Contents

The Physics of Metals and Metallography

Vol. 117, No. 8, 2016

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. The Physics of Metals and Metallography ISSN 0031-918X.

Theory of Metals

Size Dependence of the Melting Temperature of Metallic Nanoclusters from the Viewpoint of the Thermodynamic Theory of Similarity

V. M. Samsonov, S. A. Vasilyev and A. G. Bembel p. 749  abstract

To the Theory of Ostwald Ripening in Metallic Alloys

B. V. Ivanskii and R. D. Vengrenovich p. 756  abstract

Modified Davidenkov Hysteresis and the Propagation of Sawtooth Waves in Polycrystals with Hysteresis Loss Saturation

V. E. Nazarov and S. B. Kiyashko p. 766  abstract

Electrical and Magnetic Properties

Influence of High-Pressure Deformation and Annealing on the Structure and Properties of a Bulk MgB2 Superconductor

M. V. Degtyarev, V. P. Pilyugin, Yu. N. Akshentsev, E. I. Kuznetsova, T. P. Krinitsina, Yu. V. Blinova, S. V. Sudareva and E. P. Romanov p. 772  abstract

Structure, Phase Transformations, and Diffusion

Effect of the B4C Content on the Structure and Thermal Expansion Coefficient of the Al–5% Cu Alloy-Based Metal-Matrix Composite Material

A. V. Pozdniakov, A. Lotfy, A. Qadir and V. S. Zolotorevskiy p. 783  abstract

Structure and Phase Composition of Deposited Tantalum–Carbon Films

Yu. Zh. Tuleushev, V. N. Volodin, E. A. Zhakanbaev and B. Alimzhan p. 789  abstract

Study of the Feasibility of Producing Al–Ni Intermetallic Compounds by Mechanical Alloying

Kahtan S. Mohammed, Haider T. Naeem and Siti Nadira Iskak p. 795  abstract

Dynamic Aging in an Fe–Ni–Al Alloy upon Megaplastic Deformation. Effect of the Temperature and Deformation Rate

V. A. Shabashov, V. V. Sagaradze, A. E. Zamatovskii, V. P. Pilyugin, K. A. Kozlov, A. V. Litvinov and N. V. Kataeva p. 805  abstract

Dependence of the Functional Characteristics of Thermomechanically Processed Titanium Nickelide on the Size of the Structural Elements of Austenite

K. A. Polyakova-Vachiyan, E. P. Ryklina, S. D. Prokoshkin and S. M. Dubinskii p. 817  abstract

Structural and Phase Transformations in Hadfield Steel upon Frictional Loading in Liquid Nitrogen

L. G. Korshunov, V. V. Sagaradze and N. L. Chernenko p. 828  abstract

Strength and Plasticity

Structure, Phase Transformations, Mechanical Characteristics, and Cold Resistance of Low-Carbon Martensitic Steels

V. A. Kozvonin, A. A. Shatsov, I. V. Ryaposov, M. G. Zakirova and K. N. Generalova p. 834  abstract

Dependence of the Rate of Steady-State Swelling of Fuel-Element Claddings Made of ChS68 Steel on the Characteristics of Neutron Irradiation

A. V. Kozlov and I. A. Portnykh p. 843  abstract

Martensitic Transformations and the Evolution of the Defect Microstructure of Metastable Austenitic Steel during Severe Plastic Deformation by High-Pressure Torsion

I. Yu. Litovchenko, A. N. Tyumentsev, S. A. Akkuzin, E. P. Naiden and A. V. Korznikov p. 847  abstract