• 상하수도학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.449-457
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• 2016

In this study, the effectiveness of electrodialysis in removing inorganic arsenic from groundwater was investigated. To evaluate the feasibility of the electrodialysis, operating parameters such as treatment time, feed concentration, applied voltage and superficial velocity were experimentally investigated on arsenic removal. The higher conductivity removal and arsenic removal efficiency were obtained by increasing applied voltages and operation time. An increase of salinity concentrations in arsenic polluted groundwater exerted no effects on the arsenic separation ratios. Arsenic polluted waters were successfully treated with stack voltages of 1.8 ~ 2.4 V/cell-pair to approximately 93.4% of arsenic removal. Increase flow rate in diluate cell gave positive effect to removal rate. However, increase of superficial velocity in the concentrated cell exerted no effects on either the conductivity reduction or on the separation efficiency. Hopefully, this paper will provide direction in selecting appropriate operating conditions of electrodialysis for arsenic removal.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

Arsenic (As) is one of the elements having most harmful impact on the human health. Arsenic is a known carcinogen and arsenic contamination of drinking water is affecting on humans in many regions of the world. Adsorption has been proved most preferable technique for the removal of arsenic. Many researchers have studied various types of solid materials as arsenic adsorbent, and iron oxide and its modified forms are considered as the most effective adsorbent in terms of adsorption capacity, recovery, and economics. However, most of all iron oxides have small surface area in comparing with common adsorbents in environmental application such as activated carbon but the activated carbon has weak sorption affinity for arsenic. We have used an activated carbon as base adsorbent and iron oxide coating on the activated carbon as high affinity sorption sites and giving magnetic attraction ability. In this study, adsorption properties of arsenic and magnetic separation efficiency of the magnetized activated carbon (MAC) were evaluated with variable iron oxide content. As the iron oxide content of the MAC increased, adsorption capacity has also gradually increased up to a point where clogging by iron oxide in the pore of activated carbon compensate the increased sorption capacity. The increase of iron oxide content of the MAC also affected magnetic properties, which resulted in greater magnetic separation efficiency. Current results show that magnetically modified common adsorbent can be an efficiency improved adsorbent and a feasible environmental process if it is combined with the magnetic separation.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.1805-1808
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• 2003

The simultaneous determination of As(III), As(V), and DMA has been performed by ion chromatography (IC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The separation of the three arsenic species was achieved by an anionic separator column (AS 7) with an isocratic elution system. The separated species were directly detected by ICP-MS as an element-selective detection method. The IC-ICP-MS technique was applied for the determination of arsenic species in a NIST SRM 1643d water sample. An As(III) only was detected in the sample. The detection limits of As(III), As(V) and DMA were 0.31, 0.45, and 2.09 ng/mL, respectively. It was also applied for the determination of arsenic species in a human urine obtained by a volunteer, and three arsenic species were identified. The determination of total As in human urines that were obtained from 25 volunteers at the different age was also carried out by ICP-MS.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.903-908
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• 2006

Various extraction procedures were investigated using reference materials and samples to evaluate extraction efficiency and effectiveness. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was used to measure total arsenic and to quantitate arsenic species when coupled to an HPLC (high pressure liquid chromatography). Arsenic species were extracted from rice flour (NIST SRM 1568a) with water/methanol mixtures using accelerated solvent extraction (ASE). Total arsenic extraction efficiency ranged from 42 to 64%, for water and various methanol concentrations. From spinach (NIST SRM 1570), freeze-dried apple, and rice flour (NIST SRM 1568a), arsenic species were extracted with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) at 100 ${^{\circ}C}$. Total arsenic extraction efficiency was 90% for spinach, 75% for freeze-dried apple, and 83% for rice flour. Enzymatic extraction with alpha-amylase and sonication resulted in extraction efficiency of 104% for rice flour, 98% for freeze-dried apple, and 7% for spinach. Chromatograms of arsenic species extracted by the optimum extraction methods were obtained, and the species were quantified. Arsenite (As(III)), arsenate (As(V)), dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), and monomethylarsonic acid (MMA) were found in the apple sample, and DMA and As(V) in the rice flour sample. As(V) and MMA were found in three herbal dietary supplement samples.

• 지질공학
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2011

현재 고로폐광산에서 가동 중인 인회석 배수체계의 설계는 다음과 같다 ; 인회석 배수시스템은 침사조, 반응조 및 침전조로 구성되며 폐갱도 및 광미장의 침출수를 배관을 통하여 집수한 후 인회석 배수시스템으로 수리구배에 의해 운반되게 설계되었다. 2004년도에 실시된 실내실험 결과에 의하면, 인회석 38.8 톤을 매년 반응조에 새로 충진시켜 줘야 하며 침전물은 매 3개월 마다 침전조에서 제거해줘야 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 석회석 및 인회석을 이용한 실내실험을 실시하여 ARD 내의 비소저감 효율성을 평가하고 침출수 처리 체계 내에 사용되는 침전제를 재평가하는 것이다. 실내실험 결과, 석회석 및 인회석의 비소 저감율은 64.7-98.3%이며 인회석의 경우 비소 저감율은 입도에 반비례하였다. 비소화합물은 비산염인회석 그리고 칼슘비산염수화물의 형태인 것으로 추측된다. 따라서, 인회석 및 인이 포함된 석회석은 저 농도의 비소제거를 위한 침전제로 사용될 수 있는 것으로 판단된다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.3.1-3.8
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to investigate the changes in growth, hematological parameters, and plasma components of juvenile starry flounder, Platichthys stellatus, following exposure to varying arsenic concentrations present at different water temperatures. P. stellatus (total length, $15.9{\pm}0.4cm$; body weight, $62.2{\pm}4.2g$) were exposed for 4 weeks to waterborne arsenic (sodium arsenite, As) at 0, 150, 300, and $600{\mu}g/L$ at temperatures of $12^{\circ}C$ and $18^{\circ}C$. Toxic effects of As exposure on P. stellatus were higher at the higher temperature and the growth and hematological parameters measured decreased with increasing arsenic concentration, while the concentration of plasma components measured increased. This indicates that waterborne As exposure and water temperature can cause toxic effects on growth, hematological parameters, and plasma components in Platichthys stellatus.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.293-301
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• 2009

This study was conducted to investigate the distribution of the concentrations of selected trace metals and inorganic anions in five types of drinking water samples (mineral spring water, well water, small community water, municipal tap water, and commercial mineral water) collected from Chuncheon, Gangwon-do in 2007. Forty four samples were analyzed for five metals and five anions using an atomic absorption spectrometer and an ion chromatograph, respectively. Arsenic (As) and nitrate (${NO_3}^-$) concentrations in some groundwater samples did not meet the future (10 ${\mu}g/L$) and current (44 mg/L) Korean drinking water standards, respectively. On the other hand, any municipal tap water samples, the sources of which were lake surface water, satisfied the Korean standards. Human health risk assessment results showed that arsenic in all types of water, especially groundwater including commercial mineral water, may pose both noncarcinogenic and carcinogenic effects on the residents. It is concluded that groundwater is not safe drinking water any longer and that a national survey and follow-up measures need to be taken.

• 환경생물
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.697-705
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• 2023

Along with other heavy metals, arsenic (As) is one among the substances most harmful to living organisms including humans. Owing to its morphological similarity to phosphorus, the uptake of As is influenced by photosynthesis and the phosphorus uptake pathway. In this study, we varied arsenic exposure and light intensity during nutrient solution cultivation of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) to determine the effect of these two factors on arsenic uptake, lettuce growth, and electron transfer in photosystem II. In the treatment exposed to 30 μmol L^-1 of arsenic, the shoot arsenic concentration increased from 4.73 mg kg^-1 to 18.97 mg kg^-1 as the light intensity increased from 22 to 122 μmol m^-2 s^-1. The water content and ET2o/RC of the shoots were not affected by arsenic at low light intensity; however, at optimal light intensity, they decreased progressively with arsenic exposure. Increased light intensity stimulated the growth of plant roots and shoots; contrarily, the difference in growth decreased as the concentration of As exposure increased. The results of this study suggest that the effect of As on plant growth is dependent on light intensity; in particular, an increase in light intensity can increase the uptake of As, thereby affecting plant growth and As toxicity.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2015

상수도 보급율이 계속적으로 높아지면서 먹는 물의 관리가 대형화 및 전문화되고 있어 안전한 물 공급에 유리한 면이 많다. 그러나 농어촌지역의 경우 소규모 상수도 및 지하수, 샘물 등을 먹는 물로 이용하는 경우가 여전히 많다. 지하수를 포함한 먹는 물에는 다양한 오염물질이 포함되어 있다. 개별 또는 소규모 정수시설의 경우 비소를 포함하는 중금속에 의해 오염되어 있을 가능성을 배제할 수 없고 대부분 자연기원인 셀레늄, 스트론튬 등의 미량원소의 농도도 높게 검출되는 경우가 있다. 본 연구에서는 경북중북부지역의 지하수, 소규모 먹는 물 공급시설을 대상으로 비소, 셀레늄, 스트론튬의 농도를 측정하였으며 오염 정도를 국내외 환경기준과 비교하고 시료를 채취한 지역의 지질적 특성과도 비교 분석하였다. 비소의 경우 총 1,412개의 시료 가운데 WHO 및 국내의 먹는 물 기준을 초과한 시료는 76개이며 비율은 5.38%이다. 셀레늄의 경우 총 1,283개의 시료 가운데 WHO의 권고기준을 초과한 시료는 4개이며 비율은 0.31%이다. 지질적 특성비교에서 비소의 경우 흑운모화강섬록암 > 흑운모 화강암 > 대구층에서 높게 검출되었으며, 셀레늄의 경우 흑운모화강암 > 흑색혈암 > 홍적층의 지질의 지역에서 높게 검출되었다.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2002년도 Current Trends in Toxicological Sciences
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• pp.69-70
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• 2002