Contents
The Physics of Metals and Metallography

Vol. 86, No. 6, 1998

Simultaneous English language translation of the journal is available from / Interperiodica Publishing (Russia). The
Physics of Metals and Metallography ISSN 0031-918X.

Theory of Metals

Paramagnetic Susceptibility of Liquid Alkali Metals near Metal–Nonmetal Transition
in the Hubbard Model

A. A. Mirzoev and S. P. Dovgopol p. 529  abstract

Prognosing Fracture of Fibrous Composites

I. N. Zhdanova and D. N. Karpinskii p. 535  abstract

Electrical and Magnetic Properties

Evolution of Magnetic Properties upon Annealing and the I Effect in Metalloid-Free
Amorphous Alloy with a Near-Zero Magnetostriction

I. B. Kekalo, O. Yu. Nemova, V. E. Taranichev, and E. A. Shuvaeva p. 541  abstract

Structure, Phase Transformations, and Diffusion

Determining Coefficients of Absorption of Low-Energy Components of Complex Radiation
Spectra of Atomic Probes Distributed in One-Dimensional Diffusion Zones

A. N. Timofeev and S. M. Klotsman p. 550  abstract

EXAFS Study of Short-Range Order in Submicron-Grained Copper Produced
by Severe Plastic Deformation

Yu. A. Babanov, L. A. Blaginina, R. R. Mulyukov, R. Sh. Musalimov, V. R. Shvetsov,
A. V. Ryazhkin, A. F. Sidorenko, and N. V. Fadyushina p. 559  abstract

Retained Austenite in a Ferritic Fe–Cr Alloy

N. V. Goncharova, T. M. Makhneva, E. P. Elsukov, E. V. Voronina, and D. V. Titorova p. 563  abstract

Kinetic Modes of Polymorphic Transformations

E. I. Estrin p. 567  abstract

Discontinuous Precipitation in Shocked Austenitic Nitrogen-Bearing Steel

V. I. Zel’dovich, A. I. Uvarov, N. Yu. Frolova, O. S. Rinkevich,
N. A. Tereshchenko, and N. P. Purygin p. 575  abstract

Interaction of Iron Powder with Oxygen of Air upon Mechanical Alloying

V. V. Cherdyntsev, S. D. Kaloshkin, and I. A. Tomilin p. 585  abstract

Kinetics of Ferrite Formation from Austenite in Fe–9% Cr Alloys with Various Concentrations
of Interstitial Impurities

D. A. Mirzaev, K. Yu. Okishev, V. M. Schastlivtsev, A. A. Mirzoev, I. L. Yakovleva, and S. E. Karzunov p. 590  abstract

Strength and Plasticity

Twinning of Bismuth Single Crystals Irradiated with Electrons

O. M. Ostrikov p. 601  abstract

Electron-Microscopic Investigation of Grain Boundaries in Ultrafine-Grained
Nickel Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation

A. N. Tyumentsev, Yu. P. Pinzhin, A. D. Korotaev, M. V. Tret’yak, R.K. Islamgaliev, and R. Z. Valiev p. 604  abstract

On the Structure and Strength of Rapidly Quenched Cu–Al₂O₃ Composites

A. I. Il’inskii, A. S. Terletskii, and E. V. Zozulya p. 611  abstract

Author Index to Volume 86, 1998 p. 614