• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2005

A soluble Cr(VI) reductase was purified from the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli ATCC 33456. The molecular mass was estimated to be 84 and 42 kDa by gel filtration and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, respectively, indicating a dimeric structure. The pI was 4.66, and optimal enzyme activity was obtained at pH 6.5 and $37^{\circ}C$. The most stable condition existed at pH 7.0. The purified enzyme used both NADPH and NADH as electron donors for Cr(VI) reduction, while NADPH was the better, conferring 61% higher activity than NADH. The $K_m$ values for NADPH and NADH were determined to be 47.5 and 17.2 umol, and the $V_max$ values 322.2 and 130.7 umol Cr(VI) $min^{-1}mg^{-1}$ protein, respectively. The activity was strongly inhibited by N-ethylmalemide, $Ag^{2+},\;Cd^{2+},\;Hg^{2+}$, and $Zn^{2+}$. The antibody against the enzyme showed no immunological cross reaction with those of other Cr(VI) reducing strains.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.435-444
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• 2009

토양 입자 표면에 형성한 토착 미생물 바이오필름에 의하여 중금속을 흡착하므로써 하부 생태계로 이동하지 않고 원위치에 고정화하는 실험을 수행하였다. 토양으로 충진한 컬럼에 초산염, 유산염, 포도당 등의 탄소원을 10일간 공급함으로써 토양에 바이오필름을 형성하였다. 바이오필름 형성 기간 중, 초산염, 유산염, 포도당을 공급한 컬럼의 유출 수량은 탈이온수를 공급한 컬럼의 유출수량에 비하여 각각 98.5%, 97.3%, 94.7%인 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 유출수량의 감소는 형성된 바이오필름에 의한 토양 공극 폐색에 의한 것으로 판단된다. 바이오필름이 형성된 토양 컬럼에 Cd, Cr(VI), Cu, Pb, Zn 용액을 주입하며 시간에 따라 유출수를 채집, 중금속을 정량하였다. 바이오필름 컬럼을 통과하여 나온 유출수 중 Cd, Cr(VI), Cu, Zn 농도는 탈이온수 컬럼에 비하여 낮았으며, 이는 토양 입자에 비하여 바이오필름에 의한 이들 중금속 흡착 효율이 높기 때문인 것으로 여겨진다. 바이오필름에 의한 중금속 제거 효율은 토착 미생물에 공급한 탄소원의 종류에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 이러한 연구 결과는 중금속으로 오염된 토양 내에 중금속을 원위치 고정화하는 기술 개발에 유용하게 적용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of metal pollution in the sediment from rivers, lakes, and streams in active gold mining districts in Ghana. Two hundred and fifty surface sediment samples from 99 locations were collected and analyzed for concentrations of As, Hg, Cr, Co, Cu, Fe, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Mn using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). Metal concentrations were then used to assess the human health risks to resident children and adults in central tendency exposure (CTE) and reasonable maximum exposure (RME) scenarios. The concentrations of Pb, Cd, and As were almost twice the threshold values established by the Hong Kong Interim Sediment Quality Guidelines (ISQG). Hg, Cu, and Cr concentrations in sediment were 14, 20, and 26 times higher than the Canadian Freshwater Sediment Guidelines for these elements. Also, the concentrations of Pb, Cu, Cr, and Hg were 3, 11, 12, and 16 times more than the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council (ANZECC) sediment guideline values. The results of the human health risk assessment indicate that for ingestion of sediment under the central tendency exposure (CTE) scenario, the cancer risks for child and adult residents from exposure to As were $4.18{\times}10^{-6}$ and $1.84{\times}10^{-7}$, respectively. This suggests that up to 4 children out of one million equally exposed children would contract cancer if exposed continuously to As over 70 years (the assumed lifetime). The hazard index for child residents following exposure to Cr(VI) in the RME scenario was 4.2. This is greater than the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) threshold of 1, indicating that adverse health effects to children from exposure to Cr(VI) are possible. This study demonstrates the urgent need to control industrial emissions and the severe heavy metal pollution in gold mining environments.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.143-146
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• 2004

Natural zeolites have exhibited high sorption capacity for inorganic cations including heavy metals and ammonium. Moreover, they were proven to be effective for environmental applications such as permeable barriers for controlling the spread of cation-contaminated groundwater. However zeolites have little or no affinity for anionic species like chromium, as they possess a net negative structural charge. To achieve the simultaneous sorption for anionic contaminants, surfactant-modified zeolite (SMZ) has been employed as the possible sorbents. Current study focuses on simultaneous removal of heavy metals having different ionic form in aqueous solution, cadmium (C $d^{2+}$) and chromium (Cr $O_{4}$$^{2-}$), using newly developed materials, ZanF. ZanF, a potential alternative to SMZ, was derived from zeolite modified by Fe(II) chloride followed by reduction with sodium borohydride. Batch experiments were performed to estimate the removal efficiency of ZanF at different conditions. Under different pH ranging from 2 to 6, removal efficiency was investigated. And C $d^{2+}$ removal efficiency was estimated by varying background concentration of Cr $O_{4}$$^{2-}$, and vice versa. With the test results, ZanF was expected to be a possible reactive materials alternative to SMZ in permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) for treating the contaminated groundwater with cationic and anionic heavy metals.als.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2001

현재 전량매립 처분되고 있는 차피파쇄잔류물(shredder residue)의 연료로써의 활용 가능성을 모색하기 위한 분석평가시험을 실시하였다. 수집한 차피파쇄잔류물을 입도별 및 재질별 선별작업을 통해 분류하고 이들 시료에 대한 Cl, S, 회분 및 발열량에 대한 화학분석을 실시하였다. 플라스틱에 함유된 PVC의 영향으로 대상시료 3종류 중 1 종류만을 제외하고는 시료의 평균 Cl 함량은 모두 4wt%를 상회하였다 반면, S 함량은 0.25∼0.39wt%로써 비교적 낮았다. 발열량의 경우 플라스틱이 10,000kcal/kg 이상으로 가장 높았으며, 나무/종이 및 섬유류가 4,000 kcal/kg 정도로써 가장 낮게 나타났다. 차피파쇄잔류물 중의 금속성분은 Fe 가 6∼8.5 wt%인 것을 제외하고는 모두 미량인 것으로 확인되었으며, 유독성 중금속인 Hg와 Cr(VI)은 검출이 되지 않았고, Cd은 0.0004∼0.0009wt%로 극미량이 검출되었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.689-698
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• 2007

Mesoporous silicas for heavy metals adsorption were prepared by co-condensation of surfactant as a template and Ludox HS-40 as a silica precursor. Various mesoporous silicas with the introduction of chelating ligands (mercaptopropyl and aminopropyl groups) were synthesized to remove heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions. The surface modification was conducted with a co-condensation process using the sequential or simultaneous addition of mesoporous silica and high concentration of the organosilane(3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane). These materials have been characterized by elemental analysis, XRD, SEM and TEM analysis. Adsorbents synthesized with 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane and 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane shows a high loading capacity for Hg(II), Pb(II), Cd(II) and anion Cr(VI). Especially the one synthesized with a mercaptopropyl function has the highest adsorption capacity for Hg(II) and Cd(II).

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.449-453
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 사업장에서 발생되는 지정폐기물 중 폐기물관리법상 규제되고 있는 유해물질류 7종의 함량 특성을 조사하였다. Cu, Pb 등과 같이 규제되고 있는 중금속의 배출 가능성이 높은 표본사업장을 선정하여 9개 업종, 90개 사업장에서 슬러지, 폐촉매 등 폐기물 종류별 시료 108건을 채취 분석하였다. 분석방법은 선진국의 분석방법을 토대로 제안한 함량시험방법으로 분석하였고 그 결과는 함량기준으로 관리하고 있는 오스트리아의 규제기준과 비교검토하였다. 그 결과 Cu는 모든 업종에서 비교적 높은 농도로 검출되었으며, 특히 코크스.석유정제품 제조업, 1차 금속산업, 전자부품, 영상, 음향 및 통신장비제조업에서 발생된 오니, 분진, 소각재 등의 폐기물이 오스트리아 기준 100 mg/kg 보다 높은 농도로 나타났다. Pb은 1차 금속산업에서 발생된 분진에서 높은 농도로 검출되었으며 총 크롬의 경우에는 상업분류코드 18, 19, 23 등에서 높은 농도로 나타났다. 또한 Cr(VI)을 분석한 결과, 봉제의복 및 모피 산업에서 발생된 분진에서 높은 농도를 나타나는 것으로 조사되었다.

• 한국환경교육학회지:환경교육
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.92-99
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• 1991

According to our secondary school curriculum for natural science and technical circles, there be used 353 of chemical reagents including 24 kinds of harmful and toxicant components. At present, most school are discharging their school laboratory waste water without any chemical and physical treatments. So as to solve the environmental problem for water pollution, this study tried to research a kind of adsorbant utilizing saw dust, wasted wood sources and designed the simple processing system using the adsorbent. This adsorbent was made by extracting lignin substances from raw saw dust under the solution of 0.5N-NaOH at the temperature of $100^{\circ}C$. Their metal removed rates was measured not only by processing of column and vessel. but also by comparing the standard solution and real waste water. The results were proved as more than 90(%) of the adsorptive efficiency on the average from Pb, Cd, Cu except Cr(VI)in case of the school experimental waste water soaked in vessels a long with 4g of the adsorbent for 24 hours. The new processing system enables to remove most harmful and toxicant metals by filtering, sedimenting and adsorbing at the low cost.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.41-52
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• 2003

Sediment trap samples were collected to find out characteristic behaviors of metals in the settling particles by using time-series sediment traps at 678m and 1678m water depths in the Bransfield Strait from December 27th, 1999 to December 26th, 2000. Total mass fluxes at the intermediate water depth (678m water depth) were high in the austral summer and low in the austral winter, whereas at the deep water depth (1678m water depth) they showed high values in both the summer and winter. Total mass fluxes were generally higher in the deep water depth than in the intermediate water depth, which indicates that a substantial amount of sediments are laterally transported by strong currents into the deep basin from the shallow water depths. Aluminium contents also showed large seasonal variations with high values in the winter and low values in the summer. On the contrary, organic carbon contents were high in the summer and low in the winter. Al contents were negatively correlated with organic carbon contents, which may be ascribed that detrital particles are diluted by organic matter produced by phytoplankton in the surface waters. Metals measured in this study exhibited three characteristic behaviors; 1) a positive correlation with Al-Ti, Fe, Mn, V, Co, and Ba, 2) a negative correlation with Al-Cd and Zn, 3) no relationship with Al-Sr, Cu, Cr, Ni. Terrestrial materials may act as a major source fer metals that are positively correlated with Al, and organic matter may be a major source for metals that are negatively correlated with Al. Enrichment factor (EF) of Fe, Mn, Ba, Vi Co, Sr, Cr, and Ni ranged from 0.5 to 1.5, whereas EF of Zn, Cu, and Cd showed much higher values than 1.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.670-675
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• 2004

Humic acids are macromolecules originated from natural water, soil, and sediment. The characteristics of humic acid enable it to change the distribution of metals as well as many kinds of organic contaminants and to determine the sorption of them from soil solution. To see the effect of humic acid on the removal rate of organic contaminants and heavy metals, batch-scale experiments were performed. As a natural geosorbent, black shale was used as a sorbent media, which showed hight sorption capacity of trichloroethylene (TCE), lead, cadmium and chromium. The effect of sorption-desorption, pH, ionic strength and the concentration of humic acid was taken into consideration. TCE sorption capacity by black shale was compared to natural bentonite and hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA) modified bentonite. The removal rate was good and humic acid also sorbed onto black shale very well. The organic part of humic acid could effectively enhance the partition of TCE and it act as an electron donor to reduce Cr(VI) to Cr(III). Cationic metal of Pb(II) and Cd(II) also removed from the water by black shale. With 3 mg/L of humic acid, both Pb(II) and Cd(II) were removed more than without humic acid. That could be explained by sorption and complexation with humic acid and that was possible when humic acid could change the hydrophobicity and solubility of heavy metals. Humic acid exhibited desorption-resistivity with black shale, which implied that black shale could be an alternative sorbent or material for remediation of organic contaminants and heavy metals.