Belarusian and South Korean scientists will work on obtaining materials with improved properties

December 21, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA) of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) plan to develop scientific and technical cooperation in the field of studying and obtaining materials with improved strength and plasticity characteristics. Such agreements were reached following the visit of the ITA delegation to South Korea in early December, the ITA of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus informed a BELTA correspondent. The visit of the Vitebsk delegation was organized within the framework of implementing a memorandum of intent signed by ITA and KAERI following the Days of Science and Technology of Belarus in the Republic of Korea in 2008. Belarusian and Korean scientists exchanged information on the results of scientific work in the field of materials science achieved by research centers, and discussed a prospective plan for joint research and development in areas of mutual interest. During a seminar organized for Belarusian specialists, they were introduced to the scientific developments of their Korean colleagues and equipment for researching the physical properties of materials, technologies for applying protective wear-resistant coatings using flame spraying, gas-dynamic spraying, and brush coating methods, and the technology for obtaining mechanoactivated powders. The Vitebsk scientists also focused on issues related to the organization of scientific personnel training based on South Korean partner structures. In addition, negotiations were held with leading specialists in mechanoactivation technology at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, which resulted in an agreement to implement a joint project in the field of coating application. Furthermore, promising areas of cooperation include joint research on technologies for obtaining new materials with a shape memory effect, as well as joining dissimilar metals using explosion welding and obtaining new coatings based on them. The ITA of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus has been working in this area for the last ten years, developing powder compositions, including for creating coatings using the gas-dynamic spraying method. The institute's developments are used in technologies for restoring lost volumes of parts and structures, and have been successfully implemented at some aircraft repair and machine-tool building enterprises in Belarus and Russia. -0-