• Resources Recycling
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.28-39
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• 2011

This review investigated theoretical principals and practical application examples on recirculation system of soil washing-wastewater treatment-treated water recycling. As for technologies which have attempted to remediating metals-contaminated soil in and around country, there are reactive barriers, encapsulation, solidification/stabilization, soil washing, and phytoremediation. Among those, in particular, this review covers soil washing technology which physicochemically removes contaminants from soils. The major drawbacks of this technology are to generate a large amount of wastewater which contains contaminants complexed with ligands of washing solution and needs additional treatment process. To solve these problems, many chemical treatment methods have been developed as follows: precipitation/coprecipitation, membrane filtration, adsorption treatment, ion exchange, and electrokinetic treatment. In the last part of the review, recent research and field application cases on soil washing wastewater treatment and recycling were introduced. Based on these integrated technologies, it could be achieved to solve the problem of soil washing wastewater and to enhance cost effective process by reducing total water resources use in soil washing process.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.19
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• pp.19-30
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• 2006

Alteration of physical and chemical characteristics and the effect of removal of mineral substances in waterlogged archaeological woods by different cleaning processes were examined using oak wood(Quercus spp.) that was excavated from wetland near Gwangju, Korea. Cleaning methods employed in the present work were (1) tools, (2) deaeration, (3) EDTA and (4) ultrasonic cleaning, which are being currently applied in the field of preservation treatment. Cleaning process were performed independently or continuously. Composition of mineral substances in the waterlogged archaeological wood was almost same as the that of soil in which waterlogged archaeological woods were buried. In case of independent cleaning, tools cleaning efficiently removed the mineral substances on surface. Surface color become brighter after cleaning with EDTA. In contrast, deaeration and ultrasonic cleaning did not show any significant removal of mineral substances. In continuous cleaning process, tool cleaning as the first step treatment showed the same effect as shown in independent cleaning. Although deaeration as the second step cleaning did not remove the mineral substances, it could be assumed to contribute the infiltration of dimensional agents by homogenization of wood. EDTA treatment (the third step cleaning) removed the iron(Fe) and increased the whiteness of wood color. The ultrasonic treatment (the fourth step cleaning) removed the sodium(Na) remained after EDTA treatment and the fine mineral substances.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.159-168
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• 2019

Plasticizers, which are added to plastics, can cause exudation, which means that the plasticizer comes out from surface of the plastics. This causes the surface of plastic artworks to become sticky, and this allows dust and pollutants to become attached to the surface. Therefore, in this study, the degradation characteristics and chemical cleaning methods of each type of plasticizer are evaluated using PVC specimens. To evaluate the degradation characteristics and chemical cleaning methods, microscopic observation, chromaticity and weight measurement, and FT-IR spectroscopy were performed. The results showed that PVCs containing different plasticizers have different degradation patterns. Especially, the PVC containing TOTM showed discoloration and exudation. In the evaluation of the chemical cleaning methods, ethyl alcohol and KOH solution showed good effects, but their stability was not good. Surfactant was found to have a good cleaning effect and stability as a cleaner for exudated plasticizers.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.30-35
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• 2008

In this study, the feasibility of soil washing, chemical oxidation and sonication was investigated to treat lubricantcontaminated railroad soil. Tergitol, a non-ionic surfactant, was used as a washing agent with or without iso-propyl acohol as a cosolvent. However, it was not effective to remove lubricant from soil even though tergitol was the most effective washing agent for diesel-contaminated soil. The cosolvent reduced the overall washing efficiency. Chemical oxidation removed 30% of lubricant from contaminated soil. Soil washing after chemical oxidation extracted additionally 16-17% of lubricant. Sonication enhanced-soil washing showed enhanced overall efficiency of soil washing. Lubricant-contaminated soil should be remediated by the other technology used for diesel-contaminated soil.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.101-109
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• 2015

Alpha spectrometry is typically used for the assessment of uranium particle concentrations and its accuracy can be directly related to the accuracy in which the radiochemical pre-treatment is conducted. Ashing and alkali fusion methods are typically used but the ashing method requires longer analysis time and the alkali fusion method is extremely costly. Therefore, a new pre-treatment method using ultrasonic cleaning was developed and its experimental result was compared against the two conventional methods in terms of pre-treatment time, convenience, cost, and recovery rate of a target material. The results that were obtained by the conventional methods(ashing and alkali fusion) and the new method were compared. Consequently, even though the shorter pre-treatment time was required, the new technique showed almost same recovery rate comparing with two conventional methods. The new method was also featured by its relatively lower cost and a simpler process than two conventional methods.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.27 no.10
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• pp.1072-1080
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• 2005

The extraction characteristics of heavy metals(HM) from a contaminated soil at existing lead smelters were investigated with ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid(EDTA), citrate and HCl as washing solutions. EDTA was more effective for Pb than for other heavy metals. As the mol ratio of EDTA/HM increased, the removal efficiency of heavy metals became higher. When the mol ratio of EDTA/HM approached to 6.5, it removed Pb most effectively. Citrate was effective especially in extracting Zn. The removal efficiency of HCl was comparatively high in almost all heavy metals, and at 0.3N concentration it was the highest. After soil washing process by the use of EDTA, the great part of exchangeable fractions and most of heavy metals of weakly adsorbed like carbonate fraction were extracted. For washing with citrate and HCl, four heavy metals showed the similar exchange of chemical partitioning and the exchangeable fractions of Pb which has weakly adsorbed to soil were more increased than before the process. As removal efficiency of citrate washing process depends upon the distribution of non-detrital fractions, so it can be contended that only the amount of non-detrital fractions could be removed from all the heavy metal content. EDTA and HCl could remove most of non-residual fractions in all heavy metals except Zn. As a result of EDTA washing, toxicity characteristic leaching procedure(TCLP) concentration of the processed soil met the USEPA Pb limit of 5.0 mg/L.

• Journal of Conservation Science
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.345-356
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• 2011

To remove metal stains of the ceramics, chemical cleaning is essential case by case. This study investigated the removal characteristics of iron stains by oxalic acid and citric acid including their application methods of soaking and poultice. The soaking method in cleaning agents showed removal process by color difference and released iron contents from iron stains on ceramics. Iron stains were removed successfully from ceramics, which soaked in oxalic acid for 60 hours. However, it is recommendable to soak in 0.25M oxalic acid for one to three hours because most iron stains were disappeared in 3 hours soaking. Citric acid is less effective than oxalic acid in removing iron stains because of heavy molecular weight and low acidity. Poultices (bentonite, sepiolite, activated carbon fiber and celite) with oxalic acid were applied on contaminated ceramics. After ten hours, iron stains on ceramics were removed successfully by poultice. Among them, bentonite and sepiolite have better application. Therefore, sepiolite with 0.25M oxalic acid was applied on the iron stains of whiteware and celadon from Ma Island, and then stains were removed. However, it is judged that the application methods can be varied according to the form and depth of contaminant. In addition, the residues of poultice on the ceramics will be considered for preventing contamination.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.60-60
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• 1999

단결정 다이아몬드의 열전도도는 약 22W/cm.K로 열전도도가 가장 큰 물질로 알려져 있으며, 비저항은 10$\Omega$.cm 이상의 높은 값을 갖는다. 대부분 열전도도가 큰 것으로 알려진 물질들은 Cu, Ag 등과 같이 전자의 흐름에 의하여 열이 전도되기 때문에 큰 전기전도도를 함께 갖는 것일 일반적이다, 그러나, 다이아몬드는 빠른 phonon의 이동에 의하여 열전도가 이루어지므로 전기적으로 절연 특성을 갖으면서도 큰 열전도가 가능하다. 단결정 다이아몬드는 고방열 절연체로서 이상적인 물질 특성을 보여준다. 전기절연성을 갖는 열전도층으로 다이아몬드를 이용하기 위해서는 저가로 제조가 용이한 화학기상증착법을 이용하여야 한다. 화학기상증착법으로 제조된 다결정 다이아몬드 박막의 열전도도는 약 21W/cm.K로 여전히 매우 높은 값을 갖는 것으로 알려져 있지만, 비저항 값은 인위적으로 도핑을 전혀 하지 않은 상태에서도 106$\Omega$.cm 정도의 낮은 값을 갖는다. 전혀 도핑을 하지 않았음에도 전도성을 갖는 특이한 특성을 다결정 다이아몬드가 보여 주고 있으므로 이에 대한 연구는 주로 전기 전도성을 갖는 특이한 특성을 다결정 다이아몬드가 보여주고 있으므로 이에 대한 연구는 주로 전기전도성의 원인을 규명하는데 집중되고 있다. 아직 명확한 전도 기구는 제안되고 있지 못하지만 전도성의 원인은 수소와 관련이 있고 전도는 표면을 통하여 이루어진다는 것이다. 산(acid)을 이용하여 다결정 다이아몬드 박막을 세척하면 전기 전도성이 사라지고 높은 저항값을 갖는 박막을 얻게 되는데 박막을 세척하는 공정은 박막의 표면만을 변호시키므로 표면에 있던 전기전도층이 용액 처리를 통하여 제거되므로 전도성이 사라진다고 생각하는 것이다. 그러나, 본 연구에서는 두께가 두꺼울수록 저항값이 증가하는 것이 관찰되었고 기존의 측정방식인 수평적인 저항 측정법에 대하여 수직적 방향으로 저항을 측정하면 저항값이 1/2 정도 작게 측정되었다. 다결정 다이아몬드에서 표면을 통하여 전류가 흐른다면 박막의 두께에 따른 변화가 나타나지 않아야 하고 수직적인 전류 측정법이 오히려 더 큰 저항을 보여주어야 한다. 기존의 표면 전도 모델로는 설명되지 못하는 현상들이 관찰되었고 정확한 전기 전도 경로를 확인하기 위하여 전해 도금법으로 금속들이 석출되는 모습을 관찰하였다. 이 방법을 통하여 다결정 다이아몬드에서 전류는 결정입계를 통하여 전도됨을 알 수 있었다. 온도에 따른 다결정 다이아몬드의 전기전도도 변화를 관찰하였고 이로부터 활성화 에너지 값을 구할 수 있었다. 다결정 다이아몬드의 전도도는 온도에 따라서 0.049eV와 0.979eV의 두 개의 활성화 에너지를 갖는 구간으로 나뉘어졌다. 이로부터 다결정 다이아몬드에는 활성화 에너지 값이 다른 두 종류의 defect level이 형성되는 것으로 추정할 수 있고 이 낮은 defect level에 의하여 전도성을 갖는 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.8-19
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• 2008

The physicochemical properties of soils having high uranium content, located around Duckpyungri in Korea, were investigated and the lab scale soil washing experiments to remove uranium from the soil were preformed with several washing solutions and on various washing conditions. SPLP (Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure), TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure), and SEP (Sequential Extraction Procedure) for the soil were conducted and the uranium concentration of the extracted solution in SPLP was higher than Drinking Water Limit of USEPA (30 ${\mu}g$/L), suggesting that the continuous dissolution of uranium from soil by the weak acid rain may generate the environmental pollution around the research area. For the soil washing experiments, the uranium removal efficiency of pH 1 solution for S2 soil was about 80 %, but dramatically decreased as pH of solution was > 2, suggesting that strong acidic solutions are available to remove uranium from the soil. For solutions with 0.1M of HCl and 0.05 M of ${H_2}{SO_4}$, their removal efficiencies at 1 : 1 of soil vs. washing solution ratio were higher than 70%, but the removal efficiencies of acetic acid, and EDTA were below 30%. At 1 : 3 of soil vs. solution, the uranium removal efficiencies of 0.1M HCl, 0.05 M ${H_2}{SO_4}$, and 0.5M citric acid solution increased to 88%, 100%, and 61% respectively. On appropriate washing conditions for S2 soil such as 1 : 3 ratio for the soil vs. solution ratio, 30 minute for washing time, and 2 times continuous washing, TOC (Total Organic Contents) and CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) for S2 soil were measured before/after soil washing and their XRD (X-Ray Diffraction) and XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence) results were also compared to investigate the change of soil properties after soil washing. TOC and CEC decreased by 55% and 66%, compared to those initial values of S2 soil, suggesting that the soil reclaimant may need to improve the washed soils for the cultivated plants. Results of XRF and XRD showed that the structural change of soil after soil washing was insignificant and the washed soil will be partially used for the further purpose.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1229-1235
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• 2007

Railway-contaminated soil is categorized by total petroleum hydrocarbon(TPH)-related contamination and heavy-metal contamination. The sources of TPH are diesel and lubricant. In this study, the feasibility of soil washing, chemical oxidation and ultra-sonication were investigated to treat lubricant-contaminated railway soil. tergitol, a non-ionic surfactant, was investigated as a washing agent. However, it is not effective to remove lubricant from soil even though tergitol is most effective washing agent for diesel-contaminated soil. Addition of alcohols with surfactant enhanced slightly washing efficiency of the lubricant-contaminated soil. To remediate railway-contaminated soil, source of pollution should be considered.