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Director: V. I. Spitsyn, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
I. N. Aleynikova 
G. K. Berukshtis 
B. V. Deryagin, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head of 
Laboratory of Surface Phenomena 
M. M. Dubinin, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
A. N. Frumkin 
N. S. Gorbunov, Candidate 
V. V. Karasev 
Yu. M. Kirillova, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
G. B. Klark, Candidate 
N. A. Krotova, Candidate 
N. T. Kudryavtsev, Doctor 
P. A. Rebinder, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
S. Z. Roginskiy, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
I. L. Rozenfel'd, Doctor 
N. D. Tomashov, Doctor 
A. A. Trapeznikov, Doctor 
A. T. Vagramyan, Doctor 
I. V. Vereshchinskiy 
F. F. Vol'kenshteyn 
Description: 
Formerly the Colloidal-Electrochemical Institute, the present Insti- 
tute of Physical Chemistry was organized about 1945. Since then, various 
laboratories and departments have been identified within its structure: an 
Electrochemical Section, or Department; Laboratories for Catalysis, Electro- 
deposition, Disperse Systems, Hydrocarbon Oxidation, Sorption Processes, and 
Surface Phenomena (this laboratory celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 1960). 
In addition, corrosion stations are maintained at various locations for con- 
tinuous environmental corrosion research. In 1961, the Institute was 
reported to own a high-energy=particle accelerator. The Institute publishes 
a Trudy and grants higher academic degrees. 
Books recently written by members of the Institute cover topics 
such as: the structure of oxide films on metals and the mechanism of their 
formation; theories and methods for applying thin emulsion coatings to film 
bases for obtaining light-sensitive materials; electrolytic and chemical 
polishing of metals; studies on physical-chemical hydrodynamics (theory of 
heat exchange, theory of motion, and theory of cavitation); technological 
