Head of the Department: Ph.D. Vladimir P. SELKIN

For contacts:
E-mai: selkin_v@mail.ru
Phone: +375 (232) 77 46 34
Fax: +375 (232) 77 52 11

Structural unit:

Testing laboratory for studying polymer, composite and paint materials has been accredited within the Belgosstandard system.

FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

• Radiation physics and chemistry of polymers
• Investigation of polymer aging processes;
• physics of failure of molecular and permolecular polymer structures under environmental factors.

APPLIED RESEARCH

• Estimation and forecasting of stability of physico-mechanical properties of composites, paint and varnish coatings under climatic effects, UV radiation, temperature, humidity, and radiation

DEVELOPMENTS

Technology, equipment, materials:

• Radiation modification technology of polymer materials, equipment and dosimetry of radiation-chemical processes on the base of commercial accelerators;
• production technology of heat-shrinkage, radiation cross-linked polymer parts;
• production technology of thin-walled polymer pipes of large diameters, pipes with antirust and water-proofing of interior surfaces;
• maintenance technology of metal-polymer pipes and plastic fittings in cold and hot water supplies;
• welding methods of plastic parts and blanks (tubes, fittings), polymer fittings with embedded electrical heaters;
• low-combustible polymer materials for wire insulation;
• polymer materials for micro- and ultra-fine filtration, polymer membranes

Products:

• packing joints of pumps for pumping hostile working media (mixtures of acids, drilling solutes, petroleum, stratal water);
• thin-walled polymer pipes of large diameters for ventilation systems;
• filters for additional cleaning of potable water, multiple-access multimodule filters for additional cleaning of potable water;
• film dosimeters for radiation technologies (measurement range of absorbed dose 10 – 2000 kGy)

SERVICES

The laboratory of testing polymer, composite and paint materials
- climatic, physico-mechanical and dielectric testing of polymer materials and paint coats;
- forecasting of properties of polymer materials and coats in response to environment conditions;
- estimation and quality approval of service characteristics of filtering units and systems.