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CONTENTS

of Journal of Superhard materials ¹ 4, 2009

 

Production, Structure, Properties

 

Shul’zhenko A. A., Sokolov A. N., Oleinik G. S., Kotko A. V., and Belyavina N. N.  Special features of structural transformations of fullerite C60 at high pressures and temperatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Danilenko V. V. Assessment of the effect of the particle size and the degree of particle connectivity on the thermostability of detonation diamonds. . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Lisovskii A. F. Thermodynamics of the formation of gradient structures in nanodispersed composite materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Bondarenko M. O., Mechnik V. A., and Suprun M. V. Special features of the shrinkage and its rate in the Cd–Fe–Cu–Ni–Sn–CrB2 system in hot pressing of samples produced by pressureless sintering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Kazimirov V. P., Roik A. S., Samsonnikov A. V., Shovskii V. A., Smyk S. Yu., Sokol’skii V. E., Perevertailo V. M., and Loginova O. B. Pattern of the atom ordering in a melt and surface properties of systems with intermetallic compounds.



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Vovk E. A., Deineka T. G., Doroshenko A. G., Tkachenko V. F., Tolmachev A. V., Yakovetskii R. P., Petrusha I. A., Tkach V. N., Turkevich V. Z., and Danilenko N. I. Production of the Y3Al5O12 transparent nanostructured ceramics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Investigation of Machining Processes

 

Sheiko M. N., Pasichnyi O. O., Skok V. N., and Bologov P. I. Quasi-plunge dressing of abrasive wheels as a rapid method of testing diamond form rollers. Communication 1. Registration of dressing forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Rogov V. V. Physicochemistry in processes of the formation of functional surfaces of glass and sapphire (a-Al2O3) components for electronics and optical systems in tribochemical polishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Tools, Powders, Pastes

 

Konoval V. P., Umans’kyi O. P., Panasyuk A. D., Podchernyaeva I. O., and Koval’ O. Yu. Formation of electric-spark coatings from composite materials based on titanium–chromium carbide and diboride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .



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Letters to the Editor

 

Novikov M. V., Shvedov L. K., Kryvoshyya Yu. M., Kozina G. K., Kuzenkova M. O. Oliinyk G. S., Prikhna T. O., and Fesenko I. P. The effect of strain on the structural transformations in materials of the AlN–TiN systems when pressed in diamond anvils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .




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