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High-Pressure Synthesis of Novel Superhard Phases in the B–C–N–O System

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Recent results on high pressure–high temperature synthesis of new superhard phases in the B–C–N–O system (cubic B–C–N phases, diamond-like BC5, rhombohedral B13N2, orthorhombic γ-B28, etc.) are briefly reviewed.

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Solozhenko, V.L. (2010). High-Pressure Synthesis of Novel Superhard Phases in the B–C–N–O System. In: Boldyreva, E., Dera, P. (eds) High-Pressure Crystallography. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9258-8_31

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