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An ore crusher has been developed which uses shock waves from an 
electric discharge in water. The Institute is responsible for research and 
collecting information on selenium and tellurium. The Institute also prepares 
standard samples to be used for spectral analysis, and has conducted studies 
to find applications for radioactive isotopes. 
The Institute has an Experimental Plant, which was completed in 
1958, to check research in ore beneficiation, metallurgical processes, and 
methods of charge preparation, and a Laboratory of Rare Metals. A Trudy is 
published. 
ILO 
Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Storage-Battery Institute 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy akkumulyatornyy institut) 
Address: Leningrad 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Atfiliation: Gosplan, U.S.S.R. (1959) 
Selected Staff Members: 
M. A. Dasoyan, Candidate 
N. N. Fedorova 
L. Rustovoyt, Director of Podolsk Branch (1960) 
Description: 
As a possible solution to the weight problem of alkali storage 
vatteries, the Institute has studied magnesium alloys, especially their 
corrosion. They have also investigated the corrosion of lead parts for 
storage batteries and the corrosion of nickel and possible methods of 
inhibiting it. The possibility of varying the electrical characteristics 
of multicomponent semiconductor alloys also has been studied. 
The Podol'sk Branch of the Institute cooperated on the production 
of new improved types of automobile and tractor batteries. During 1960, 
they introduced a constant-flow line for the uninterrupted production of 
negative plates and conveyors for the formation of battery plates. 
The Institute grants the Candidate's Degree. 
