"Journal of Superhard Materials": Journal of Superhard Materials №1, 1998

Journal of Superhard Materials №1, 1998

CONTENTS
Contemporary Problems of High-Pressure Materials Science *(Guest Editor: Prof. Akifumi Onodera, Osaka University, Japan)*
Vrel D. Experimental and modeling study of the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis process: the example of titanium carbide used as a general model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3
Sumiya H., Satoh S., and Yazu S. Synthesis of high-purity and high-quality diamond crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	14
Choong-Shik Yoo and Hyunchae Cynn. High-density cubic boron nitride and orthorhombic boron oxide synthesized by elementary reactions at high pressures and temperatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	24
Production, Structure, Properties
Smekhnov A. A. The formation of the ultradispersed diamond surface composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	33
Kaidash O. N. Properties of nanomaterials of the Si₃N₄—Y₂O₃—Al₂O₃—ZrO₂ system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	39
Bondarenko V. P., Kushnarev A. B., and Pavlova E. Yu. Application of S. Saltykov’s method to characterize the distribution of WC particles in bulk BK and BHK carbides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	46
Gerasimovich A. V., Borimsky A. I., and Grigoriev N. M. Compressibility of materials of deformable gaskets and containers in hard-phase high-pressure apparatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	54
Ivakhnenko S. A. Kinetic features of seed growth of diamond single crystals using various methods of generating T-gradients. . . . . . . . . . . . .	60
Investigation of Machining Processes
Khaldeyev V. N. and Pashko O. V. Electro-erosion forming of diamond-carbide cutting blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	64
Orap A. A., Kurishchuk A. V., Kushch V. I., and Sokhan S. V. The effect of physical-and-mechanical properties of diamond tool on finishing characteristics of silicon carbide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	66
Klimenko S. A. The effect of machining parameters on the condition of a hardfaced coating surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	73
Tools, Powders, Pastes
Nikitin Yu. I. and Petasyuk G. A. Computer-assisted identification of grain size and composition of synthetic diamond powders without recourse to sieves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	83
Shilo A. E., Chepeleva V. P., and Levin M. D. Efficient application of diamond disk-type tools prepared following the “container” technology.	90
Bibliographic Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	94
Symposia, Conferences, Seminars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	99