P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Institute of Chemistry

The Institute of Chemistry was founded in 1946. It consists of 8 departments as

follows

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  Technology of Inorganic Matter

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  Corrosion-stable Materials

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  Medical Biological Compounds

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  Fiber-forming Materials

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  Organic Synthesis

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  Biopharmacology

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  Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry

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  Patent-license

The major fields of investigation include

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  Chemical technological bases of complex processing of local sources of raw

materials;

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  Geochemistry of sedimentary mountain rocks of Tajikistan;

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  Theory and methods of concentration of useful fossils;

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  Study of the corrosive-electrochemical behavior of aluminum alloys, and the

study of new construction materials, which are stable in aggressive

mediums;

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  Study of heterochain polymers, including bi-products of cotton-growing;

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  Synthesis of polymers with special complex properties; and

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  Study of biological active compounds of natural origin.

The major scientific results have been:

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  Construction of an anti-epileptic preparation "Karbatin," haemosorbent

"IKHANT," coagulator from local nepheline cyanides, offered new class of

flutreagents;

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  Discovery of new aluminum alloys from which an experimental batch of

automobile wheels was produced;

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  Suggested methods for receiving medical salt (sodium chloride);

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  Methods for utilization of the slag field of TadAZ waste were delivered;

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  The possibility of the use of pectin as a cure for gallstones was exhibited.

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