• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.472-476
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• 2024

It is important that radioactive and nuclear wastes are immobilized in a glass composition with lower melting temperatures due to their economy. In this study, the elastic and mechanical properties of sodium borate-based vitrified radioactive waste were measured using ultrasonic techniques. Many ultrasonic parameters, such as elastic moduli, Poisson's ratio, and microhardness, were calculated by measuring the ultrasonic velocities of the glasses. The ultrasonic velocity data, the density, the calculated elastic moduli, micro-hardness, softening temperature, and Debye temperature depending on the glass composition were evaluated, and the relation with the structure was clarified. It was observed that the elastic modulus and Poisson ratio increased as the Cs₂O content increased in glasses containing Cs waste. This result shows that the rigidity of the network structure of these glasses increases in contrast to the glass containing Sr.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.949-959
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• 2021

The current study aims to explore the shielding properties of multi-component borate-based glass series. Seven glass-samples with composition of (80-y)H₃BO₃-10ZnO-10Na₂O-yBaO where (y = 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 mol.%) were synthesized by melt-quench method. Various shielding features for photons, neutrons, and protons were determined for all prepared samples. XCOM, Phy-X program, and SRIM code were performed to determine and explain several shielding properties such as equivalent atomic number, exposure build-up factor, specific gamma-ray constants, effective removal cross-section (Σ_R), neutron scattering and absorption, Mass Stopping Power (MSP) and projected range. The energy ranges for photons and protons were 0.015-15 MeV and 0.01-10 MeV, respectively. The mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ) was also determined experimentally by utilizing two radioactive sources (¹⁶⁶Ho and ¹³⁷Cs). Consistent results were obtained between experimental and XCOM values in determining μ/ρ of the new glasses. The addition of BaO to the glass matrix led to enhance the μ/ρ and specific gamma-ray constants of glasses. Whereas the remarkable reductions in Σ_R, MSP, and projected range values were reported with increasing BaO concentrations. The acquired results nominate the use of these glasses in different radiation shielding purposes.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제38권9호
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• pp.839-845
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• 2001

원자력발전소에서 발생하는 폐수지, 잡고체, 붕산폐액을 유리화 하기 위하여 폐기물별 조성을 바탕으로 유리조성 연구를 수행하였다. 폐수지, 잡고체를 각각 유리화 할 수 있는 두 개 의 후보유리 RG-1과 DG-1 그리고 폐수지, 잡고체, 붕산폐액을 혼합하여 처리할 수 있는 후보유리 MG-1을 개발하였다. 각 후보유리에 대해 운전변수, 고화체 품질, 가용 효과를 평가하였으며 일부 특성들은 실험실적으로 확인하였다. 운전 변수 가운데 유리의 점도와 전기 전도도는 세 후보유리 모두 적정운전 범위값 내에 만족하였으며 밀도, 화학적 견고성, 상안정성 등 고화체의 품질 또한 우수하였다. 개발한 유리 조성 연구를 바탕으로 폐수지, 잡고체, 혼합폐기물을 유리화 할 경우 감용비는 각각 21, 89, 75로 평가되었다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2019

We report the precipitation of ZnO nanocrystals, Ag-clusters, and Ag nanoparticles in Ag/Er/Yb doped borate glasses by furnace annealing and $CO_2$ laser annealing. The XRD analysis revealed the precipitation of ZnO and Ag phases. The absorption spectra, the TEM and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) revealed the incorporation of Er and Yb ions into ZnO nanocrystals formed by a laser technique and showed the surface plasmon band of Ag nanoparticles. The down-converted blue emission intensity of $Er^{3+}$ ions obtained under 365 nm excitation was enhanced by more than a hundred times in the glass treated by furnace annealing, mainly due to the energy transfer from Ag-clusters. Moreover, we discussed the contribution of Ag nanoparticles and defects to emission characteristics in the glasses treated by two annealing techniques. Up-conversion emissions of the $Er^{3+}$ ions under 980 nm excitation were enhanced due to the incorporation of $Er^{3+}$ and $Yb^{3+}$ ions into ZnO nanocrystals after thermal treatments.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.593-595
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• 2001

Zinc-phosphate glasses에 B$_2$O$_3$를 도입하여 borate, phosphate, boro-phosphate networks가 혼재되어 있는 highly cross-linked structures를 형성시켜 Phosphate glasses의 화학적 안정화를 검토하였다. Raman 측정 결과 B$_2$O$_3$와 P$_2$O$_{5}$는 잘 혼화된 polynary networks를 이루고 있으며, 이렇게 하여 증진된 구조적 cross-linking에 의하여 xB$_2$O$_3$.(1-x)Zn$_2$P$_2$O$_{7}$ glasses의 T$_{g}$, T$_{d}$는 증가하였고 동시에 CTE는 감소하는 결과를 가져왔다.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2000년도 제11회 정기총회 및 00년 동계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.68-68
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• 2000

In this paper a very brief review of historical development of optical science and technology in China is presented. More attention has been pain on Modem Optics, which developed since 1950s. The recent development of optical science and technology in following fields are introduced. 1. Optical engineering and instrumentation (tracking theodolites, high speed cameras, satellite laser ranging systems, satellite flying attitude control, cameras for remote sensing, astronomical optical instrument) 2. Applied optics (adaptive optics, optical metrology, infrared optics, optical processing, optical holography) 3. Laser science and technology (ultrashort pulse lasers, UV-X ray lasers, high power laser facilities and laser fusion, laser isotope separation) 4. Laser and nonlinear materials (rare earth elements doped laser glasses and crystals, tunable laser crystals, borate series and organic nonlinear crystals) 5. Optoelectronic science and technology (Optical communication, optical data storage, optical computing) The current situation and developing prospect of optical and optoelectronic industry in China are presented. Furthermore it points out that the optical industry could be developed vigorously only if products development capacity is enhanced and new products industrialization is heightened. The main research and education institutions in the optics field in China, as well as the Chinese Optical Society (COS) are introduced.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.251-260
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• 1988

$10Li_2O$.$(90-x)B_2O_3$.$xSiO_2$ 기초유리에 $Al_2O_3$ 또는 $MoO_3$를 첨가한 유리를 열처리한 후 열수 또는 산처리하여 이온교환성 다공질 유리를 제조하였다. 그리고 $Al_2O_3$ 또는 $MoO_3$ 첨가가 분상과 양이온교환능(CEC)에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 이들 유리의 분상최적조건은 48$0^{\circ}C$, 10시간 열처리하였다. 분상은 $Al_2O_3$ 10mol%까지는 급격히 억제되고 그 이후에는 분상억제 효과가 완화되었다. 양이온교환능의 최대값은 $1OLi_2O$.$45B_2O_3$.$45SiO_2＋7.5Al_2O_3$ 조성유리를 열수처리한 다공질유리에서 약 252meq/100g을 나타냈으며 이 유리의 세공평균반경은 약 16.3A이었다. $MoO_3$ 첨가는 분상과 용출속도를 증가시켰다. $MoO_3$첨가에 의해 다공질유리의 세공반경과 세공용적이 크게 증가하는 것으로 보아 $MoO_3$는 유리의 붕산염상중의 실리카 농도를 낮추고 용출처리중 실리카를 수용성 착체로 형성시키는 효과가 있다고 생각된다.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2000

Sodium borate silicate 유리는 $10Na_2O-39B_2O_3-50SiO_2-CoO$ mol%와 $20Na_2O-14B_2O_3-65SiO_2-CoO$ mol%의 조성비로 혼합한 후 전기로에서 $1210^{\circ}C$ 온도로 2시간 동안 용융하여 공기 중에서 급냉 시켜 제작하였다. 급냉한 유리의 유전적 거동을 조사하기 위하여 온도와 주파수 함수로 유전상수와 비저항을 측정하였다. 유전율 스펙트럼에서 유리전이온도는 $Na_2O$ 20 mol%시료가 낮아졌으며 $Na_2O$ 함량이 증가함에 따라 유전상수는 크게 나타났다. 유리의 비저항 주파수 의존성은 non-Debye형 완화를 보였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.1297-1303
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• 2020

In this study, nuclear radiation shielding and rigidity parameters of Y (0.1-x)B0.6Bi1.8O3La2x glassy system were investigated in order to determine it's suitability for use as nuclear radiation shielding materials. Therefore, a group of bismuth borate glass samples with La₂O₃ additive were synthesized using the technique of melt quenching. According to the results, the increase of the La₂O₃ additive increases the density of the glass samples and the mass attenuation coefficient (μ_m) values, whereas the half-value layer (HVL) and mean free path (MFP) values decrease. The effective atomic number (Z_eff) is also enhanced with an increment of both mass removal cross section for neutron (Σ_R) and absorption neutron scattering cross section (σ_abs). In addition to the other parameters, rigidity parameter values were theoretically examined. The increase of La₂O₃ causes some other important magnitudes to increase. These are the average crosslink density, the number of bonds per unit volume, as well as the stretching force constant values of these glass samples. These results are in concordance with the increase of elastic moduli in terms of the Makishima-Mackenzie model. This model showed an increase in the rigidity of the glass samples as a function of La₂O₃.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.247-256
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• 2024

The glass series modified by tungsten oxide was created using the compounds (75-x) B₂O₃- 10SrCO₃- 8TeO₂- 7ZnO - xWO₃, where x = 0, 1, 5, 10, 22, 27, 34, and 40% mole percentage. A UV-visible spectrophotometer and thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA) methods were employed to characterize the specimen's optical and phase transition attributes, respectively. The mass-attenuation coefficient (AC) of all created glasses from BSTZW0 to BSTZ7 was estimated using Geant4 code from 0.05 to 3 MeV and compared to the XCOM software results, with a relative difference of less than 2% between the two results. The increase of WO₃ percentage lead to an increase in the Linear-AC at each studied energy, and this is mainly due to the fact that the higher the percentage of WO₃ in the glass increases its density which causes an increase in the Linear-AC, so an energy of 0.06 MeV, as an example, the values of the Linear-AC was 4.009, 4.509, 5.442, 6812, 8.564, 9.856, 10.999 and 11.628 cm^-1 form BSTZW0 too BSTZW7, respectively. The Half-VL (value layer), Mean-FP (free path), Tenth-VL, and Radiation attenuation performance (RAP) were also calculated for the current BSTZW-glass samples and revealed that BSTZW7 had the best gamma ray attenuation performance at all discussed energies when compared to other studied glass samples.