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Production, Structure, Properties

Stratiichuk D. A., Tonkoshkura M. A., Belyavina N. N., and Turkevich V. Z. Phase formation in the Al–B–C ternary system at high pressures and temperatures. . . . . . .

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Britun B. F., Kurdyumov A. V., Bochko A. V., Danilenko A. I., and Kuzin N. N.  Structure formation of the superhard carbon ceramics in sintering powders of the carbon amorphous phase in a mixture with nanocrystalline diamond at high static pressures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Perevertailo V. M., Gontar O. G., Starik S. P., Loginova O. B., and Kutsay O. M.  Study of the kinetics of water spreading on solid phases of carbon allotropic materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Starostina A. V., Prikhna T. A., Karpets M. V., Dub S. N., Chartier P., Cabiosh T., Sverdun V. B., Moshchil’ V. E., and Kozyrev A. V. Synthesis of ternary compounds of the Ti–Al–C system at high pressures and temperatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Zabuga V. Ya., Tsapyuk G. G., Ishchenko O. V., Kartashova T. V., Shpadkivs’ka T. O., Lutsenko L. V., and Mischanchuk O. V. Dependence of the catalytic activities of copper and cobalt oxides in the reaction of carbon black oxidation on the method of these oxides addition to the sample. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Prokopiv N. M., Kharchenko O. V., Tkach C. V., Vasilenko L. E., Prokopiv N. N., Serdyuk Yu. D., and Semizhon O. A. Effect of the thermocompression under argon pressure of 3.0 MPa on the microstructure of the (Ti, W)C–WC–10Co standard hard alloy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Volkogon V. M., Oleinik G. S., Avramchuk S. K., Stepanenko A. V., Kotko A. V., and Efimov N. A. Structural transformations of wurtzitic boron nitride–titanium nitride composition at high pressure and temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Manokhin A. S., Klimenko S. A., and Mel’niichuk Yu. A. Stressed-strained state in the chip forming zone during the finish turning of workpieces of hardened steels. . .

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Filatov A. Yu. and Sidorko V. I. Localization of deposit fragments on the surface machined in polishing non-metallic materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tools, Powders, Pastes

Yakhutlov M. M., Karamurzov B. S., Batyrov U. D., Berov Z. Zh., and Kardano-
va M. R. Thermal conditions and stressed-strained state of the diamond tool grain–matrix system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Information

Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the V. N. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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