• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.57-57
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• 2018

The electrorefining process is generally composed of two recovery steps in pyroprocessing - the deposit of uranium onto a solid cathode and the recovery of the remaining uranium and TRU elements simultaneously by a liquid cadmium cathode. The liquid cathode processing is necessary to separate cadmium from the actinide elements since the actinide deposits are dissolved or precipitated in a liquid cathode. Distillation process was employed for the cathode processing. It is very important to avoid a splattering of cadmium during evaporation due to the high vapor pressure. In this study, a multi-layer porous round cover was proposed and examined to develop a splatter shield for the Cd distillation crucible. Cadmium vapor can be released through the holes of the shield, whereas liquid drops can be collected in the multiple hemisphere. The collected drops flow on the round surface of the cover and flow down into the crucible. The crucible cover was fabricated and tested in the Cd distiller. The cover was made with three stainless steel round plates with a diameter of 33.50 mm. The distance between the hemispheres and the diameter of the holes are 10 and 1 mm, respectively. About 40 grams of Cd and about 4 grams of Bi was distilled at a reduced pressure for two hours at $470^{\circ}C$. After the Cd distillation experiment, cadmium was not detected and more than 90 % of Bi remained in the ICP-OES analysis. Therefore the crucible cover can be a candidate for the splatter shield of the Cd distillation crucible. Further development of the crucible cover is necessary for the decision of the optimum cover geometry and the operating conditions of the Cd distiller.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.34-35
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• 2009

We have studied the electrical and optical of organic light-emitting diodes depending on hole size of crucible boat using BCP materials. The thickness of TPD, $Alq_3$ and BCP was manufactured 40 nm, 60 nm and 5 nm under a base pressure of $5\times10^{-6}$ Torr using at thermal evaporation, respectively. In order to investigate the optimal surface roughness of BCP, the BCP was thermally evaporated to be 0.8 nun, 1.0 mm, 1.2 mm and 1.5 mm as a hole size of crucible boat, respectively. As the experimental results, we found that the luminous efficiency and the external quantum efficiency of the device is superior to others when hole size of crucible boat using BCP is 1.2 mm. Also, compared to the ones from the devices having the hole size of crucible boat is 1.0 mm and 1.5mm layer, the external quantum efficiency were improved by 2.5 and 2.4 times.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제30A권8호
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• pp.81-87
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• 1993

The growth thickness uniformity of epitaxial layers deposited using a moiecular beam epitaxy system is calculated from the arrangement of molecular beam source and the substrate and the geometric dimensions of the crucible in order to predict the optimum design conditions of the prototype MBE system. The thickness uniformity better than 5% over a 3-inch wafer can be obtained by keeping the distance between the substrate and the crucible's orifice longer than 20cm, the tapering angle of the crucible larger than 6$^{\circ}$, and the angle between the normal to the substrate at the center and the crucible axis as larger as possible. In addition, the growth yield decreases to below 51% as the distance between the substrate and the orifice becomes longer than 25cm.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.99-103
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• 2018

Spherical monosized pure aluminum (Al) particles are successfully fabricated by the pulsated orifice ejection method (POEM). The surface reaction between Al and the graphite crucible is investigated by analysing the microstructure and chemical composition of the materials. No significant chemical reaction occurs between Al and the graphite owing to the crystalline Al oxide (${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$) layer generated in the initial state. The ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ layer is clearly observed in all regions between the Al particles and graphite via transmission electron microscopy and confirmed by the selected area diffraction pattern. The morphology of the ${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ layer perfectly follows the surface morphology of the graphite crucible, which showed nanoscale roughness. This implies that molten Al could not directly contact graphite even though the surface of the crucible became rough to some extent. However, this passivation phenomenon allowed the successful fabrication of monosized pure Al particles. Therefore, POEM is a useful process at least to manufacture monosized pure Al particles.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2002

PbO 함유 다성분계유리 및 파이버를 제조하였으며, PbO함유 유리는 이중도가니법(double crucible methodo에 의한 높은 개구수를 갖는(high-numerical aperture : N.A.) 광파이버(optical fiber) 제조에 적합하였다. 본 실험에 있어서는 SiO₂, PbO를 주성분으로 하고 K₂O, Na₂O, B₂O₃, A1₂O₃등의 산화물을 적량 배합하였으며, 또한 double crucible method에 의해 제조된 파이버의 광학적, 기계적 및 구조적 특성을 관찰하였다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표강연 및 논문개요집
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• pp.18-18
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• 2001

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 1994

단결정 성장과정에서 고액계면의 위치와 형상이 결정의 품질에 영향을 준다는 사실은 이미 잘 알려져 있다. 따라서 이를 결정해 주는 노내 온도분포의 파악은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 VGF 단결정법을 대사응로 발열체의 온도만을 이용하여 노내 온도분포를 구할 수 있는 프로그램을 개발하였으며,이를 사용하여 지지봉 및 도가니의 재질과 크기가 고액계면의 형상에 미치는 영향을 검토해 보았다. 지지봉의 반경이 클수록, 열전도도가 작을수록 평활한 고액계면이 나타나 . 열전도도가 등방성을 가진 도가니의 경우, 열확산계수의 증가에 따라 고액계면이 더 오목해지는 경향을 보였다. PBN과 석영 도가니의 계산 결과 비교를 통하여 도가니 열전도돋의 이방성이 고액계면에 미치는 영향을 고찰해 본 결과, 계면의 위치에 따라서 다른 양상을 보인다는 것을 알았다.것을 알았다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.155-164
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• 2011

Electron beam evaporation source is widely used to prepare thin films by physical vapor deposition because it is very effective to vaporize materials and there is virtually no limit to vaporize materials including metals and compounds such as oxide. In this study, evaporation characteristics of various metals and compounds from an electron beam evaporation source have been studied. The 180 degree deflection type electron beam evaporation source which has 6-hearth crucibles and is capable of inputting power up to 10 kW was employed for evaporation experiment. 36 materials including metals, oxides and fluorides have been tested and described in terms of optimum crucible liner, evaporation state, stability, and so on. Various crucible liners have been tried to find out the most effective way to vaporize materials. Two types of crucible liners have been employed in this experiment. One is contact type liner, and the other is non-contact type one. It has been tried to give the objective information and the most effective evaporation method on the evaporation of materials from the electron beam evaporation source. It is concluded that the electron beam evaporation source can be used to prepare good quality films by choosing the appropriate crucible liner.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2018년도 추계학술논문요약집
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• pp.103-103
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• 2018

The liquid cathode processing is necessary to separate cadmium from the actinide elements in the pyroprocessing since the actinide deposits are dissolved or precipitated in a liquid cathode. Distillation process was employed for the cathode processing owing to the compactness. It is very important to avoid a splattering of cadmium during evaporation due to the high vapor pressure. Several methods have been proposed to lower the splattering of cadmium during distillation. A multi-layer porous round cover was proposed to avoid a cadmium splattering in our previous study. In this study, distillation behavior of $Cd-ZrO_2$ and Cd - Bi systems were investigated to examine a multi-layer porous round cover for the development of the cadmium splatter shield of distillation crucible. It was designed that the cadmium vapor can be released through the holes of the shield, whereas liquid drops can be collected in the multiple hemisphere. The cover was made with three stainless steel round plates with a diameter of 33.50 mm. The distance between the hemispheres and the diameter of the holes are 10 and 1 mm, respectively. Bismuth or zirconium oxide powder was used as a surrogate for the actinide elements. About 40 grams of Cd was distilled at a reduced pressure for two hours at various temperatures. The mixture of the cadmium and the surrogate was distilled at 470, 570 and $620^{\circ}C$ in the crucible with the cover. Most of the bismuth or zirconia remained in the crucible after distillation at 470 and $570^{\circ}C$ for two hours. It was considered that the crucible cover hindered the splattering of the liquid cadmium from the distillation crucible. A considerable amount of the surrogate material reduced after distillation at $620^{\circ}C$ due to the splattering of the liquid cadmium. The low temperature is favorable to avoid a liquid cadmium splattering during distillation. However, the optimum temperature for the cadmium distillation should be decided further, since the evaporation rate decreases with a decreasing temperature.

• 한국방사성폐기물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방사성폐기물학회 2017년도 춘계학술논문요약집
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• pp.83-83
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• 2017

Electrorefining is a key step in pyroprocessing. The electrorefining process is generally composed of two recovery steps - the deposit of uranium onto a solid cathode and the recovery of the remaining uranium and TRU elements simultaneously by a liquid cadmium cathode. The solid cathode processing is necessary to separate the salt from the cathode since the uranium deposit in a solid cathode contains electrolyte salt. Distillation process was employed for the cathode processing. It is very important to increase the throughput of the salt separation system due to the high uranium content of spent nuclear fuel and high salt fraction of uranium dendrites. In this study, a mesh-covered crucible was investigated for the sat distillation of electrorefiner uranium deposits. A liquid salt separation step and a vacuum distillation step were combined for salt separation. The adhered salt in uranium deposits was efficiently removed in the mesh-covered crucible. The salt distiller was operated simply since repeated cooling - heating step was not necessary for the change of the crucible. The operation time could be reduced by the use of the mesh-covered crucible and the combined operation of the two steps. A method to preserve a vacuum level was proposed by double O-rings during the operation of the distiller with the mesh-covered crucible. After the salt distillation, the salt content was measured and was below 0.1wt% after the salt distillation. The residual salt after the salt distillation can be removed further during melting of uranium metal.