Contents

International Journal of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis

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Vol. 27, No. 4, 2018

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. International Journal of Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis ISSN 1061-3862.

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To the Theory of Macrostructural Transformations during Gasless Combustion

V. K. Smolyakov, O. V. Lapshin and V. G. Prokof’ev p. 201  abstract

Influence of Preheating Temperature on Solution Combustion Synthesis of Ni–NiO Nanocomposites: Mathematical Model and Experiment

O. Thoda, G. Xanthopoulou, V. Prokof’ev, S. Roslyakov, G. Vekinis and A. Chroneos p. 207  abstract

Thermal Explosion in Mechanochemically Treated Mixtures of Natural Sand with Aluminum Powder

Z. A. Mansurov, N. N. Mofa and B. S. Sadykov p. 216  abstract

Mesoporous Silica by Solution-Combustion Synthesis Followed by Etching

F. Salehtash, M. Jalaly, H. B. Motejadded Emrooz, F. J. Gotor and M. J. Sayagués p. 221  abstract

Thermite-Related Technologies for Use in Extreme Geothermal Environments

O. Odawara, T. Fujita, A. V. Gubarevich and H. Wada p. 228  abstract

Fabrication of Narrow-Fraction Micropowders of NiAl-Based Refractory Alloy CompoNiAl-M5-3

V. V. Kurbatkina, E. I. Patsera, E. A. Levashov, Yu. Yu. Kaplanskii and A. V. Samokhin p. 236  abstract

SHS-Produced Al–Ti–B Master Alloys: Performance in Commercial Al Alloy

H. Pourbagheri and H. Aghajani p. 245  abstract

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