1. Note to the Reader: Russian Issue No. 8 is devoted to the 100th Anniversary of the Magnezit Corporation in Russia and contains no papers of scientific or technical value to Western readers. It is therefore omitted in the English translation.

   Publishers Note Pages: 1 - 1

2. New Ceramic Materials Based on Aluminum Oxide

   • E. S. Lukin
   • N. A. Makarov
   • N. A. Popova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 268

3. Mechanical Instability of Powders in the System ZrO2 – Y2O3 under High Hydrostatic Pressure Conditions

   • V. B. Primisler
   • T. E. Konstantinova
   • V. P. Saak'yants

   OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 275

4. The Use of Microwave Radiation for Synthesis of a Ceramic Based on Silicon Carbide and Complex Oxides: a Study of Physicochemical Properties

   • I. V. Nikolaenko
   • G. P. Shveikin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 276 - 279

5. Dispersivity and Phase Composition of Zirconia-Based Powders

   • Yu. N. Vil'k

   OriginalPaper Pages: 280 - 284

6. Phase Relations in the LaNb3O9 – NaNbO3 System in the Temperature Range of 20 TO 800°C

   • A. P. Pivovarova
   • V. I. Strakhov
   • V. P. Popov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 287

7. Ways Toward Improving the Technology of Refractories Based on Powdered Periclase

   • I. D. Kashcheev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 288 - 293

8. A Mullite-Corundum Mortar Based on Alumina

   • L. A. Babkina
   • V. I. Drozd
   • N. A. Stepanyuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 294 - 297

9. Pilot Production of Refractory Articles Using Clays of Provenance from the Vladimirovskoe Deposit

   • A. K. Karklit
   • T. L. Derkunova
   • N. V. Litvinko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 298 - 299

10. An Air-Setting Refractory Mortar Using a Composite Binder

    • S. Goberis
    • R. Stonis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 300 - 303