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decomposition of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons; polymerization of ethylene 
into polyethylene over heterogeneous oxide catalysts at average pressures; 
high-speed pyrolysis of low-octane gas condensates, gasolines, and ligroins 
in electric reactors; catalytic chlorination of methane in the fluid state 
to obtain carbon tetrachloride; catalytic dehydrogenation of butane to 
divinyl and isopentane to isoprene in a continuous-flow vacuum reactor; 
deparaffination of petroleum products with a carbamide solution; processes 
for extraction of cyclohexane and its close homologs from gasolines by 
fractionation, azeotropic distillation, etc.; catalytic dehydrochlorination 
of 1,2-dichlorethane and hydrochlorination of acetylene. 
The Institute also has undertaken investigations related to its 
main interests, for example, the development of clay mortars used in 
drilling gas and oil wells, colloidal and chemical methods of fighting 
filtration of water in irrigation systems, and processes for utilizing 
waste from an aluminum oxide plant. Ways of utilizing the sodium chloride 
deposits of the republic and the use of polymers for protection against 
corrosion also have been studied. 
The Institute has a branch in Sumgait. A Sbornik Trudov is 
published. 
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Name: Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis 
(Institut Neftekhimicheskogo sinteza--INKhS) 
Address: Moscow, Leninskiy prospekt, 29 
Director: A. V. Topchiyev, Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. N. Bashkirov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
P. A. Borisov 
A. M. Brodskiy 
G. D. Gal’pern 
A. Geodekyan 
L. A. Gulyayeva 
Vv. A. Kargin, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
B. A. Krentsel?, Doctor 
M. M. Kusakov 
K. P. Lavrovskiy, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head of 
Laboratory 
N. S. Nametkin 
L. S. Polak, Doctor, Head of Laboratory of Radiochemical Processes 
