• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.600-602
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• 1995

Using the $O_2$ RIE process, 20{\mu}m$-height polyimide microstructures are fabricated. In LIGA-like process, metal microstructure can be formed by the electroplating using these polyimide microstructures as a plating mould. Reactive ion Etching technique using oxygen gas is used for the patterning of polyimide. The etching rate of the polyimide is increased with increased pressure and RF power. The anisotropic vertical sidewall can be obtained at low pressure, but the etched surface state is not so good yet. "Micrograss", which is formed during the RIE and disturbs uniform electroplating, can be removed effectively by the wet itching of the chromium sacrificial layer. More studies about the improvement of an etched surface state and the removal of microsgrass are needed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.207-207
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• 2015

국내 자동차메이커는 디자인고급화를 위하여 08년 이후 다양한 표면처리를 적용하고 있다. 특히 외장부품은 다크크롬, 짙은크롬, 반광등은 코드화 작업을 마쳤다. 2010년이후에는 겨울철 제설염으로 인한 6가크롬도금의 취약성을 발견하고 2011년 제설염 테스트 규격개정을 작업을 완료하였으며, 2015년이후 출시 차량은 6가크롬은 삭제하였으며, 3가크롬도금으로 큰 전환이 일어났다. 또한 라디에이타그릴은 대형화흐름으로 기존의 $50dm^2$이하의 디자인이 $100dm^2$이상 디자인으로 변경하는 추세이다. 이러한 변화에 도금공장은 기존라인으로 생산이 어려워 신규LINE 증설로 대응하고 있으나, 불량의 증가로 채산성이 악화되고 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.209-209
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• 2015

EPA, OSHA의 크롬 mist 배출강화기준, ROHS 등에 의한 6가 크롬사용이 억제되어 그 대안으로 친환경 프로세스인 3가 크롬도금이 핸드폰 부품을 중심으로 적용이 되어 대량 생산 기술이 확립이 되고, 최근 자동차 장식도금 분야에 까지 적용이 확대되어 가고 있다. 그러나 아직도 3가 크롬도금을 적용하는데는 많은 혼선과 문제점이 보고되고 있다. 이에 본 발표에서는 3가 크롬도금의 최신 기술 동향을 소개하고, 3가 크롬도금에 대한 정확한 정보를 제공, 현장 적용사례를 보고하여 3가 크롬도금 적용 활성화에 도움을 주고자 한다. 본 발표에서는, - 3가 크롬도금에 대한 소개 - 아토텍 프로세스의 소개 - 염산욕과 황산욕의 비교 - 내식성 관련 자료 - 현장관리 및 적용사례 등을 포함하여 간략하게 소개하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.210-210
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• 2015

3가 크롬도금으로부터 크롬도금을 얻는 방법은 1854년 R. D. Buseen의 보고가 최최이고 2년 후 6가 크롬이온으로 부터 최초의 크롬독므이 Geuther에 의해 보고되었다. 초기 3가 크롬도금 프로세스는 도금용액의 안정성이 떨어져서 선택성 이온교환막을 이용한 격막으로 양극을 분리하는 방법이 채용되었다. 그 후 1970년대에 Albright & Wilson사와 IBM-Canning사에 의해 개발된 3가 크롬 프로세스가 기초기술이 되어 개량된 현재의 3가 크롬도금용액이 탄생하였다. 이후 여러 도금약품 회사에서 여러 종류의 3가 크롬도금 용액과 프로세스가 개발이 되어 핸드폰, 자동차 등에 사용이 되고 있으나, 아직도 개선의 여지가 많이 남아 있다고 할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.37-37
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• 2002

Diamoncl/Mo/Ni multi-layers on SKH-51 steel substrate was prepared to improve the abrasive wear resistance of a tool and die by a commercial chemical vapor deposition unit and electro-plating. The diamond after 7 hour deposition had cuba-octahedral structure with 2~5$\mu\textrm{m}$ grains. The existence of non-ferrous metals such as chromium, nickel and molybdenum between diamond and SKH-51 substrate results in forming higher quality of diamond layer by retarding carbon diffusion in the diamond layer during deposition, and also improving hardness and wear resistance. Surface cracks on the film was sometimes observed by the difference of by the thermal expansion coefficients between the steel substrate and the deposited layers during cooling.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.69-75
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• 2016

This study investigated the effect of heat treatment conditions not only on the Cr surface crack propagation behaviors but also on the Ni/Cr interfacial reaction characteristics in electroless Ni/electroplated Cr double coating layers on Cu substrate. Clear band layer of Ni-Cr solid solutions were developed at Ni/Cr interface after heat treatment at $750^{\circ}C$ for 6 h. Channeling cracks formed in Cr layer after 1 step heat treatment, that is, heat treatment after Ni/Cr plating, while little channeling cracks formed after 2 step heat treatment, that is, same heat treatments after Ni and Cr plating, respectively, due to residual stress relaxation due to crystallization of Ni layer before Cr plating.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.252-259
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• 2018

An acidic, real metal-plating wastewater was treated by a fluidized bed membrane reactor introduced with granular activated carbon (GAC) as fluidized media. With GAC fluidization, there was no increase in suction pressure with time at each flux set-point applied. At neutral solution pH, much less fouling rate was observed than acidic pH under GAC fluidization. Higher solution pH resulted in the increase in particle size in metal-finishing wastewater, thus producing a less dense cake structure on membrane. More than 95% of chemical oxygen demand was observed from the fluidized bed membrane reactor under GAC fluidization. Total suspended solid concentration in membrane permeate was near zero. At the raw wastewater pH, no removal of copper and chromium by the fluidized bed membrane reactor was observed. As the pH was increased to 7.0, removal efficiency of copper and chromium was increased considerably to 99 and 94%, respectively. Regardless of solution pH tested, more than 95% of cyanide was removed possibly due to the strong adsorption of organic-cyanide complex on GAC in fluidized bed membrane reactor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.40.1-43
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new sampling and analytical method for the determination of hexavalent chromium, Cr(VI) in mist from field plating operation. The Procedures of this new method (Shin & Paik's Method) are as the following: Airborne hexavalent chromium is collected on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) filter according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 7600, and the filter sample is placed in a screw-capped vial and soaked with 2％ NaOH/3％ Na₂CO₃ solution immediately after sampling. The Cr(VI) sample is analyzed by ion chromatography/visible spectrophotometry (IC/VS) according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 218.6. The airborne Cr(VI) concentrations measured by this method were compared with those determined by three reference methods: One (NIOSH/EPA Method) consisted of sampling airborne Cr(VI) on PVC filters and storing the sample filters in screw-capped vials according to the NIOSH method, and analyzing Cr(VI) in samples using IC/VS according to the EPA method. The second method (Impinger Method/NaHCO₃) consisted of absorbing airborne Cr(VI) into 0.02 MN/sub a/Hco₃ solution in midget impinger, and analyzing the Cr(VI) in samples using IC/VS. The third method was the OSHA Method Id-215. Using these four different methods, four replicates of air samples were collected at an electroplating process and analyzed simultaneously. Two-way ANOVA and Paired t-test were used to test difference among values determined by the methods. There was no significant difference and a strong correlation (r/sup 2/=0.99) between Cr(VI) concentrations measured by the shin & Paik's Method and an impinger method (p＞0.05). However, Cr(VI) concentrations determined by Shin & Paik's Method were Significantly different form those by the NIOSH/EPA Method (p＜0.05) or the OSHA method (p＜0.05). The Cr(VI) concentrations of Shin & Paik's Method were Significantly higher than those of the NIOSH/EPA Method or the OSHA method. We concluded that the Shin & Paik's Method could prevent Cr(VI) losses caused by reduction and give more reliable results of airborne Cr(VI) concentrations in work environments.

• Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.173-178
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• 2011

Separator of stack in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is high cost and heavy. If we make it low cost and lighter, it will have a great ripple. In this study, low carbon steel is used as base metal of separator because the cost of low carbon steel is very cheaper commercial metal material than stainless steels, which is widely used as separator. Low carbon steel has not a good corrosion resistance. In order to improve the corrosion resistance and electrolytic conductivity, low carbon steel needs to be surface treated. We made Chromium electroplated layer of $5{\mu}m$, $10{\mu}m$ thickness on the surface of low carbon steel and it was nitrided for 2 hours at $1000^{\circ}C$ in a furnace with 100 torr nitrogen gas pressure. Cross-sectional and surface microstructures of surface treated low carbon steel are investigated using SEM. And crystal structures are investigated by XRD. Interfacial contact resistance and corrosion tests were considered to simulate the internal operating conditions of PEMFC stack. The corrosion test was performed in 0.1 N $H_2SO_4$ + 2 ppm $F^-$ solution at $80^{\circ}C$. Throughout this research, we try to know that low carbon steel can be replaced stainless steel in separator of PEMFC.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.475-480
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• 2017

In this paper, the conductivity of the fine pattern is improved in the insulating substrate by laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) process. The high laser beam energy generated in conventional laser induced deposition processes induces problems such as low deposition density and oxidation of micro-patterns. These problems were improved by using a polymer coating layer for improved deposition accuracy and conductivity. Chromium and copper were used to deposit micro-patterns on silicon wafers. A multi-pulse laser beam was irradiated on a metal thin film to form a seed layer on an insulating substrate(SiO2) and electroless plating was applied on the seed layer to form a micro-pattern and structure. Irradiating the laser beam with multiple scanning method revealed that the energy of the laser beam improved the deposition density and the surface quality of the deposition layer and that the electric conductivity can be used as the microelectrode pattern. Measuring the resistivity after depositing the microelectrode by using the laser direct drawing method and electroless plating indicated that the resistivity of the microelectrode pattern was $6.4{\Omega}$, the resistance after plating was $2.6{\Omega}$, and the surface texture of the microelectrode pattern was uniformly deposited. Because the surface texture was uniform and densely deposited, the electrical conductivity was improved about three fold.