CONTENTS

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CVD-Routes to the Synthesis of Superhard Materials
(Guest Editor: Prof. Stanislaw F. Mitura, Lodz University, Poland)

Preface

3

Stanishevsky A. Fabrication of submicron structures in CVD diamond by focused ion beam.

4

Dłużniewski M., Staryga E. About I-V characteristics of metal—DLC—silicon—metal systems.

8

Sokołowska A., Mitura S. Ions in the process of hard layers deposition.

15

Production, Structure, Properties

Kaidash O. N. Evolution of the grain structure during sintering nanodispersed powders.

26

Investigation of Machining Processes

Nikulin N. I., Nikulin D. N. Study of forces which develop during grinding brittle materials with straight diamond wheels.

37

Tools, Powders, Pastes

Nikitin Yu. I., Petasyuk G. A. Empirical mathematical models which relate static strength to some other characteristics of synthetic diamond grits.

50

Morozov V. A., Griner I. M., Mazurenko A. Yu. Determination of the main geometrical parameters of abrasive elements in rigid-elastic diamond tools.

58

Duda T. M., Nikitin Yu. I., Poltoratskii V. G. Results of studies of physico-mechanical and running properties of as-received and nickel-coated diamond grits and micron powders.

63

Letters to the Editor

Bartnitskaya T. S., Oleinik G. S., Pokropivnyi V. V., Danilenko N. V., Vereshchaka V. M., Kotko A. V. Nanotubes of graphite-like BN.

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Bibliographic Information

75

Symposia, Conferences, Seminars

86

Computers for Researchers in Materials Science

Tools for the software development

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Index of papers published in Sverkhtverdye Materialy in 1998

90