CONTENTS

Production, Structure, Properties

Dub S. N., Shmegera R. S., and Zosimchuk I. K. Yield strength in submicrovolumes of single crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Mukhanov V. A., Kurakevych O. O., and Solozhenko V. L. The interrelation between the hardness and compressibility of substances and their structure and thermodynamic properties. .

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Lisovskii A. F. Thermodynamics of the interaction of a group of nanoparticles with a macrophase. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .

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Serbenyuk T. B., Aleksandrova L. I., Zaika M. I., Ivzhenko V. V., Kuz’menko E. F., Loshak M. G., Marchenko A. A., Prikhna T. O., Sverdun V. B., Tkach S. V., Boryms’kii O. I., Fesenko I. P., Chasnyk V. I., and Wend M. Structure, mechanical and functional properties of an aluminum nitride–silicon carbide ceramic material.

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Staniewicz-Brudnik B., Szarska S., Gamrat K. The influence of mechanochemical treatment of sintered submicrocrystalline corundum substrates on the structure of bioglass composites. .

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Nikitin Yu. O., Chernysh I. G., and Zaporozhets’ V. V. Structure features of modified thermally extended graphite. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Kovtun V. I., Zaulichnyi Ya. V., Garmash A. Yu., Grigoriev O. N., and Volkogon V. M. X-ray emission CKa spectra of tungsten carbides before and after shock wave treatment. . . . . . . . . . .

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Sidorko V. I., Peglovskii V. V., and Lyakhov V. N. The effect of the silicon oxide content of natural stones on their strength properties, the efficiency of diamond grinding of them and the power consumption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lavrinenko V. I., Sheiko M. N., Bondar’ I. V., Bologov P. I., and Lubnin A. G. The effect of ion-plasma coating on the dressing tool performance characteristics. . . . . .

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Turkevich V. Z., Kozyrev A. V., and Nagornyi P. A. Phase diagram of the Mg–O system at a pressure of 2 GPa. . . . . . .

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Solozhenko V. L., Kurakevych O. O., and Oganov A. R. On the hardness of a new boron phase, orthorhombic g-B28. . . . . . . . .

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In memory of F. P. Bundy and H. T. Hall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Index of papers published in the Sverkhtverdye Materialy Journal in 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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