CONTENTS

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Production, Structure, Properties

Novikov N. V., Bondarenko V. P., and Golovchan V. T. High-temperature mechanical properties of WC–Co hard metals (Review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Lisovskii A. F. On the use of thermodynamics to study nanoparticles. . . . . . . . . . . .

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Kukharenko S. A., Shilo A. E., Bondarev E. K., and Tkach V. N. Studies of diffusion processes in silicate multicomponent systems for cBN composites. . . . . . .

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Kushch V. I., Ivanov S. A., Maistrenko A. L., and Pereyaslov V. P. Studies of the mechanism and kinetics of a porous body compaction in intensive electric sintering. Report 3. Prediction of the shrinkage kinetics and comparison with the experiment. . . . .

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Investigation of Machining Processes

Sheiko M. N. On the problem of the calculation of instantaneous temperature arising on a grain in a diamond dressing tool when operated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tools, Powders, Pastes

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Maistrenko A. L., Bondarenko M. O.., Gargin V. G., Kuntsyak Ya. V., Dublenich Yu. V., Gavrilov Ya. S., Draganchuk O. T., Yavors’kyi M. M., Vekeryk V. I., and Yaremiichuk R. S. The ways to increase the boring efficiency for greater oil and gas production in Ukraine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Adamovskii A. A. Precision dressing of diamond tools. . .

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Eroshin S. S., Petasyuk G. A., and Tarashchanskii M. T. Effect of the axial rigidity of AKVR diamond cut-off wheels on the nonflatness of cut-off plates. . . . . . . . . . .

Letters to the Editor

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Litoshenko N. V. Algorithm of determination of the ratio between cobalt interlayer and carbide grain size from the results of measurements in the thin section plane. . .

Jubilees, Dates

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80th anniversary of Valentin Vasilievich Rogov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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