830 (Continued) 
The isotope laboratory conducts research on industrial and agricultural 
applications of tracer atoms. The spectral-analysis laboratory was the first 
in the U.S.S.R. to compile and publish atlases of spectral lines. The metal- 
lurgical laboratories have developed heat-resistant alloys and new devices to 
regulate metal rolling, and studied the plasticity of alloys. In 1956 a 
laboratory for electronics and automatics was organized to conduct research 
on automation of chemical control in Kazakhstan nonferrous-metallurgical 
enterprises. 
831 
Name: Physical-Technical Institute 
(Fiziko-tekhnicheskiy institut) 
Address: Ashkhabad 
Director: -= 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Turkmen S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: R. G. Annayev, Academician (Turkmen S.S.R.) 
Description: 
This institute has a spectrum research laboratory which is investi- 
gating ultrasound. An apparatus has been developed for measuring ultrasonic 
absorption in liquids, and another device, for treating seeds with ultra- 
sound to increase their yield. The Semiconductor Laboratory of the Institute 
is studying applications of solar energy. One project involves conversion 
of solar energy into heat and cold through the use of semiconductors. An 
installation has also been designed to use the sun's rays to produce fresh 
water from salt water. A number of references discuss observations of 
meteors at the Astrophysical Laboratory of this institute. An observatory 
at Vannovskiy which has made astronomical observations is attached to the 
Institute. A Trudy is published. 
832 
Name: Physical-Technical Institute 
(Fiziko-tekhnicheskiy institut) 
Address: Tashkent, Astronomicheskiy tupik, 11 
Director: G. Ya. Umarov, Academician (Uzbek S.S.R.) (1962) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Uzbek S.S.R. (1961) 
