• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.401-407
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• 2005

Objectives : We wanted to investigate the relationship between heavy metal, especially lead and mercury, to the blood pressure and cholesterol level in children. Methods : This study was undertaken in three primary schools and the study subjects were a total of 274 children. The lead in the blood and the urine mercury were analyzed by performing atomic absorption spectroscopy. Results : All of participants' blood lead levels and urine mercury concentrations were below the suggested level of concern according to the criteria of the CDC and ATSDR. We found no significant correlation between lead, mercury and the blood pressure. The blood lead level did not show any relationship with the blood pressure and cholesterol. However, the urine mercury levels were associated with the serum cholesterol. Conclusion : Our study suggests that mercury can induce an increase of cholesterol as a risk factor of myocardial infraction and coronary/cardiovascular disease.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.23 no.3 s.59
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• pp.315-321
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• 2005

The population of river otter (Lutra lutra) has been declined most of the world due to hunting, habitat destruction and indirect or direct influences of eutrophication, acidification and toxic chemicals. This study is conducted to identify the population decline of river otter in Korea with relation to environmental pollution caused by accumulation of heavy and flared metals. The field survey was conducted during Jan~Dec, 2004 at a monthly basis by collecting spraints. A total of 228 spraints were collected and analysis was done by ICP-AES. The concentrations of fourteen metals (Cr, Zn, Cd, Pb, Ni, Fe, Co, Mn, Mg, Cu, Al, Ba Hg, As) have been determined. Annual concentrations of Cd $(1.38{\mu}g\;g^{-1}),\;Zn\;(599.06\;{\mu}g\;g^{-1}),\;Pb\;(5.54\;{\mu}g\;g^{-1})$ at Gucheon were higher than those of Yeonchocheon. Concentrations of $Cr\;(5.01{\mu}g\;g^{-1}),\;Ni\;(1.91{\mu}g\;g^{-1}),\;Co\;(0.25{\mu}g\;g^{-1})$ were higher at Yeonchocheon. Most metals in winter were significantly increased (P<0.05) as season progressed from spring to winter. $Pb\;(15.58{\mu}g\;g^{-1}),\;Cu\;(15.15{\mu}g\;g^{-1}),\;a;Guchoen\;and\;Cr\;(5.77{\mu}g\;g^{-1})$ at Yeonchocheon were high in the downstream of winter.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.90-104
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• 2001

일일 최대 석탄처리 용략이 3톤인 건식 석탄가스화기를 사용하여 가스화에 미치는 주요 변수들중 산화제내 산소농도와 증기 주입량을 변경시켜 가스화성능을 조사하였고, IGCC용 대성석탄을 선정하는 입장에서의 주요 인자 및 고온고압 조건에서의 가스화기 운전상 특성과 문제점을 파악하여 운전상 문제에 대한 대책을 제시하였다. 사용한 석탄은 유연탄인 중국 대동탄과 아영청탄인 미국 알라스카의 유시벨리탄에었는데, 두 탄중 모두 건식 가스화기의 운전상에는 문제가 없었다. 가스화를 위한 산소의 농도는 90%까지 그리고 석탄시료 무게 대비 증가량 10∼12%까지는 가스화의 온도 유지와 가스조성 측면에서 무리 없이 적용할 수 있다고 판단되었다. 이들 가스화 시험을 통하여 생성된 슬랙은 가스화기 슬랙탭의 조업 온도와 대상석탄 회재의 용융특성에 따라 침상 또는 알갱이 형태로 배출되었으며, 슬랙으로부터 중금속 성분이 유출되는지를 분석해 본 결과 침출수에 의한 2차 오염은 없는 것으로 확인하였다. IGCC용 석탄을 선정하는 석탄특성에서는 미분탄의 수분함량, 회재함량, 회재용융온도, 발열량 측면에서 검토하였는데, 건식가스화기의 경우 미분탄의 표면수분의 제거가 중요하고 회재의 함량과 회재의 용융온도를 같이 고려하여 적정한 시료 석탄이 선정되어야 한다는 결론을 얻었다. 가스화기 운전측면에서는 여러 기계적인 문제점들이 발견되었는데 시료공급노즐의 막힘문제, 역화문제, 고온가스 누출문제, 추운 겨울 운전시 오링(O-ring)문제 등에 대한 논의와 대책을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.11-17
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• 2009

Polarography is a subclass of voltammetry where the working electrode is a dropping mercury electrode. More, I developed the experiment for raising up mercury electrode. In Voltammetry, information about an analyte is obtained by measuring the current as the potential is varied at oxidation-reduction reaction. A plot of current vs. potential in a polarography experiment shows the current oscillations correspoding to the drops of Hg falling from the capillary. The drops growth causes capacitive and faradic current. These changing current effects combined with experiments where the potential is continuously changed can result in noisy traces. The raising up type improved upon the method of dropping in hardware. In reduction of the noise, moving average smoothing method have been used. But the other procedure is introduced based on Fourier transformation. So FFT and IFFT engine was implemented and installed in my experiment. However, after experimentation, peak height as the measuring parameter gave a good linear relationship to concentration. The resolution of potential peaks of various kinds, using Zn and Cu as the example, was improved using the smoothing method.

• Journal of Korean Society of societal Security
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.49-56
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• 2011

The hydroxide precipitation method is appropriate to distinguish free metal ions with complexed metal ions with amino acids. Optimum pH conditions of hydroxide precipitation were investigated using mixed amino acids which have similar composition ratio with hydrolyzed amino acids. When applied to soil samples immobilities of Hg, Cr, and Cu ion with mixed and hydrolyzed amino acids were reasonable. But those of Cd and Zn were not sufficient.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.17-25
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• 1999

The feasibility of using waste lime, which is produced as a byproduct during the manufacture of sodium carbonate in Inchon, Korea. as a stabilization admixture with weathered granite soil was investigated. Laboratory tests were conducted to determine the chemical composition, pH, compaction characteristics, unconfined compression strength. X-ray diffraction analysis of waste lime and weathered granite soil admixtures. Based on the present tests, it appears that the admixtures are environmentally safe and can be used as landfill material.

• Journal of the Speleological Society of Korea
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• no.92
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• pp.9-18
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• 2009

A number of closed metal mines act as point sources of contamination on nearby streams, soils and plants in our country. The contamination of twelve decomposed samples had earned from nine closed metal mines had been evaluated by TEA-3000. The contents of heavy metal with ion fraction exchange and carbonate fraction forms had been showed that the speciation of heavy metals represented with easy solubility, mobility and bioavailable of plants, and in case of sulfide compounds and organic residuals forms are related with the speciation of metals which may be stable forms because of strong bindable capacity. Also heavy metals elements in mosts of mines got with relative stable within crystal lattice, but results of trace element analyser showed that, in the most of tailings from mine areas, large portions of concentration of heavy metals were explained as stable from, sulfides/ organics and residual. In tailing from Imchun mines, the concentrations extracted by water were relatively high as compared with other mine areas whose total concentrations were very high because of large quantities of exchangeable ions and carbonates and low soil pH. Danger Index (D.I.) suggested in this study was based on the cumulative concentrations of step 1 and 2 from the result of trace element analyser. When the soil pH was considered, this index became better indicator to determine the priority for the remediation of mine area.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.159-164
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• 2011

Microbial whole-cell biosensors can be excellent analytical tools for monitoring environmental pollutants. They are constructed by fusing reporter genes (e.g., lux, gfp or lacZ) to inducible regulatory genes which are responsive to the relevant pollutants, such as aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. A large spectrum of microbial biosensors has been developed using recombinant DNA technology and applied in fields as diverse as environmental monitoring, medicine, food processing, agriculture, and defense. Furthermore, their sensitivity and target range could be improved by modification of regulatory genes. Recently, microbial biosensor cells have been immobilized on chips, optic fibers, and other platforms of high-throughput cell arrays. This paper reviews recent advances and future trends of genetically modified microbial biosensors used for monitoring of specific environmental pollutants.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Dyers and Finishers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.14-14
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• 2011

폴리우레탄 필름을 이용하여 등산복, 스포츠 웨어, 보호복 등 많은 의복이 제조되고 있으며, 현재 폴리우레탄 필름에 항균성을 부여하여 메디컬 소재에 적용되고 있다. 항균성을 부여하는 물질은 제올라이트. 수산화아파타이트, 실리카 겔을 이용한 많은 무기 항균제가 사용되고 있다. 이들중 특히 수산화아파타이트는 생체친화력 및 이온교환 능력이 우수하여 인공뼈 또는 인공치아로 사용되고, 환경분야에서는 이온교환수지로 중금속 제거를 위하여 사용되기도 한다. 본 연구에서는 폴리우레탄 필름 내부의 비드 간극 및 크기를 제어하여 비드콘 구조를 가지는 폴리우레탄 필름을 제조하였고 수산화아파타이트에 다양한 조건으로 은이온을 흡착시켜 은의 최적 흡착 조건을 설정하고 은이 흡착된 수산화아파타이트의 입자를 제어하여 다양한 종류의 입자를 제조하고 입자별 항균성을 평가하였다. 최종적으로 개발된 비드콘 폴리우레탄 필름과 은담지 수산화아파타이트를 여러가지 조건으로 복합화하여 항균성을 가지는 아파타이트복합 폴리우레탄필름을 제조하고 개발된 필름의 항균성 및 그 특성을 분석하여 보았다.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.65-73
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• 2011

The fibrous raw materials in packaging-grade paper production in Korea were mainly obtained from waste paper. The use of recycled paper has both positive and negative impacts in papermaking process. The primary positive impacts are the environmental protection and manufacturing cost reduction, and the negative impacts are the quality reduction in paper quality and the accumulation of heavy metals and other pollutants in wet- and dry-end process. This study was carried out to consider the optimum acid decomposition system with the highest recovery rate for the analysis of heavy metals in packaging-grade paper. The open digestion system using Kjeldahl apparatus and the closed digestion system using microwave oven for decomposing the organic materials in paper were compared. In both open and closed digestion method, the combination of nitric acid, hydrochloric acid and hydrogen peroxide showed higher recovery rate than using only nitric acid alone because the presence of Cl- ions in hydrochloric acid stabilizes ligand formation with metal ions. KOCC was observed to have the highest heavy metal content among the recycled paper samples. The heavy metal contents decomposed with the closed digestion system were relatively higher than with open digestion system.