New Light Alloys and Efficient Technologies for Making Them (on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences)

The Ail-Union Institute of Light Alloys (VILS) recently observed its fortieth anniversary. During its existence, specialists at the Institute have conducted a broad range of studies and developed a wide array of technologies that have made the facility one of the largest and most authoritative scientific research organizations in Russia and abroad. Recent years have seen a significant increase in the use of light alloys based on aluminum, magnesium, titanium, heat-resistant nickel alloys, and other special materials. Such alloys are being used in aerospace, shipbuilding, engine construction, instrument manufacturing, the automobile industry, rail transport, and other sectors of industry. More stringent requirements that are being imposed on metallic materials with respect to their overall quality have made it necessary to develop new alloys and technologies. Among the contributors to this effort have been leading scientists at VILS - members of the Metallurgy Department in the Mining-Metallurgical Division of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (RAEN).