About us

The development of scientific research in general and inorganic chemistry in Armenia began in 1957, when the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry was created within the Council of National Economy of the Armenian SSR on the basis of the inorganic chemistry sector of the Academy of Sciences.

Later, the newly created institute was transferred under the authority of the USSR Ministry of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy and then the Ministry of Chemical Industry, operating as the Yerevan Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry. From 1970 to 2026, the institute was within the system of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

The institute’s scientists have made a major contribution to the creation and development of the republic’s chemical industry.

Fundamental and technological studies in the chemical processing of aluminosilicate rocks made it possible to propose a new method for the complex processing of nepheline syenites, enabling the production of alumina, soda, potash, and silicate compounds (M. Manvelyan).

For the development of the glass industry, quartzites, perlites, and leucite rocks were studied. Significant work was carried out toward introducing electric melting of borosilicate glasses (K. Kostanyan, A. Melik-Hakhnazarov).

Fundamental results were obtained in producing high-purity SiO2 and Al2O3 from silicate and aluminate solutions (A. Varuzhanyan, K. Abajyan, A. Khanamirova).

The method of hydrothermal processing and enrichment of rocks was successfully applied through ion-exchange processes to obtain materials with new properties and mineral fertilizers (G. Grigoryan, S. Karakhanyan).

The most important current directions of the institute are the development of theoretical and technological foundations for obtaining and introducing functional materials from local raw materials and industrial waste, as well as the production and study of nanoscale materials and composites.

Among the most important results obtained by the institute’s staff, the following can be highlighted.

The synthesis of primary structures of molybdenum β-heteropolyacid nuclei of trivalent metals was carried out (E. Hayriyan).

A simple and accessible method for enriching aluminum-poor minerals was developed (E. Nazaryan).

Phase and glass-formation diagrams of new oxyhalide systems, crystallization processes of melts and glasses, regions of glasses with metastable and stable liquation structures, and the mechanism of formation of polarized crystalline structures were studied. Glasses of new composition and functional purpose, glass-crystalline and nanocomposite materials, and related technologies were developed (N. Knyazyan).

A new thermo-acid processing method for serpentinized rocks was proposed, with leaching of up to 95% MgO (N. Zulumyan).

A more efficient and environmentally safe method was developed for obtaining difficult-to-synthesize silicate colorants, making it possible to produce market-competitive silicate pigments (H. Beglaryan).

Processes for obtaining and purifying layered clay concentrates and their interaction with organic substances were studied for use as fillers in rubbers, rubber products, medicines, and perfumes (V. Martirosyan).

Nanostructured polymer composites, highly effective silica-organic anticorrosion materials, and methods for obtaining low-temperature corundum ceramics were developed (A. Kostanyan).

A new plasma-mechanochemical method was developed for synthesizing high-purity diamonds and nanosized Fe, Co, and Ni powders and their alloys used in cyclohexane conversion and methane carbon-dioxide conversion processes (A. Tataryan).

The flotation processing processes of the oxidized layers of Armenia’s Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit were studied in the presence of sulfidizing agents (A. Hovsepyan).

From 2007 to 2019, six international scientific conferences were organized to expand scientific activity with researchers from different countries.

At the same time, the institute has been and continues to be an important school for training researchers and young specialists in the field of inorganic chemistry and technology.