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Production, Structure, Properties

The 10th anniversary of the International Association of the Academies of Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lisovsky A. F. Methods of the formation and properties of mesostructuresof semented carbides (review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Stratiychuk D.A., Shulzhenko A. A, Belyavina N. N., and Markiv V. Ya. High-pressure formation of boron carbide-based superhard ceramics.

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Mukhanov V. A. Improvement in the methods of diamond recovery from various diamond-containing materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Voznyakovsky A. P., Dolmatov V. Yu., and Veretennikova M. V. Nanocomposites based on polyblock polysiloxane copolymers and nanodiamonds. Special features of the topology of distribution and nanocomposite properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dolmatov V. Yu. Theoretical and applied aspects of the modern commercial production of detonation-synthesized nanodiamonds. . . . . .

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Shipilo V. B., Dutov A. G., Shipilo N. V., Komar V. A., and Azarko I. I. Crystallization diamond at various temperatures and studies of their imperfect structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Lavrinenko V. I., Prots L. A., Solomon A. M., and Puga P. P. The use of X-ray diffraction methods to assess the quality of the machined surface of paratellurite single crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Starostin N. P. and Kondakov A. A. Modeling of the thermal regime in cutting a diamond on a faceting disk having a charged layer. . . . . . .

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Vinogradov A. A. Calculation of the chip shrinkage from the Rz and Ry components of the chip-formation force in cutting materials. . . . . . . .

Tools, Powders, Pastes

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Novikov N. V., Bogatyreva G. P., Bogdanov R. K., Nevstruev G. F., Zakora A. P., Ilnitskaya G. D., and Isonkin A. M. Homogeneous thermostable diamond grits for impregnated drilling tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Bondar I. V., Nikitin Yu. I., Petasyuk G. A., and Poltoratsky V. G. A novel composite material based on diamond powders . . . . . . . . . . . .

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