The Laboratory of Ion-Exchange and Adsorption was created at the Chemical Department of National Technical University of Ukraine (KPI) and content 12 employees.

The basic directions of Laboratory activity are:

• Research of properties for sorption and membrane materials and development on their basis of high-performance technologies for solutions clearing from undesirable admixtures.
• Development of water purification technologies for receiving of the high-grade water from different original water compositions.
• Water conditioning for needs of the food, pharmaceutical industry, power plants and others.
• Monitoring of waters quality.
• Development of the low-wasted techniques of technological solutions and wastewater purification for industrial plants (in particular, galvanic plants) with valuable components utilization.
• Development of the process of molasses chromatographic separation in continuous counter-current mode.

Our Laboratory is accredited in State Standardization System of Ukraine on the right of certification of drinking water, drinks, sorption and membrane materials.

The scientific operations of the employees of the Laboratory were submitted at the international conferences in Japan, USA, England, France, Hungary, Russia.

We are working in close contact with Dow Chemical company. Our laboratory research investigations are carrying out with the wide range of DOWEX ion exchange resins and FILMTEC membrane materials.

The last year's main scientific publications by the laboratory employees are:

1.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, N.Makarova. Optimization of Sorption Purification of Industrial Effluents, Waste Waters and Technological Solution from Polyvalent Metal Ions in: Ion Exchange edited by D.Muraviev, V.Gorshkov, A.Warshawsky, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York-Basel, 2000.

2.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, N.Makarova. Optimization of Sorption Purification of Industrial Effluents, Waste Waters and Technological Solution from Polyvalent Metal Ions in: Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, Marcel Dekker Inc, New York-Basel-Hong Kong, v.16, No1, 1998.

3.T.Mitchenko, N.Kartel, A.Mitchenko, H.Shevchuk. Humic Compounds Uptake From Tap Water by Granular Activated Carbons of Various Nature - XXIV Biennial Conference on Carbon "Carbon 99", USA, Charleston, 11-16 July, 1999.

4.T.Mitchenko, N.Makarova. Ion-exchange methods of mercury removal from industrial waste waters.- II International Conference ?CERECO?97?, Hungary, 1997.

5.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, H.Shevchuk, A.Romashev. Wasteless purification of rinsing waters of galvanic manufacture - Khemistry and Water Technology, v. 18, No 6, 1996.

6.T.Mitchenko, L.Postolov. Removal of Various Mercury Compounds by the Modified Anion-Exchanger with Oxidative Properties "Oxisorb-1" - ICIE'95, The 1995 International Conference on Ion Exchange, December 4-6, Takamatsu, Japan, 1995.

7.P.Stender, T.Mitchenko, H.Shevchuk, R.Polyakov. Removal of Heavy and Non-Ferrous Metals from Wastewaters by Mixture of Specific Resins - ICIE'95, The 1995 International Conference on Ion Exchange, December 4-6, Takamatsu, Japan, 1995.

8.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, K.Kazdobin, H.Shevchuk, N.Makarova. Wasteless Technology for Ion-Exchange Purification of Metal Finishing Rinse Water Followed by Metal Recovery - International Congress "Water: Ecology and Technology", vol.III, Moscow, September 6-9, 1994.

9.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, V.Strelko, N.Makarova, H.Shevchuk. Features of copper sorption by different carboxylic ion exchangers from rinsing waters of galvanic manufacture - High Purity Substances, Moscow, No5, 1995.

10.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, N.Makarova, A.Mitchenko. The method of the drinking water clearing and conditioning. Claim UA No 99126955, 1999.

11. T.Mitchenko, L.Postolov, P.Stender, V.Montevsky. The ion-exchange method of the solutions purification from color metal ions. Patent UA No 26105Â, CO2F1/42, 1999.

12.T.Mitchenko, L.Postolov, V.Montevsky. The method of the II-saturation juice softening for beet-sugar production. Patent UA No 25072, B01J39/04, B01J49/00, C13D3/14, 1998.

13.T.Mitchenko, N.Makarova, T.Mykal, P.Stender. The ion-exchange method of the complex processing for molasses. Patent RU No 2048847, 1995.

14.T.Mitchenko, P.Stender, T.Mykal, V.Lyashenko, J.Kolesnik. The method of the water clearing and conditioning. Patent UA No 24451 A, CO2F 1/42, 1998.

15.T.Mitchenko, L.Postolov. The method of the sorbent receiving for mercury removal. Patent RU No 2026736, 1995.