Career:

1965-1991: VNIIEM - All Russia Science and Research Institute of Electromechanics, Moscow, Russia - Engineer, Senior Engineer, Senior Research Associate
Field of activity: Applied research of processing parameters and customer properties of hard magnetic materials:

• Optimization of processing of Allnico magnets
• Designing of new alloys and their production technology
• Manufacturing of permanent magnets
• Heat treatment
• Improvement of permanent magnet processing
• Justification of requirements to raw materials
• Technology transfer to magnet manufacturers (implementation of new alloys and processing)

1991-1998 - Science and Production Enterprise "Metallotherm" Ltd., Russia, Moscow - Manager of Magnet Department
Field of activity:
Consulting foreign customers and manufacturers of magnets to promote their contacts with magnet suppliers of CIS countries; improvement of manufacturing performance:
· Casting and powder metallurgy
· Heat treatment
· Process and product control
 

2000 -2001 - Purdue University, Calumet, Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering
Field of Activity: Application of permanent magnets in steel production/processing

2001 - start up of "Applied Magnet Technology", founder, CEO-President

Main projects
Alnico alloys:
· Role of magnetic field into formation of structure and properties
· Chemistry, structure and magnetic properties of alloys and constituting phases
· Role of metallurgical factors and magnetic heat treatment parameters into formation of structure and properties 
· Processing features of magnet production for electrical engineering and instrument making industry
Sm-Co:
· Magnetic properties of powders
· Application of surface active substances: processing features
· Effect of microstructure on magnetic and corrosion properties
Nd-Fe-B:
· Structure and magnetic properties on successive stages of processing
· Influence of processing parameters on customer properties
· Justification of appropriate raw materials for magnet production
· Corrosion behavior: structure and processing effects
Main publications:
1. Rabinovich Yu.M., Sergeyev V.V. The technology of heat treatment of cast permanent magnets. Proc. of Seminar "Physical Metallurgy and Heat Treatment for Instrument Industry", M, 1968, 184-187 (in Russian)
2. Rabinovich Yu.M et al. Formation of Magnetic Properties and Chemistry of Constitutional Phases of Alnico-8A High Coercitivity Alloy: "Proc. VNIIEM", 1974, vol.40, M.,24-33 (in Russian)
3. Sergeyev V.V., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Determination of Curie Temperature of Alnico and Ticonal Alloys: "Proc.VNIIEM", 1974, M., vol.40, 58-64 (in Russian)
4. Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Influence of IMHT Temperature on the Structure and Magnetic Properties of YuNDK35T5AA and YuNDK40T8AA Alloys: "Proc.VNIIEM", vol.57, M.1978, 29-35 (in Russian)
5. Larichkina R.Ya., Sergeyev V.V., Rabinovich Yu.M. Influence of Metallurgical Factors and IMHT conditions on the Magnetic Properties of single crystal magnets: "Electrical Engineering Industry. Ser. Electrotechnical Materials", 1973, iss.5(34), 17-20 (in Russian)
6. Sergeyev V.V., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Structure and magnetic properties formation during sintering magnets based on PrCo5 production: "Electrical Engineering Industry, Ser.Electrotechnical Materials", 1975, 1(54), 15-18 (in Russian)
7. Kononenko A.C., Sergeyev V.V., Rabinovich Yu.M. Relationship of Properties of RE-Co magnets compressed by liquid-phase sintering with sintering, anealing and milling of powders regimes: "Electrical Engineering Industry, Ser. Electrotecknical Materials", 1974, 2(43), 13-15 (in Russian)
8. Kononenko A.C., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Metallurgical aspects of RE-Fe-B magnets production: "Electrotecknika", No11, 1990, 10-15 (in Russian)
9. Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Exploitation characteristics of permanent magnets based on RE-Fe-B alloys type: "Electrotecknika", No11, 1990, 21-26 (in Russian)
10. Bala H., Szymura S., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Studies on sintered permanent magnets RE-Fe-M-Co-B (RE = Nd, Pr, Dy, Tb; M = Si, Al, Cr): Revue Phys. Appl., 25 (1990), 1205-1211 
11. Szymura S., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Structure and magnetic properties of (Nd, Dy)-(Fe, Co)-B magnets with Al, Cr and Nd additions: J. Phys.III France, 1 (1991) 1657-1662
12. Szymura S., Bala H., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Structure, magnetic properties and corrosion behavior of sintered Nd16Fe76-x CrxB8 magnets: J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 94 (1991) 113-118
13. Szymura, Bala H., Rabinovich Yu.M., Wyslocki J.J. Magnetic properties of sintered Nd-Fe-B type magnets containing calcium, chlorine and carbon: Modern Physics Letters B, vol.19 (1992) 1197-1203
14. Rabinovich Yu.M. et al Properties of sintered Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets of Nd-Fe alloy obtained by an electrochemical method: Materials Letters 16 (1993) 210-212
15. Szymura S., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Magnetic Properties and Microstructural Characterization of Sintered Pr16Fe76-x-yCox B8 (0<x<20; 0<y<8) magnets: Phys.Stat.Sol. (a) 146, 815 (1994)
16. Maystrenko A.L., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. The correlation between the coercivity and the mechanical properties of sintered rare-earth-iron-boron magnets: J. Phys.Condens. Matter 6 (1994) 3573-3582
17. Szymura S., Rabinovich Yu.M. et al. Magnetic, thermal and electric properties of the some substituted sintered rare-earth iron boron permanent magnets: J.Moscow Phys.Soc. 4, (1994) 73-78
18. Rabinovich Yu.M., et al. Physical and mechanical properties of sintered Nd-Fe-B type permanent magnets: Intermetallic 4 (1996) 641-645
19. Lukin A.A., Szymura S., Rabinovich Yu.M. Hydrogen failure of (Sm,Dy,Gd)Co5 permanent magnets: Engineering failure analysis, v.5 (1998) 317-321
20. S.Szymura, Yu.M.Rabinovich, et.al. Pecularities of Formation of Magnetic Hardening in Sintered NdFeTiAlB Permanent Magnet by Ageing. Phys.Stat.Sol. (a) 174, 513 (1999)
21. A.A.Lukin, Yu.M.Rabinovich et al. Hydrogen Stability of SmCo5 Permanent Magnet: Kovove Materialy (Metallic Materials, Chehia) 38 (2), 107-115, 2000