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(4.) MAGMA: a state small research and manufacturing enterprise that does R &D of
systems for measuring magnetic field parameters. It also provides metrological and
mediation services and designs consumer goods. It is under Director A. S. Pazyuk.
(5.) VIRT: a state small enterprise under Director A. V. Barinov, that develops,
fabricates, and delivers hardware and software for personal computers and provides
repair and maintenance services.
(6.)"Tsentrremontpribor": a mixed association services instrumentation and
household appliances of foreign and domestic manufacture and is headed by
Director N. M. Ryzhkov.
The Metrology institute itself has very sophisticated and unique facilities that may be made
available for joint use under contractual arrangements. These include: a large
underground complex at a depth of 45 m with a total area of 1100 square meters
with a special 350 ton interference-immune aerostatically suspended foundation, an
international gravimetric station, laboratories for investigating and certifying seismometers
of the highest resolution, and a life support system; special surface
interference-immune spring-suspended foundation 2500 tons in mass and 40X12X3
m in dimensions with its life support system; a special shielded room to protect from
the Earth magnetic field; a cryogenic complex; nonmagnetic complexes in suburb
localities with low levels of natural and industrial electromagnetic interference; a
large hydrophysical basin with a free submerged iet; sets of special foundations for
static and dynamic measurements in mechanics; a complex of standards for dynamic
measurements. Director Iurii V. Tarbeev, C. Tech. S. has headed the Metrology
Scientific Research Institute since 1975. Drs. V. A. Scheglov and V. N. Khazhuev
are Deputy Directors General for Science, and N. I. Khanov is Deputy Director-
General for Economy and Management. The physical grounds of the institute in St.
Petersburg cover some 52.2 hectares of space and houses some 1600 research
workers.
There are 14 departments in the institute:
1) the General Metrology Department under V. S. Aleksandrov;
2) the Ionizing Radiation Department under V. I. Fominykh;
3) the Electricity and Magnetism Department under I. D. Koltik;
4) the Mechanics Department under A. P. Scholkin;
5) the Thermodynamics Department under A. I. Pokhodun;
6) the Physico-Chemical Measurement Department under M. G. Kozlov;
7) the High-Speed Mechanical Process Measurement Department under V. A.
Balalayev;
8) the Linear Motion Parameter Department under A. I.. Sinelnikov;
9) the Hydrophysical Measurement Department under L. Iurii Kofman;
10) the Metrological Assurance of Measurement of Electrical and Magnetic
Field Parameters Department under G. P. Tsivirko;
11) the Dimensional Measurement Department under L. F. Vitushkin;
12) the Quantum Metrology Department under V. V. Kukhar;
13) the Scientific and Technical Information and International Relations
Department under T. N. Korzhakova, and
14) the Certification and State Tests of Measuring Instruments Department
under V. L. Zhtovskii.
Computer Center: under Demakov, I. P., C. Tech. S.,'72.
Institute measurement standards are maintained in the fields of mechanics, thermodynamics,
physico-chemistry, electromagnetism; ionizing radiation; motion parameters, and
aerohydrophysics. Its scientist are doing extensive applied research in problems of
high temperature superconductivity, gravimetry, calorimetry, liquid and gas flow
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