• Clean Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.393-400
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• 2013

In this study, Polyethylene wax, which was produced in manufacturing process of high density polyethylene was grafted with maleic anhydride (MAH). The influences of reaction parameters on the graft polymerization as well as the effect of hydrolysis of the anhydride functions were investigated. The results show that the grafting degree increased and conversion of maleic anhydride decreased with an increase in MAH monomer content. This means the highest grafting efficiency for the reaction can be met when MAH monomer content is about 15 wt%. DCP (dicumyl peroxide) and DTBP (di-tert-butyl peroxide) have been used as the initiator and the highest yield of grafting was obtained when the initiator content is about 0.5 wt%. However, It can be seen that the gel content values of this polyethylene wax grafted MAH were below 2%. It was also observed that the grafting degree increased with an increase in reaction temperature and the maximum value was reached 2 hours later. Although MAH functions grafted onto polyethylene wax were mainly in the carboxylic acid forms, some anhydride form of MAH appeared in over 5% of grafting degree. As a result of hydrolysis reaction, it was observed that the conversion of anhydride group into carboxylic acid group was reached up to 10%.

• Composites Research
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.1-6
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• 2009

The mechanical characteristics of gamma-ray irradiated UHMWPE specimens were investigated under various heat treatment conditions. The heat treatment was performed in the range of annealing and remelting temperatures. The annealing treatment below the temperature of $130^{\circ}C$ hardly induced changes in the tensile strength, the strain at the failure and the hardness. However the remelting treatment above $140^{\circ}C$ deteriorated those mechanical properties. It was shown in an FTIR analysis that the annealing treatment caused some oxidation of free radicals created by the pretreatment of the irradiation. These quantitative data represented by the behavior of mechanical properties might be used as basic informations for the design and analysis of various artificial joints.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.259-263
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• 2008

An effect of low-temperature long-term thermal degradation on a degree of crystallinity of a low density polyethylene (LDPE) was investigated by using $^1H$ solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR). Firstly, the long-term thermal treatment makes a color of LDPE from white to pale yellow which is indicative of thermal oxidation. Secondly, it makes the $^{1}H$ NMR spin-spin and spin-lattice relaxation times ($T_1$) to be long. Lastly, the degree of crystallinity of the semicrystalline aged-LDPE also decreases with thermal treatment. Above all, the $T_1$ increase is envisaged to be due to either a decrease of the amorphous regions governing overall spin-lattice relaxation mechanism in LDPEs or a dynamically restricted motion of specific molecular motions by intermolecular hydrogen bonding or crosslinking. However, since the decrease of crystallinity implies an increase of amorphous regions by the thermal treatment, the former case is contrast to our results. Accordingly, we concluded that the latter effect is responsible for the $T_1$ increase.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.293-296
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• 2004

초고압 케이블의 절연물질로 널리 사용되고 있는 가교 폴리에틸렌의 전기적 특성은 라멜라 결정 조직의 밀도와 라멜라 조직의 성장방향과 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 알려지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 반도전 물질에 2종의 첨가제를 이용하여 처방한 3종의 반도전 컴파운드에 대하여 시편 제작 조건에 따른 미세 조직을 제어하여 폴리에틸렌의 미세 조직을 변화시킴으로써, 라멜라 조직이 전기적 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 전기적 특성은 AC 절연파괴 전압을 측정하였으며, 미세 조직 변화를 조사하기 위하여 TEM 이미지 분석 통하여 라멜라 밀도를 통계적으로 정성 분석하여 상관관계를 규명하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.108-114
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• 2008

Uniaxial tension and compression test were conducted on conventional and crosslinked ultra-high molecular polyethylene (UHMWPE) all prepared from the same lot of medical grade GUR 1050. The conventional materials were unirradiated and gamma irradiated with $25kGy{\sim}200kGy$. Gamma irradiated processing was found to significantly impact the crystallinity, and hence the mechanical behavior, of the highly crosslinked UHMWPE. The crystallinity and radiation dose were key predictors of the uniaxial yielding, hardness, plastic flow, and failure properties of conventional and highly crosslinked UHMWPE. The correlation model from experiments would be the basic information to design the liner of artificial joint.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.205-208
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• 2004

초고압 케이블의 절연물질로 널리 사용되고 있는 가교 폴리에틸렌의 전기적 특성은 라멜라결정 조직의 밀도와 라멜라 조직의 성장방향과 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 알려지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 반도전 물질에 2종의 첨가제를 이용하여 처방한 3종의 반도전 컴파운드에 대하여 시편 제작 조건에 따른 미세 조직을 제어하여 폴리에틸렌의 미세 조직을 변화시킴으로써, 라멜라 조직이 전기적 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 전기적 특성은 AC 절연파괴 전압을 측정하였으며, 미세조직 변화를 조사하기 위하여 TEM 이미지 분석 통하여 라멜라 밀도를 통계적으로 정성 분석하여 상관관계를 규명하였다.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.178-187
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• 1993

Degradation of the starch-polyethylene composite film by an activated sludge treatment and a soil burial test was examined. The treated films had deformed structures which were resulted from the removal of starch during the treatments. The added auto-oxidant caused the degradation of the polyethylene matrices and the crosslinking reactions after the oxidation of polyethylene chains as well. As a result of soil burial test, the degradation reaction of the composite film containing corn oil as an auto-oxidant was, however, prevalent : number- and weight-average molecular weight of polyethylene decreased, while the molecular weight distribution increased.

• 전기의세계
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.577-583
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• 1980

This paper is intended to analyze the characteristics of breakdown of polyethylene dielectrics, which was caused by A.C. voltage after impulse fatigue, by using weibull distribution. The impact of impulse fatigue upon the accurance and development of tree and the impact of void upon treeing are investigated. From the results of experiment, it is found that the life of polyethylene subjected to impulse voltage is shorter than that not subjected to impulse voltage. And in the case of void existence, it's life comes to be short remarkably, and the breakdown is almost concentrated on its initiation. From the results observed by the microscope, it is found that the treeing phenomena varies according as whether impulse voltage was applied to polyethylene before being applied to A.C. voltage and whether polyethylene has void or not.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.346-349
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• 1997

It is well known that water treeing is one of the main cause of breakdown in underground power cables, but water tree is not easy to observe. This aging phenomenon was resulted in effect of water and electric field and so on. In this paper, Distilled water was used as water electrode to observe the water treeing in XLPE(cross-linked polyethylene). To observe easily, sample was made of pallet types so water tree was able to show by microscope. As a result, electrical tree appears at niddle electrode tip which was concentrated electric field, but water tree was shown up different types that were appealed in total area of water electrode as well as water electrode tip.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1487-1487
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• 2015

전력수요의 증가 및 친환경 규제 강화에 대응할 수 있는 고내열, 비가교 특징을 가진 폴리프로필렌 절연 케이블을 개발하여 열화특성을 파악하기 위해 열열화 시험을 수행하고 물성적, 전기적 특성을 분석하였다. 온도별로 열화된 폴리프로필렌과 가교폴리에틸렌 절연체를 비교평가하였으며 이 결과는 향후 폴리프로필렌 절연 케이블의 표준규격 및 운전기준을 수립하는데 활용될 것으로 기대된다.