• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.77-82
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• 2011

The use of soft magnetic materials have been increasing in the various industrial fields according to the increasing demand for high performance, automatic, miniaturing equipments in the recent our life. In this study, we investigated the effect of factors on the core loss and magnetic properties of electrical steel and soft magnetic composites. Furthermore, we reviewed the major efforts to reduce the core loss and improve the soft magnetic properties in the two main soft magnetic materials. Domain purification which results from reduced density of defects in cleaner electrical steels is combined with large grains to reduce hysteresis loss. The reduced thickness and the high electrical conductivity reduce the eddy current component of loss. Furthermore, the coating applied to the surface of electrical steel and texture control lead to improve high permeability and low core loss. There is an increasing interest in soft magnetic composite materials because of the demand for miniaturization of cores for power electronic applications. The SMC materials have a broad range of potential applications due to the possibility of true 3-D electromagnetic design and higher frequency operation. Grain size, sintering temperature, and the degree of porosity need to be carefully controlled in order to optimize structure-sensitive properties such as maximum permeability and low coercive force. The insulating coating on the powder particles in SMCs eliminates particle-to-particle eddy current paths hence minimizing eddy current losses, but it reduces the permeability and to a small extent the saturation magnetization. The combination of new chemical composition with optimum powder manufacturing processes will be able to result in improving the magnetic properties in soft magnetic composite materials, too.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.247-248
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• 2006

In this study, the morphology of the change of primary Al phase in A356 alloy by two kinds of electromagnetic stirrers(vertical and horizontal) were investigated to obtain the globular structure. The effects of the stirring current, the stirring time and the pouring temperature were determined. The greater stirring current and longer stirring time were to get the finer the Al phase. However, over a certain stirring current and stirring time, the primary Al was merged together and was increased. The reason is the degree of breakdown of initial dendrites has been decreased by the collision and coalescence of particles with increasing stirring current and stirring time. The optimum conditions and difference of the two kinds of electromagnetic stirrers have been investigated for rheology forming with controlled solid fraction.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.47.1-47.1
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• 2011

최근 친환경의 재생 가능한 에너지에 대한 관심이 급증하면서 태양전지에 대한 연구가 국내외에서 활발히 진행중이다. 특히 기존 태양전지 시장을 장악하던 실리콘 태양전지를 대체하고 새로운 기능을 부여하기 위해 박막형 태양전지의 필요성과 새로운 태양전지용 소재 개발에 관심이 집중되고 있다. CIGS는 이러한 요구에 부합하는 소재로써 진공증착법을 통한 CIGS 박막 태양전지에 대한 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 이와 함께, 경제성과 대면적화의 용이성을 목표로 CIGS의 비진공증착법에 대한 연구도 병행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 비진공증착법중 전기화학적 전착방법을 이용하여 CIGS박막을 형성하는 기초연구를 진행하였다. CIGS 박막의 표면 및 결정립 제어를 위하여 젤라틴을 첨가제로 이용하여 CIGS 박막을 제조하였으며 첨가제의 농도, 전착 인가전압 등을 변수로 박막을 형성시켜 특성을 분석하였다. 첨가제가 박막의 특성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 첨가제의 양에 따른 박막의 결정성과 표면 구조를 각각 XRD 및 FE-SEM (EDS)을 이용하여 분석하였다. 첨가제의 농도와 전착 인가전압에 따라 상대적으로 매우 우수한 표면 특성을 가지는 박막을 얻을 수 있었고 특히 특정농도의 젤라틴은 기존의 CIGS 박막의 결정성을 유지시켜 주는 것을 확인하였다. 또한 일정한 첨가제 농도 조건에서 인가전압을 변화시키며 증착한 필름의 CIGS 원소비를 분석함으로서 첨가제를 이용한 전기화학적 전착법에서 인가전압이 박막의 조성비에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 첨가제를 이용한 낮은 전압에서의 전착을 통해 우수한 표면 특성을 유지하면서 동시에 희귀원소인 In과 Ga의 증착을 더욱 용이하게 하는 새로운 방법에 대해 고찰하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.258-263
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• 2020

Silicon carbide (SiC) fibers mainly fabricated from polycarbosilane, a ceramic precursor, are applied as reinforcing materials for ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) because of their high temperature oxidation resistance, tensile strength, and light weight. In this study, continuous SiC fibers used to fabricate rope-type flexible heating elements capable of generating high-temperature heat (> 650℃). For high-efficiency heating elements, the resistance of SiC fiber rope was measured by 2-point probe method according to the cross-sectional area and length. In addition, the fabrication conditions of rope-type SiC fiber heating elements were optimized by controlling the oxygen impurities and the size of crystal grains present in the amorphous SiC fiber. As a result, the SiC fiber heating element having a resistance range of about 100~200 Ω exhibited an excellent power consumption efficiency of 1.5 times compared to that of the carbon fiber heating element.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.61-67
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• 2021

Scraps are a byproduct of the machining process used for transforming titanium ingots into useful mechanical parts. Scraps take two forms, namely, bulky scraps, which are produced by cutting, and chipped scraps, which are produced by milling. Bulky scraps are comparatively easier to recycle because of their small surface area and less oxygen content; as a result, they pose only a small risk of explosion. In contrast, chipped scraps pose a higher risk of explosion, because of which, their recycling is complicated, resulting in most such scraps being discarded. With the aim of avoiding this waste, we proposed a novel process for converting chipped scraps into stable carbide materials. Methods typically applied to reduce particle size and impair the formation of solid solution type phase in the carbide materials were used to improve the mechanical properties of carbides prepared from chipped scraps. Our novel recycling process reduced carbide production costs and improved carbide quality.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.91-96
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• 2021

The enhancement of thermoelectric figure of merit was achieved by the simple processes of sieving and high energy ball milling, respectively, which are enable to reduce the grain size of n-type Bi₂Te₃ thermoelectric materials. By optimizing the grain size, the electrical conductivities and thermal conductivities were controlled. In this study, spark plasma sintering was employed for hindering the grain growth during the sintering process. The thermoelectric figure of merit was measured to be 0.78 in the samples with 30 min high energy ball milling process. Notably, this value was 40 % higher than that of pristine Bi₂Te₃ sample. This result shows the properties of thermoelectric materials can be readily controlled by optimization of grain size via simple ball milling process.