• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제9권12호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2018

오일분산제가 가장 많이 사용된 사고는, 2010년에 발생한 멕시코만의 기름유출 사건을 들 수 있다. 사용된 오일분산 제로는 Corexit 9500라는 제품이 사용되었으며, 아직도 이 오일분산제가 끼친 생태계의 부정적인 평가는 계속해서 보고되고 있다. 그러함에도 US EPA에서는 아직도 이 오일분산제를 향후에도 사용가능한 제품으로 인정하고 있다. 새로운 대체 오일 분산제 개발을 위해서는 특히 미생물학, 생태학, 환경, 화학, 그리고 화학공학 연구자들의 융합기술을 필요로 하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 Corexit 9500의 주성분들을 찾아 화학구조와 물성을 나타내었다. 그리고, 분산된 오일의 생분해 과정과 바이오계면활성제에 대해서도 소개하였다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.15.1-15.8
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• 2019

Corexit 9500 is a dispersant commercially available in Nigeria that is used to change the inherent chemical and physical properties of oil, thereby changing the oil's transport and fate with potential effects on the environment. The aim of this study was to assess the biochemical (enzymes and electrolyte) toxicity of Corexit 9500 dispersant on the gills, liver and kidney of juveniles of Clarias gariepinus after exposure for 21 days. One hundred sixty fish were used without gender consideration. Range-finding tests were conducted over a 96-h period after acclimatisation of the test organisms in the laboratory. The test organisms (10/treatment) were exposed to Corexit 9500 in the following concentrations-0.00, 0.0125, 0.025 and 0.05 ml/l in triplicate. Twenty-one days later, fish was dissected. 0.5 g from each of the following organs-gills, liver and kidney tissues-was removed, homogenised and tested for enzymes [superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), alkaline phosphatase (ALP)], urea, creatinine and electrolytes (sodium ($Na^+$), potassium ($K^+$), chloride ($Cl^-$), bicarbonate ($HCO_3{^-}$)) following standard methods. In the gills, SOD and ALT to AST ratio were significantly lower than in control while the creatinine was significantly higher in the toxicant. In the kidney, creatinine was significantly higher in fish exposed to the toxicant. In the liver, ALP increased in the toxicant while urea was decreased. The mean electrolyte concentrations ($Na^+$, $K^+$, $Cl^-$ and $HCO_3{^-}$) increased significantly in the concentration of the toxicant (P < 0.05). The alterations observed in the activities of these electrolytes and enzymes indicated that Corexit 9500 interfered with transamination and metabolic functions of the fish.