477 (Continued) 
Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior", “Problems of Instrument 
Gravimetry", "Problems of Engineering Seismology", and "Seismic Prospecting" 
are titles of volumes that have appeared in the past few years. 
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Name: Institute of Powder Metallurgy and Special Alloys 
(Institut metallokeramiki i spetsial'nykh splavov) 
Address: Kiyev, Yanvarskoye Vosstaniye, 21 
Director: I. M. Frantsevich, Academician (Ukrainian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: G. V. Samsonov, Doctor (1959) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Ukrainian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
I. N. Fedorchenko, Academician (Ukrainian S.S.R.), Head of 
Technological Division 
Vv. V. Grigor 'yev 
B. D. Grozin, Doctor 
N. K. Kostyrko, Chief Engineer of Technological Division 
G. S. Pisarenko, Corresponding Academician (Ukrainian S.S.R.) 
V. Ne. Yeremenko, Candidate 
Description: 
Formerly the Special-Alloys Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences, 
Ukrainian S.S.R., this institute has become one of the most active 
scientific-research institutions in the Ukraine, and the leading center of 
powder-metallurgical research in the Soviet Union. In 1959, the Institute 
organized a branch in Zaporozh'ye. 
Research of the Institute is both theoretical and applied. Physical 
and chemical studies have been made of the carbides, borides, silicides, 
nitrides, and beryllides. Particular attention has been given to the rare- 
earth-metal borides and hexaborides, the solid solutions of borides and other 
compounds such as carbides, intermetallic compounds, and the production, 
pressing and sintering of various metallic powders, such as iron, tungsten, 
and tantalum. 
In its applied research, the Institute has developed a mill for 
rolling strip from powders of metals such as iron, nickel, copper, stainless 
steel, and tungsten. Other developments include the production of tubes and 
pipes of molybdenum disilicide, filters for the filtration of molten sodium, 
and thermocouples. Turbine blades from refractory compounds are also fre- 
quently mentioned in the research publications of this institute. The 
quarterly journal Powder Metallurgy (Poroshkovaya Metallurgiya) has been 
