• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.496-501
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• 2005

The thermal degradation of ABS in the presence of iron-based metal catalysts has been studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The reaction of iron-based metal catalysts (ferric nitrate nonahydrate, ammonium ferric sulfate dodecahydrate, iron sulfate hydrate, ammonium ferric oxalate, iron(II) acetate, iron(II) acetylacetonate and ferric chloride) with ABS has been found to occur during the thermal degradation of ABS. In a nitrogen atmosphere, char formation was observed, and at $600^{\circ}C$ approximately 3~23 wt% of the reaction product was non-volatile char. The resulting enhancement of char formation in a nitrogen atmosphere has been primarily due to the catalytic crosslinking effect of iron-based metal catalysts. On the other hand, char formation of ABS in air at high temperature by iron-based metal catalyst was unsuccessful due to the oxidative degradation of the char.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.100-101
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• 2003

휘발성 유기 화합물(Volatile organic compounds, VOCs)은 산업공정에서 유기 용제로 사용되며 수송, 저장 및 취급시 대기로 쉽게 방출된다. 또한 자동차 배출가스, 소각로, 쓰레기 매립장, 폐수 처리시설 및 일반 가정에서의 각종 연소 과정에서도 유출된다. VOCs 의 유출은 그 자체가 인체에 유해할 뿐 아니라, 대기 중에 배출되어 질소 산화물과 함께 광화학 반응을 일으킴으로서 오존 또는 알데히드와 같은 2차 오염물질을 생성시켜 오존층 파괴 및 지구 온난화, 산성비 등으로 지구 환경에 악영향을 초래하고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.542-542
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• 2013

저온 플라즈마를 발생시키는 대기압 마이크로-플라즈마 젯(Micro-plasma jet)을 이용하여 플라즈마와 세포와의 상호작용에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 세포의 대사과정에서 생성되는 활성산소 종(Reactive Oxygen Species, ROS)은 세포에 산화 스트레스를 유발시킨다. 이러한 스트레스는 세포 예정사(programmed cell death)의 원인이 된다. 플라즈마 형성 기체로 헬륨, 아르곤, 질소를 사용하여 각각의 기체에 따른 세포의 형태 변화 및 세포 내 활성 산소 종의 영향을 분석하였다. 실험에 사용된 세포는 인체의 폐암 세포[Human lung cancer cell, A549]이며 플라즈마 처리 후 Intracellular ROS assay를 통하여 플라즈마에서 발생되는 활성 산소 종(Reactive Oxygen Species, ROS)이 세포 내에 들어가 활성 산소 종을 증가시키는 것을 확인하였다. 이때, 플라즈마에서 발생되는 활성 산소 종(Reactive Oxygen Species, ROS)들은 광 방출 스펙트럼(Optical Emission Spectroscopy)로 분석하였고, 기체별로 비교하여 보았다. 또한, 이 때 발생되는 플라즈마의 전류-전압 특성에 따른 optical intensity를 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.245-246
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• 2001

우리나라에서는 지금까지 대기 오염과 관련하여 환경기준 달성을 위한 정책수립에 있어서 대상물질은 주로 이산화황(SO$_2$)과 먼지(TSP) 등으로 경제개발과 산업발전과정 등에서 발생되는 오염물질이었다. 그러나 최근 몇 년사이 급격한 자동차의 증가로 인한 이산화질소(NO$_2$)와 휘발성유기화합물(VOCs)의 배출이 증가하고 있어 환경규제정책도 점차 변하고 있는 실정이다. 이러한 오염물질들이 대기중에서 태양복사에너지에 의해 광화학 반응을 일으켜 오존(ozone), PAN(peroxyacethyl nitrate), PBN(peroxy benzoyl nitrate), 아크로레인(carolein), 포름알데히드(HCHO, formaldehyde) 등 광화학 산화제를 생성하여 인체, 동ㆍ식물 및 재산상의 피해를 유발하고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.495-495
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• 2013

액체 내에 적용 가능한 바이오 플라즈마 소스를 제작하기 위해 텅스텐과 주사 바늘, 카테터 등의 여러 재료를 사용하여 시도를 해보았고 액체에서 방전이 일어날 수 있는 구조를 연구하였다. 전극 위에 절연체를 씌우고 그 위에 전극을 고정시켜 전압을 인가하여 전극 간에 표면방전을 통해서 플라즈마를 생성하는 방식을 사용하였다. 실험 장비는 AC 전압을 사용하였으며(12 kV, 22 kHz) 방전 전압과 방전 전류를 고전압 프로브(Tektronix P6015A)와 전류 프로브(P6021)를 사용하여 측정하였다. 모노크로미터를 이용하여 바이오 플라즈마 소스가 액체 속(수돗물, 증류수, 생리식염수)에서 방전 될 때 에미션 스펙트럼을 분석하여 산화질소(nitric oxide; NO), 과산화수소(hydrogen peroxide; H2O2), hydroxyl radical이 발생함을 확인하였다. 인체 내에서는 온도가 중요한 요소이기 때문에 액체에서 방전할 때 $40^{\circ}C$ 이하의 낮은 온도에서 이용이 가능하도록 연구하였다. 특히, 우리는 여러 종류의 액체(수돗물, 증류수, 생리식염수)에서의 방전 특성의 광학적 전기적 연구를 하였다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.1265-1276
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• 1998

Background : Nitric oxide(NO) is an endogenously produced free radical that plays an important role in regulating vascular tone, inhibition of platelet aggregation and white blood cell adhesion to endothelial cells, and host defense against infection. The highly reactive nature of NO with oxygen radicals suggests that it may either promote or reduce oxidant-induced cell injury in several biological pathways. Oxidant injury and interactions between pulmonary vascular endothelium and leukocytes are important in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury, including acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS). In ARDS, therapeutic administration of NO is a clinical condition providing exogenous NO in oxidant-induced endothelial injury. The role of exogenous NO from NO donor or the suppression of endogenous NO production was evaluated in oxidant-induced endothelial injury. Method : The oxidant injury in cultured rat lung microvascular endothelial cells(RLMVC) was induced by hydrogen peroxide generated from glucose oxidase(GO). Cell injury was evaluated by $^{51}$chromium($^{51}Cr$) release technique. NO donor, such as S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine(SNAP) or sodium nitroprusside(SNP), was added to the endothelial cells as a source of exogenous NO. Endogenous production of NO was suppressed with N-monomethyl-L-arginine(L-NMMA) which is an NO synthase inhibitor. L-NMMA was also used in increased endogenous NO production induced by combined stimulation with interferon-$\gamma$(INF-$\gamma$), tumor necrosis factor-$\alpha$(TNF-$\alpha$), and lipopolysaccharide(LPS). NO generation from NO donor or from the endothelial cells was evaluated by measuring nitrite concentration. Result : $^{51}Cr$ release was $8.7{\pm}0.5%$ in GO 5 mU/ml, $14.4{\pm}2.9%$ in GO 10 mU/ml, $32.3{\pm}2.9%$ in GO 15 mU/ml, $55.5{\pm}0.3%$ in GO 20 mU/ml and $67.8{\pm}0.9%$ in GO 30 mU/ml ; it was significantly increased in GO 15 mU/ml or higher concentrations when compared with $9.6{\pm}0.7%$ in control(p < 0.05; n=6). L-NMMA(0.5 mM) did not affect the $^{51}Cr$ release by GO. Nitrite concentration was increased to $3.9{\pm}0.3\;{\mu}M$ in culture media of RLMVC treated with INF-$\gamma$ (500 U/ml), TNF-$\alpha$(150 U/ml) and LPS($1\;{\mu}g/ml$) for 24 hours ; it was significantly suppressed by the addition of L-NMMA. The presence of L-NMMA did not affect $^{51}Cr$ release induced by GO in RLMVC pretreated with INF-$\gamma$, TNF-$\alpha$ and LPS. The increase of $^{51}Cr$ release with GO(20 mU/ml) was prevented completely by adding 100 ${\mu}M$ SNAP. But the add of SNP, potassium ferrocyanate or potassium ferricyanate did not protect the oxidant injury. Nitrite accumulation was $23{\pm}1.0\;{\mu}M$ from 100 ${\mu}M$ SNAP at 4 hours in phenol red free Hanks' balanced salt solution. But nitrite was not detectable from SNP upto 1 mM The presence of SNAP did not affect the time dependent generation of hydrogen peroxide by GO in phenol red free Hanks' balanced salt solution. Conclusion : Hydrogen peroxide generated by GO causes oxidant injury in RLMVC. Exogenous NO from NO donor prevents oxidant injury, and the protective effect may be related to the ability to release NO. These results suggest that the exogenous NO may be protective on oxidant injury to the endothelium.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 1996

철강재료에 대한 플라즈마질화법의 적용에는 지금까지 많은 연구결과가 나와 있는데, 탄소강이나 적합금강의 경우는 그 표면정도가 Hv400 - 900, 고합금강의 경우 는 Hv1000이상의 정도를 얻을 수 있으며, 내마모성도 향상한다고 알려져 있다. 그리 고 플라즈마질화처리에 의한 질화층의 형성기구나 화합물층 및 확산층의 생성에 관여 하는 처리조건의 영향, 질화층의 경도 및 깊이에 대한 합금원소의 영향등이 어느 정도 밝혀져 있다. 그리고 스테인레스강의 경우는 그 표면에 견고한 산화피막을 형성하기 때문에 염욕질화나나 가스질화법에 의한 처리가 일반적으로 곤란하다. 그러나 프라 즈마질화처리에 의하면, 분위기를 질소와 수소의 혼합가스로 함으로서 특별한 전처리 를 하지않고도 질화처리가 가능한 것으로 알려져 있다. 또한 철강재료 이외의 비철 금속에 대한 플라즈마질화처리의 적용이 검토되었으며, 질화물을 형성하기 쉬운 Ti 와 그 합금, Zr, Al 그리고 Va, AIa족원소의 경우는 Hv1000이상의 경도가 얻어진다는 것과 최적 질화조건등이 보고되어져 있다. 또한 질화물을 형성하지 않는 금속, 즉 Ni 나 Cu합금 등에 대하여도 Ti, Al 등의 질화물생성원소를 첨가하여 플라즈마질화법에 의한 표면경화특성도 검토되고 있다. 본 해설에서는, 탄소강, 탄소저합금강 등의 철강 재료를 중심으로하여 플라즈마질화처리한 경우의 표면경화특성에 대하여 서술하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.39 no.6
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• pp.409-414
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• 2006

Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria were enumerated and isolated from a steady-state anaerobic master culture reactor (MCR) operated for over six months under a semi-continuous mode and nitrate-limiting conditions using thiosulfate as an electron donor. Most are Gram-negative bacteria, which have sizes up to 12 m. Strains AD1 and AD2 were isolated from the plate count agar (PCA), and strains BD1 and BD2 from the solid thiosulfate/nitrate medium. Based on the morphological, physiological, FAME and 16S rDNA sequence analyses, the two dominant strains, AD1 and AD2, were identified as Paracoccus denitrificans and Paracoccus versutus (formerly Thiobacillus versutus), respectively. From the physiological results, glucose was assimilated by both strains AD1 and AD2. Heterotrophic growth of strains AD1 and AD2 could be a more efficient way of obtaining a greater amount of biomass for use as an inoculum. Even though facultative autotrophic bacteria grow under heterotrophic conditions, autotrophic denitrification would not be reduced.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.61-69
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• 2014

As we are trying to in-situ treat (purify or immobilize) heavy metals or radionuclides in groundwater, one of the geochemical factors to be necessarily considered is the value of oxidation/reduction potential (ORP) of the groundwater. A biogeochemical impact on the characteristic ORP change of groundwater taken from the KAERI underground was observed as a function of time by adding electron-donor (lactate), electron-acceptor (sulfate), and indigenous bacteria in a laboratory condition. There was a slight increase of Eh (slow oxidation) of the pure groundwater with time under a $N_2$-filled glove-box. However, most of groundwaters that contained lactate, sulfate or bacteria showed Eh decrease (reduction) characteristics. In particular, when 'Baculatum', a local indigenous sulfate-reducing bacterium, was injected into the KAERI groundwater, it turned to become a highly-reduced one having a decreased Eh to around -500 mV. Although the sulfate-reducing bacterium thus has much greater ability to reduce groundwater than other metal-reducing bacteria, it surely necessitated some dissolved ferrous-sulfate and finally generated sulfide minerals (e.g., mackinawite), which made a prediction for subsequent reactions difficult. As a result, the ORP of groundwater was largely affected even by a slight injection of nutrient without bacteria, indicating that oxidation state, solubility and sorption characteristics of dissolved contaminants, which are affected by the ORP, could be changed and controlled through in-situ biostimulation method.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.111-119
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• 2014

This study was carried out to investigate the quality characteristics and antioxidant activity of a functional drink prepared by mixed fermentation of oak mushroom extract and whey. As the ratio of oak mushroom extract increased, the pH value of the whey fermentative solution decreased proportionally, and the titratable acidity increased significantly. The number of lactic acid bacteria after 24 hours of culture was at a level of $10^{11}CFU/mL$ in all whey fermentative solutions containing oak mushroom extracts. DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities after 24 hours of culture were higher in a fermentative solution containing oak mushroom extract than in the control. After 24 hours of culture, the nitric oxide production in whey fermentation solution by LPS-induced RAW 264.7 cells was lower compared to that in whey fermentation solution with oak mushroom. Sensory evaluation revealed that, color, flavor, taste, and overall acceptability of the whey fermentation solution sample, which contained 1.0% oak mushroom extract, were much better than those of the other groups. Sensory evaluation of a whey drink containing oak mushroom flavor indicated that the whey drink containing 0.001% oak mushroom flavor was better than the other samples.