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made of sodium aluminate in the system Nag0-Als03-Si05, the design of a 
small-size furnace to operate at 1000 C, physicochemical properties of melts 
in the system B-Si-C, the agglomerate from Hungarian bauxite, a photo- 
electric method to disconnect a machine tool when prescribed dimensions are 
reached, properties of aluminum oxycarbides and alumina, reduction of TiO 
with carbon, synthesis of alumina spinel, and a device for determination 
of magnetic substances in nonmagnetic powders. 
The Institute publishes Abrazivy. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Agricultural-Equipment 
Construction 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut sel'*skokhozyaystven- 
nogo mashinostroyeniya-- VISKhOM) 
Address: Moscow, Listvennichnaya ulitsa, 6 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Administration of Agricultural Machines and 
Motor Vehicles of the State Committee of the 
Council of Ministers, U.S.S.R., on Automation 
and Machine Building (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: G. G. Balovnev, Candidate 
Description: 
The Institute has developed a small rubber pressure indicator and 
a device to test the wear resistance of boron and titanium steels. It main- 
tains a Laboratory of Strength and Calculations of Agricultural Machines. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Asbestos Technical Products 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut asbestovykh tekhniche- 
skikh izdeliy--VNIATT) 
Address: Yaroslavl! 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
