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Production, Structure, Properties

Leshchuk O. O., Antonyuk O. P., Prikhna T. O., and Moshchil V. E. Modeling of temperature fields and temperature stresses in high-pressure apparatuses used for treatment of samples of high-temperature superconductors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Abdukadyrova I. Kh. Temperature-frequency dependences of dielectric loss in irradiated aluminum oxide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fesenko I. P., Chasnyk V. I., Kuzenkova M. O., Oleinik G. S., Panichkina V. V., Sverdun V. B., Sergienko N. V., and Skryshevska M. G. Dielectric properties of AlN-based composites in the microwave region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dolmatov V. Yu., Sushchev V. G., Fujimura T., and Veretennikova M. V. The nature of detonation-synthesized cluster nanodiamonds and physicochemical aspects of the technology of purification thereof in nitric acid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Yang Li, Yu Zhi-ming, Yin Lei, Li Yong-xia, and Zou Dan. Effect of two-step pretreatment on CVD diamond-formation on WC-6 % Co and WC-3 % Co. . . . . . .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Sheiko M. N. and Khimach O. V. Infeed dressing with diamond sticks in the light of mechanical-and-statistical notions of diamond abrasive machining. Report 1. Reduction to the scheme of machining with a continuos down feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dobrovolsky G. G. and Sakseev P. Yu. Diamond microturning of silicon and germanium (review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Tools, Powders, Pastes

Novikov N. V., Shepelev A. A., Sorochenko V. G., Kovalenko V. S., and Golovko L. F. The use of the laser technique to manufacture diamond disk tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Nemirovsky Ya. B. Restoration of calibrating reamers for diamond drilling. . . . . . . . .

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Krivosheya A. V., Petasyuk O. U., Melnik V. E., and Korinets A. V. Procedure of setting and mathematical description of the initial form-generating profiles. . . . . . . . .

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Chronicle, Information

First International Workshop on Advanced Superhard Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Symposia, Conferences, Seminars                                             

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