CONTENTS

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Production, Structure, Properties

Lisovsky A. F. and Shestakov S. I. Formation of gradient structure in high-pressure apparatus for diamond synthesis

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Britun V. F., Kurdyumov A. V., Zelyavskii V. B. and Petrusha I. A. X-ray study of the CVD BN texture evolution in the course of phase transformations of rhombohedral modification at high pressures and temperatures

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Lysenko A. V., Poltoratskii V. G. and Tkach V. N. High-molecular studies of synthesis, structure and properties of a-C:H films

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Ositinskaya T. D., Ivakhnenko S. A., and G. P. Bogatyreva. Assessment of concentration of vacancies in an electron-irradiated diamond

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Kravets P. I. Intelligent models and ambiguous algorithms and their application for optimization of the processes of superhard materials synthesis. Report 2

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Avramchuk S. K. and Volkogon V. M. Structure, phase and chemical compositions of finely divided powders of the Ni-Mn alloy to be used for diamond synthesis

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Bodrova L. G., Kramar G. M., Kisly P. S., and Lazaryuk V. V. Peculiarities of sintering of titanium, vanadium and niobium carbide-base alloys

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Shepelev A. A., Lavrinenko V. I., Murovskii V. A., Fedorenko V. T., Gontar A. G., and Lavrinenko L. N. The development of diamond-metal-polymeric tool composite materials using the technology of programmable sintering

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Sokhan S. V. Conditions of loading a lap in diamond abrasive finishing of spherical workpieces

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Tools, Powders, Pastes

Duda T. M., Tkach V. N., and Kuzmenko E. F. Grain composition of activated and metal-clad ultradispersed diamond powders

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Shipilo V. B., Dutov A. G., Shipilo N. V., and Komar V. A. Impurity composition of monocrystalline diamond powders of different fractions

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Letters to the Editor

Solozhenko V. L., Dub S. N., and Novikov N. V. On the hardness of cubic boron carbon nitride

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Shulzhenko A. A. and Sokolov A. N. A novel boron-based superhard material produced at high pressure and temperature

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Soloviev V. S., Gusakov G. A., Krekoten O. V., Reyman S. V., Dubrov G. A., Bokhan S. G., and Tikhonov V. V. Large synthetic diamonds to be used in devices

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News, Information

International Science and Technology Conference on Superhard Tool Materials on the Turn of the Centuries: Production, Properties, Applications (SHTM-2001)

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The Realm of Diamond

The king’s stone

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