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tetrachloride, especially in its development for the production of titanium 
metal by reduction with magnesium. The Berezniki Branch of VAMI has been 
active in these titanium studies. The Institute has also developed new 
methods for the industrial extraction and recovery of gallium and calcium. 
The staff has continuously worked on improving methods of sintering, 
roasting, and leaching, concentrating especially on the Bayer process of 
producing aluminum from bauxite. They have also developed instruments for 
the automatic control of aluminum, magnesium, and titanium production for 
increased and cheaper yields. Another important development was an electro- 
thermal method of extracting and producing aluminum and its alloys directly 
from the ores. They have worked on improving the purity of aluminum and 
magnesium through electrolytic refining. Their studies of the mechanical 
and physical properties of these metals have resulted in improved methods 
of pressing, drawing, extrusion, and rolling. 
VAMI is one of the groups responsible for the development and 
production of standard samples, which are distributed to other institutes 
for use in spectral analysis. 
A considerable number of investigations are in progress or have 
been completed on the anode and cathode processes in aluminum and magnesium 
electrolyzers. The effect of temperature, magnetic forces, and additives 
on their parameters have received emphasis. 
The Institute grants the Candidate's Degree and periodically 
publishes a Trudy. 
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Name: All-Union Central Scientific-Research Institute of the Sugar 
Industry 
(Vsesoyuznyy tsentral'nyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut 
sakharnoy promyshlennosti--Ts INS) 
Address: Kiyev 
Director: A. N. Shakin (1960) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. M. Kats, Head of Chemical Control Laboratory 
M. Z. Khelmskiy, Professor, Head of Research Laboratories 
V. A. Novikov, Head of Laboratory for Mechanization of Loading 
and Unloading Field Work 
B. K. Zibenov, Head of Economics Department 
