• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1071-1074
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• 2005

A variable-low temperature scanning tunneling microscope (VT-STM), which operates from 77 to 350 K in ultrahigh vacuum, was built and used to study imaging and manipulation of benzene molecules on Si surfaces. Four types of benzene adsorption structures were first imaged on the Si(5 5 12)-2x1 surface. Desorption process of benzene molecules by tunneling electrons was studied on the Si(001)-2xn surface.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.147-147
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• 2003

Human exposure to benzene is derived occupationally from the petrochemical and petroleum refining industries. This study was carried out to find whether the frequencies of chromosome aberrations in workers exposed to low level benzene in a petroleum factory were elevated compared to non-exposed workers.(omitted)

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.703-706
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• 1997

Response surface method was applied to the predicting optimum conditions of benzene synthesis for radiocarbon dating. The weight of carbon dioxide, the temperature of lithium container for producing acetylene and the activation temperature of catalyst which was used for the cyclization of acetylene to benzene were used as experimental factors. The yields of benzene synthesis were measured from twelve experiments which were carried out under various experimental conditions. The polynomial equation was obtained by using three experimental factors and yields. The validity of polynomial equation was confirmed by comparing the calculated yields with the experimental ones.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.212-221
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• 2002

Objectives : Acording to the fact that Juakium has been frequently used in a lot of prescriptions to tonify bone marrow, We examined the hematopoietic effects of Juakium-derivative on aplastic anemia. Methods : After C57BL/6 mice were oral administrated with Juakium-derivative and injected with benzene, we counted the number of WBC, RBC, hemoglobin, platelet, nucleated cells and other erythroid parameters and weighed the spleen. Also we measured the expression of $CD34^+$ cell activity and analyzed the bone marrow tissue and spleen tissue histologically. Results : The results are summerized as follow: 1. The Juakium-derivative plus benzene group showed the improvement in the number of WBC, RBC, hemoglobin. platelet, nucleated cells and other erythroid parameters, compared with the benzene only group. 2. The spleen weight and the percent of $CD34^+$ cell of Juakium-derivative plus benzene group was higher, compared with the benzene only group. 3. The bone marrow tissue and spleen tissue of the Juakium-derivative plus benzene group showed the decrease of the infarcted area compared with the benzene only group. Conclusions : These results suggest that Juakium-derivative has hematopoietic effects on aplastic anemia induced by benzene through increasing the blood cells and stimulating the activity of $CD34^+$ cells. Therefore it is expected that Juakium-derivative can be used clinically to the patient with hematopoietic system disorder.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1772-1781
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• 2007

Activated sludge was sequentially adapted to benzene, toluene, and o-xylene (BTX) to study the effects on the change of microbial community. Sludge adapted to BTX separately degraded each by various rates in the following order; toluene>o-xylene>benzene. Degradation rates were increased after exposure to repeated spikes of substrates. Eleven different kinds of sludge were prepared by the combination of BTX sequential adaptations. Clustering analyses (Jaccard, Dice, Pearson, and cosine product coefficient and dimensional analysis of MDS and PCA for DGGE patterns) revealed that acclimated sludge had different features from nonacclimated sludge and could be grouped together according to their prior treatment. Benzene- and xylene-adapted sludge communities showed similar profiles. The sludge profile was affected from the point of the final adaptation substrate regardless of the adaptation sequence followed. In the sludge adapted to 50 ppm toluene, Nitrosomonas sp. and bacterium were dominant, but these bands were not dominant in benzene and benzene after toluene adaptations. Instead, Flexibacter sp. was dominant in these cultures. Dechloromonas sp. was dominant in the culture adapted to 50 ppm benzene. Thauera sp. was the main band in the sludge adapted to 50 ppm xylene, but became vaguer as the xylene concentration was increased. Rather, Flexibacter sp. dominated in the sludge adapted to 100 ppm xylene, although not in the culture adapted to 250 ppm xylene. Two bacterial species dominated in the sludge adapted to 250 ppm xylene, and they also existed in the sludge adapted to 250 ppm xylene after toluene and benzene.

• 청정기술
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2001

본 연구는 활성탄으로 충전된 고정층 흡착탑에서 휘발성유기화합물(VOCs), 벤젠과 톨루엔의 흡착특성을 조사하였다. 흡착질인 benzene과 toluene의 흡착강도는 두 흡착질의 평형흡착능 차이에 의한 것이며, 흡착제와의 흡착강도가 비교적 작은 benzene이 non-key component로 작용하여 이성분에 대한 고정 흡착층의 파과특성에서 roll up 현상을 나타냈다. 또한 동일한 농도조건에서 이성분의 각 성분에 대한 파과곡선과 단일성분계에 대한 파과곡선의 특성을 비교해 보았을 때, key component인 toluene의 양론파과시간은 차이가 거의 없지만, non-key component 인 benzene의 양론파과시간은 단일성분에서의 200분에서 70분으로 상당히 일찍 나타났다. 이성분 흡착질의 파과특성에서 non-key component인 benzene의 roll up 현상의 정도는 혼합가스의 농도와 고정 흡착층의 형상비에 비례하며, 혼합가스 유속에 반비례함을 알 수 있었다. 특히, key component의 몰분율이 클수록 roll up 현상이 크게 나타남을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.563-572
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• 2012

Unlike water applications, the photocatalytic technique utilizing light-emitting-diodes as an alternative light source to conventional lamp has rarely been applied for low-level indoor air purification. Accordingly, this study investigated the applicability of UV-LED to annular-type photocatalytic reactor for removal of indoor-level benzene and toluene at a low concentration range associated with indoor air quality issues. The characteristics of photocatalyst was determined using an X-ray diffraction meter and a scanning electron microscope. The photocatalyst baked at $350^{\circ}C$ exhibited the highest photocatalytic degradation efficiencies(PDEs) for both benzene and toluene, and the photocatalysts baked at three higher temperatures(450, 550, and $650^{\circ}C$) did similar PDEs for these compounds. The average PDEs over a 3-h period were 81% for benzene and close to 100% for toluene regarding the photocatalyst baked at $350^{\circ}C$, whereas they were 61 and 74% for benzene and toluene, respectively, regarding the photocatalyst baked at $650^{\circ}C$. As the light intensity increased from 2.4 to 3.5 MW $cm^{-1}$, the average PDE increased from 36 to 81% and from 44% to close to 100% for benzene and toluene, respectively. In addition, as the flow rate increased from 0.1 to 0.5 L $min^{-1}$, the average PDE decreased from 81% to close to zero and from close to 100% to 7% for benzene and toluene, respectively. It was found that the annular-type photocatalytic reactor inner-inserted with UV-LEDs can effectively be applied for the decomposition of low-level benzene and toluene under the operational conditions used in this study.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.144-150
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• 2018

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the trend for exceedance of the domestic permissible exposure limit of benzene based on a review of the previous literature. Materials and methods: From among 13 chemical substances regulated through a PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) in the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the research object of this study is benzene. The information utilized is work environment measurement data from 2004 to 2013. The highest level among the concentration data measured at various workplaces was selected as a representative value through the data process. N.D. (Not Detected) data was considered as 1/2 of the LOD (limit of detection). Results: Among the work environment measurement data between 2004 and 2013, the highest number of exceeding workplaces and the excess rate (12 sites and 5.4%) was observed in the 2006 data when applying the current PEL for benzene. When compared with the action level, which means a level one-half of the PEL, 2005's data showed the highest number of exceeding workplaces and greatest excess rate (89 sites & 13.3%). The number of exceeding workplaces and excess rate relative to the PEL for benzene showed an increasing trend in 2004, but tended to decrease after 2007. Conclusions: Based on the results obtained from this study, the exposure level for benzene among domestic workers is not considered to be in a safe phase regardless of the year of work environment measurement. Thus, strict preventive management in workplaces should be provided for reducing exposure to benzene.

• 공업화학
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.452-456
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• 2008

메조포러스 실리케이트 물질은 넓은 비표면적과 규칙적인 나노 기공구조를 가지고 있어 흡착제로 활용도가 높다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 메조포러스 실리케이트인 MCM-41, SBA-15을 흡착제로 활용하여 휘발성 유기화합물의 하나인 벤젠의 기상 흡착 실험을 수행하였다. 벤젠의 파과곡선(Breakthrough curves)을 통하여 각 물질의 벤젠 흡착량을 비교한 결과, 본 실험의 조건에서는 기공구조가 큰 SBA-15이 더 높은 벤젠 흡착량을 보여주었다. 특히 다른 분자체 물질인 제올라이트 X보다도 약 2.7배 높은 흡착력을 보여주었다. SBA-15를 이용하여 흡착온도와 벤젠 주입속도를 달리하며 벤젠 기상 흡착을 수행한 결과, 온도가 증가할수록 벤젠의 흡착량은 급속히 감소하였다. 이러한 결과는 SBA-15에 흡착하는 벤젠의 결합이 약하다는 것을 보여준다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2003

토양 및 지하수 복원 과정에서 벤젠과 에틸렌이 혼합되어 배출될 경우 이를 biofilter에 의해 처리한 결과, 에틸렌은 생분해가 잘 되지 않는 화합물인데도 불구하고 체류시간이 10～15분에서는 96%이상 높은 생물학적 처리를 보여 biofilter운전 가능성이 제시되었다. 2～15분 체류시간에서 혼합 VOCs중 벤젠은 모든 조건에서 100% 제거되었다. 체류시간이 15분일 경우 벤젠과 에틸렌의 최대 제거능은 각각 4.3과 1.4g/$\textrm{m}^3$hr로서 벤젠이 에틸렌에 비해 3배 정도 컸다. 체류시간이 작을수록 에틸렌 분해율 감소로 인하여 이산화탄소 발생도 감소함을 발견하였으며 벤젠과 에틸렌이 모두 제거되는 운전에서 최고 이산화탄소 발생률은 3,169 [mg-$CO_2$/(g-${C_2}{H_4}$＋${C_6}{H_6}$)]이었다. 벤젠 산화 미생물은 Bacillus mycoides와 Pseudomonas fluorescens로 동정되었고, 에틸렌 산화 미생물은 Pseudomonas putida와 Pseudomonas fluorescens로 각각 동정되었다.