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Laboratory of environmental radiation chemistry
Phone (+994 12) 5383224  
Fax (+994 12) 5398318  
E-mail m_gurbanov@mail.ru
Chief  Gurbanov Muslum Ahmad oglu 

Doctor of chemical sciences, professor

Total number of employees 14
Basic activity directions  

Study of the kinetics and mechanisms of the radiation treatment of toxic compounds: phenols, polycyclic aromatic compounds, organochlorine compounds - chloroform, cyclochlorobenzene, chlorinated biphenyls and pesticides as objects of study;

- Study of cleaning processes using radiation technology of transformed lubricants contaminated with chlorinated biphenyls;

- Kinetic modeling of radiolysis processes for the transformation of oil and waste waters;

- Investigation of hydrogen and chemical safety in radioactive waste

-The influence of industrial waste (anthropogenic factors) on the circulation of carbon and its nuclides in the environment and the mathematical modeling of these systems

Main scientific achievements 

1. The effect of nano-Al2O3 on pH, H2O2 and the change in oxygen in the parameters characterizing the silo process was studied. It is shown that when nano-Al2O3 is used in the system, the acidity of the pH indicator decreases, the chemical oxygen demand decreases. This decrease is determined by the TXB density in the system. As the initial density of TXB increases, the degree of COD transformation decreases.

2. A chromatographic analysis of PXB isomers was carried out and the kinetic patterns were determined depending on the dose, a possible kinetic scheme of the radiolysis process of the system under consideration was constructed, and the kinetic characteristics of the conversion of PCB isomers were refined based on the simulation.

3. The rate of conversion of pesticides into radiation in a solution of hexane and ethanol under the influence of doses increases depending on the initial density.

4. The radiolysis of aqueous solutions of mixtures of formic, oxalic and nitric acid at different concentrations was studied. The processes of radiolytic transformations in the radiolysis of double (formic-oxalic acid) and triple (formic-oxalic-nitric acid) systems in aqueous solutions were studied with the KINET program. On the basis of the experimental data obtained, the mechanism of acid conversion and possible risks of radiation and chemical safety in the storage of liquid radioactive wastes are discussed.

5. The radiocarbon method was determined by the age of the woody part, and its age was approximately 180 ± 30 years. The age of the wooden part of the Siemens brothers' mine in Gadabay is 180 ± 35 years; It has been established that the age of coal found on the territory of the airport in the Gabala region exceeds 50,000 years.