“…In combination with titanium diboride, materials based on AlMgB 14 demonstrate hardness reaching 46 GPa [ 2 ], which classifies AlMgB 14 –TiB 2 composite materials as superhard. As of yet, the main efforts of scientists have been directed at studying the influence of production methods (one-stage or two-stage sintering) and the composition of the initial mixture (ratio of initial elements, pre-reacted powders or mechanical mixture) on the structure, phase formation processes and properties of AlMgB 14 -based materials [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. Today, it is traditionally considered that the best sintering methods for obtaining AlMgB 14 are spark plasma sintering and hot pressing of AlMgB 14 powder mixtures [ 2 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 22 , 23 ].…”