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Selected Staff Members: 
Yu. A. Bagaryatskiy, Doctor 
V. T. Borisov 
R. I. Entin, Professor 
EK. LI. Estrin 
N. S. Fastov 
D. S. Kamenetskaya 
V. M. Kardonskiy 
B. Ya. Lyubov 
O. P. Maksimova, Candidate 
V. Ye. Neymark, Candidate 
Yu. A. Opis 'tyan 
L. G. Orlov, Engineer 
M. D. Perkas, Candidate 
V. M. Rozenberg 
L. A. Shvartsman 
L. M. Utevskiy, Candidate 
L. A. Voloshina 
A. M. Zubko, Candidate 
Description: 
The Dnepropetrovsk Physical-Technical Institute was established in 
1932; however, after reorganization in 1944, it was renamed the Institute of 
Metal Science and Physics of Metals, and became part of TsNIIChM in Moscow. 
Work has been done on the effect of various preliminary treatments 
(plastic deformation, alloying, cold working, and irradiation with neutrons 
and deuterons) on the subsequent transformations of austenite, martensite, 
and pearlite. Thermodynamic investigations have centered on the irreversible 
processes of elastic phenomena. Research was also conducted on the thermo- 
dynamics of phase transformations in binary aluminum alloys. 
They have also developed electron-microscopic and X-ray-diffraction 
techniques for the study of fracture and temper brittleness of steel. The 
Laboratory for Phase Changes cooperated in this research. 
The Institute's interest in nuclear radiation and its effects is 
evident in the reports of radiation and solid-state-physics studies of the 
effect of nuclear radiation on material properties and the strengthening of 
metals by irradiation. 
In 1955, they commenced investigations on melting and hot rolling 
of metals and alloys in vacuum and in inert atmospheres. Various phases of 
this work are still in progress. 
Crystallization of binary alloys, solid solutions, and high-purity 
iron (including the effects of alloying elements, dislocations, and plastic 
deformation) has received considerable attention at the Institute. Currently, 
