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CONTENTS

of Journal of Superhard materials № 6, 2008

Production, Structure, Properties
Dub S. N., Shmegera R. S., and Zosimchuk I. K. Yield strength in submicrovolumes of single crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3
Mukhanov V. A., Kurakevych O. O., and Solozhenko V. L. The interrelation between the hardness and compressibility of substances and their structure and thermodynamic properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
Lisovskii A. F. Thermodynamics of the interaction of a group of nanoparticles with a macrophase. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	23
Serbenyuk T. B., Aleksandrova L. I., Zaika M. I., Ivzhenko V. V., Kuz’menko E. F., Loshak M. G., Marchenko A. A., Prikhna T. O., Sverdun V. B., Tkach S. V., Boryms’kii O. I., Fesenko I. P., Chasnyk V. I., and Wend M. Structure, mechanical and functional properties of an aluminum nitride–silicon carbide ceramic material.	29
Staniewicz-Brudnik B., Szarska S., Gamrat K. The influence of mechanochemical treatment of sintered submicrocrystalline corundum substrates on the structure of bioglass composites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	40
Nikitin Yu. O., Chernysh I. G., and Zaporozhets’ V. V. Structure features of modified thermally extended graphite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	49
Kovtun V. I., Zaulichnyi Ya. V., Garmash A. Yu., Grigoriev O. N., and Volko- gon V. M. X-ray emission CKa spectra of tungsten carbides before and after shock wave treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	57
Investigation of Machining Processes
Sidorko V. I., Peglovskii V. V., and Lyakhov V. N. The effect of the silicon oxide content of natural stones on their strength properties, the efficiency of diamond grinding of them and the power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	64
Tools, Powders, Pastes
Lavrinenko V. I., Sheiko M. N., Bondar’ I. V., Bologov P. I., and Lubnin A. G. The effect of ion-plasma coating on the dressing tool performance characteristics. . . . . .	73
Letters to the Editor
Turkevich V. Z., Kozyrev A. V., and Nagornyi P. A. Phase diagram of the Mg–O system at a pressure of 2 GPa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	81
Solozhenko V. L., Kurakevych O. O., and Oganov A. R. On the hardness of a new boron phase, orthorhombic g-B28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	84
Chronicle, Dates
In memory of F. P. Bundy and H. T. Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	86
Index of papers published in the Sverkhtverdye Materialy Journal in 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	89