Phisico-Technological Institute of Metals and Alloys National Academy of Science of Ukraine

Phisico-technological Institute of Metals and Alloys (up to 1996 has been referred to as Institute of Foundry Problems) of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine was established in 1958. Nowadays it is one of the largest European scientific and technical centers in the fields of foundry, metallurgy and material science.

PTIMA undertakes its activities in the following basic directions:
- study of liquid state of multicomponent steels and alloys; interaction of melts with soluble and unsoluble, liquid and gaseous reagents; improvement of existing and elaboration of new ferrous and non-ferrous alloys on the basis of complex and economic alloying, modifying, dispersion strengthening, artificial introduction into metallic melts of granules, particles, etc.;
- study of physical, chemical, heat and mass exchanging processes and their influence on properties and on characteristics of metallic melts during their laser, plasma and electron-beam treatment;
- elaboration of scientific principles of creation of new ferrous and non-ferrous alloys;
- researches of influence of power and electromagnetic fields, centrifugal forces, controllable heat treatment on hydrodynamic, heat-exchanging and solidification processes of molten metals;

Researches on external effects influence on liquid and crystallized metals.