YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN. It is envisaged to use the technologies of obtaining milybdenum powders, which were developed by the Institute of Chemical Physics of the RA National Academby of Sciences, at Pure Iron Plant producing molybdenum alloys, NT correspondent was informed by Suren Kharatian, head of the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis kinetics laboratory and of the chair of chemical physics of Yerevan State University. According to S. Kharatian, the institute has developed technologies for obtaining pure molybdenum and molybdenum disilicide powders from molybdeum oxide. Negotiations on transferring these technologies are being conducted with the plant. S. Kharatian expressed a hope that the production of the above mentioned powders will be organized at Pure Iron Plant. "If we compare the technologies of otaining molybdenum powder, we see that our technology based on the self-propagating high-temperature synthesis processes is a complex and expensive one. But the purity of the substance obtained is much higher, therefore, it is several times as expensive as those obtained by using other technologies." S. Kharatian said that some amounts of nickel and cobalt powders obtained through the technologies developed by the institute are now used for production of cutting tools at Yerevan's Almast Plant. These powders are also used at the plant as a catalyst in artificial diamond synthesis. He expressed a hope that the cooperation between the institute and "Almast" Plant will expand.

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