CONTENTS

Pages

Production, Structure, Properties

Kurdyumov A. V. and Solozhenko V. L. Synthesis and structure of ternary phases in the B–C–N system (review)

3

Bochechka A. A. Formation of polycrystals from diamond micron powders at high pressures and temperatures

18

Tkach V. N. and Gontar A. G. Cathodoluminescent microanalysis of stresses in diamond local regions

25

Shipilo V. B., Shipilo N. V., Tseluevskii M. S., Bulgak I. A., Kvacheva I. S., Dutov A. G., and Komar V. A. Diamond crystallization in the M–Ni–C–additive system with the varying carbon content

29

Dub S. N. Observation of phase transformations in germanium in nanohardness measurements

33

Bogatyreva G. P., Voloshin M. N., Marinich M. A., Malogolovets V. G., Gvyazdovskaya V. L., and Gavrilova V. S. Surface and electrochemical properties of dynamically synthesized nanodiamond

42

Avramchuk S. K. and Volkogon V. M. Some features of morphology and properties of diamond synthesized in the presence of sprayed powders of the Ni–Mn alloy

46

Oleinik G. S., Bezhenar N. P., and Danilenko N. V. Evolution of the deformation-induced cBN substructure during HP–HT sintering

54

Kovalchenko M. S., Paustovsky A. V., and Botvinko V. P. Properties of a surface layer formed on steel by electrical spark alloying and laser-assisted machining

61

Kaidash O. N., Danilenko N. V., and Vereshchaka V. M. Effect of ZrO₂ on the development of structure and properties of materials from Si₃N₄–Al₂O₃–Y₂O₃ nanodispersed compositions

67

Investigation of Machining Processes

Kulakova I. I., Pimenov V. V., Rakhmanina A. V., and Rudenko A. P. Regularities of diamond boart desintegration

77

Tools, Powders, Pastes

Kovtun V. I., Zaulichny Ya. V., and Vasilkoskaya M. A. Energy structure of the valence band of variously dispersed diamond powders

84

Letters to the Editor

Solozhenko V. L. and Solozhenko E. G. On the compressibility of graphite-like boron nitride

90

Symposia, Conferences, Seminars

92

Index of papers published in Sverkhtverdye Materialy in 1999

95