffractometry of coordination spheres. . . . . . 
 
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Konchits A. A. EPR and spin relaxation of dangling bonds in fullerites. . . 
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Shulzhenko A. A., Bochechka A. A., Dub S. N., Gontar A. G., Tkatch V. N., and Belyankina A. V. Kinetics of high-pressure sintering of fullerite powder at temperature of 500 °C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
 
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Bulusheva L. G., Okotrub A. V., Shevtsov Yu. V., Nasonova L. I., Romanov D. A., Chuvilin A. L., and Gutakovski A. K. Peculiarities of space and electronic structures of carbon nanotubes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
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Shevtsov Yu. V., Okotrub A. V., Gudaev O. A., Berdinskii A. S., and Bulusheva L. G. CVD synthesis of polymerized fullerene films and study of their structure and electricalconductivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
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Okotrub A. V., Bulusheva L. G., Asanov I. P., Yudanov N. F., Belikova G. S., and Turskaya T. N. Study of electronic structure of C60F24 by quantum chemistry and high-energetic spectroscopy methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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Zhuravleva M. A., Okotrub A. V., Grankin V. M., Mazhara A. P., Morozova O. V., Yurkovskaya A. V., Asanov I. P., Shevtsov Yu. V., and Kravchenko V. S. Synthesis of nitrofullerene and study of its structure. . . 
 
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Bibliographic Information
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Symposia, Conferences, Seminars
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