• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.275-277
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• 2005

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.115-140
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• 2010

Great concerns about atmospheric aerosols are attributed to their multiple roles to atmospheric processes. For example, atmospheric aerosols influence global climate, directly by scattering or absorbing solar radiations and indirectly by serving as cloud condensation nuclei. They also have a significant impact on human health and visibility. Many of these effects depend on the size and composition of atmospheric aerosols, and thus detailed information on the physicochemical properties and the distribution of airborne particles is critical to accurately predict their impact on the Earth's climate as well as human health. A single particle analysis technique, named low-Z particle electron probe X-ray microanalysis (low-Z particle EPMA) that can determine the concentration of low-Z elements such as carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in a microscopic volume has been developed. The capability of quantitative analysis of low-Z elements in individual particle allows the characterization of especially important atmospheric particles such as sulfates, nitrates, ammonium, and carbonaceous particles. Furthermore, the diversity and the complicated heterogeneity of atmospheric particles in chemical compositions can be investigated in detail. In this review, the development and methodology of low-Z particle EPMA for the analysis of atmospheric aerosols are introduced. Also, its typical applications for the characterization of various atmospheric particles, i.e., on the chemical compositions, morphologies, the size segregated distributions, and the origins of Asian dust, urban aerosols, indoor aerosols in underground subway station, and Arctic aerosols, are illustrated.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.529-538
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• 2002

There is no adverse opinion on the anticariogenic effect of fluoride, so glass ionomer restoration which release the fluoride is recommended fer child patient. To study the anticariogenic effect of initial carious lesion of fluoride released from adjacent glass ionomer restoration, the in situ model was constructed. A microhardness test, polarized scope investigation and electron probe microanalysis was done for analyzing the distribution of fluoride which was precipitated from glass ionomer restoration to the enamel caries lesion. Fuji IX, the conventional glass ionomer, was used for experimental group and Z-100, composite resin that fluoride was not contained, was used for control group. On the microhardness test, the remineralization was accelerated by fluoride. And on the polarized investigation, the size of caries lesion was reduced in the oral cavity and that phenomenon was accelerated by fluoride, too. Electron probe microanalysis shows that the remineralization was accelerated by fluoride and the fluoride concentration on subsurface area was increased. It maybe that the subsurface area was critical to anticariogenic effect. In summary of these result, initial caries lesion can be remineralized in the oral cavity and that phenomenon can be accelerated by fluoride. The subsurface area of caries lesion was a major part of defense to cariogenic invasion and to conserve the subsurface area, the surface of lesion body have to conserved.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.394-395
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• 2003

대기 중의 황산염 입자는 인체 건강에 좋지 않은 영향을 미칠 뿐 아니라, 지구에 유입되는 빛을 산란시키고 구름을 생성하는 핵으로 작용함으로서 직ㆍ간접적으로 햇빛을 차단하여 전지구적 기후 변화에 상당한 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 황산염 입자는 대기 중 SO$_2$의 산화에 의해 주로 생성되는데, 지금까지의 대기 모델을 활용한 연구에 의하면 대기 중의 SO$_2$의 양에 비해 황산염의 양은 과소 평가되고 있다. 이는 대기 중 황산염의 생성에 대한 대기 화학 반응기전이 제대로 파악되지 않아서 global scale의 예측이 불확실하기 때문이다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.352-353
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• 2002

최근 산업이 발달함에 따라 수도권을 비롯한 도시에서의 인구집중과 증가로 인한 운행 차량 수의 증가, 산업규모의 확대 둥으로 인해 대기분진 중 호흡성 또는 미세분진 농도의 증가가 관찰되고 있으며 이로 인한 주민건강 위해의 가능성이 제기되고 있다. 2.5$\mu\textrm{m}$ 이하의 미세 입자는 폐포내 침착율이 높으며, 유해성 가스 및 중금속을 쉽게 흡착하여 인체에 전달하는 매체가 되기도 하고, 빛을 흡수, 산란시키기 때문에 시정을 악화.시킨다. 따라서 도시대기의 입자상 물질의 물리적, 화학적 특성에 대해서 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.393-394
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• 1999

최근에 개발된 ultrathin window를 장착한 electron probe X-ray microanalysis(EPMA) 분석법(Ro et. el., 1999; Osan et. al., 1999; Szaloki et. al., 1999)은 종래의 통상적인 EPMA 방법으로는 분석하기 어려웠던 탄소, 질소, 산소 등의 원소를 정량적으로 분석할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다. 개개 입자의 형태와 크기 뿐 아니라 화학조성에 대한 정보를 제공하는 EPMA 분석법은 대기 중 개개 입자에 대한 생성, 이동, 반응 및 소멸에 관한 자세한 정보를 제공하기 때문에 지난 20여 년간 이 분석법을 사용하여 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.325-327
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 한반도의 청정지역인 제주도 고산과 한라산 1100 고지에서의 입자상 물질을 분석하였다. 입자상 물질을 분석하는 방법 중에 EPMA(Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis)를 이용한 단일 입자 분석법(Single Particle Analysis)은 개개 입자의 형상과 크기 그리고 화학 조성에 대한 정보를 동시에 제공하기 때문에 개개 입자의 생성, 이동, 반응성, 소멸 그리고 환경에의 영향에 대한 자세한 정보를 얻을 수 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.335-336
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• 2000

도시 대기는 복잡한 성분을 가진 입자상 물질로 이루어져 있는데, 검댕 입자나 비산재(fly ash)등과 같이 일차오염물질과 복잡한 대기 화학반응에 의해 생성되는 이차오염물질이 혼재하고 있기 때문이다. 도시 대기 중의 입자상 물질은 대부분 황산염, 질산염, 암모늄염 입자상 물질과 유기 입자들로 구성되어 있는데, 탄소 입자는 도시의 미세 입자 중 거의 반 정도를 차지한다. (Ro et. el., 2000) 본 연구에서는 서울 대기에서의 입자상 물질에 대한 분석을 EPMA(Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis)를 이용한 단일 입자 분석법(Single Particle Analysis)을 가지고 행하였다. (중략)

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.639-647
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• 2005

A single particle analytical technique, named low-Z particle electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPMA), was applied to characterize samples collected at a subway station and ambient samples in Seoul. According to their chemical composition, many distinctive particle types were identified. For samples collected at the subway station platform, the major chemical species are carbon-rich, organic, aluminosilicates (AlSi), AlSi/C, AlSi/$CaCO_{3},\;CaCO_{3},\;SiO_{2},\;and\;Fe_{2}O_{3}$. For outdoor samples, carbon-rich, organic, AlSi, $CaCO_{3},\;SiO_{2},\;NaNO_{3},\;(Na,Mg)NO_{3},\;Na(CO_{3},NO_{3},SO_{4}),\;and\;(NH_{4})_2SO_4$, are abundantly encountered. Samples collected at the subway station show very high contents of $Fe_{2}O_{3}$, both in coarse and fine fractions, which come from brake block, subway train wheel, electric contact materials, etc. It is demonstrated that the single-particle characterization using this low-Z particle EPMA technique provided detailed information on various types of chemical species in indoor and outdoor samples.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.117-125
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• 1998

Crystallization behavior of platinum minerals within Pt-Sb-Bi bearing ore magmas and mineralogical properties of the existing minerals were investigated at 1,00$0^{\circ}C$ by synthetic experiment. High purity reagents were used as starting materials and silica tubings as containers. Reaction products were analysed by reflecting microscopy, X-ray diffraction, electron probe microanalysis, and micro-hardness test. Stable minerals at 1,00$0^{\circ}C$ are platinum, electron probe microanalysis, and micro-hardness test. Stable minerals at $1,000^{\circ}C$ are platinum, stump-flite (PtSb) and geversite (PtSb2). They are in equilibrium with liquid (ore magma). Platinum contains considerable amount of Sb of 7.5 at.%, whereas Bi only up to 0.9 at.%. Pure stumpflite is hexagonal with space group P63/mmc, and unit cell parameters are a=4.1318(6), c=5.483(1)$\AA$. VHN50=417(2)$\AA$. Geversite has cubic structure with space group Pa3. Cell parameters are a=6.4373(2)$\AA$ and Vicker hardness values VHN50=663.5 (566~766). Both stumpflite and geversite show solid solution and their end-members are Pt48.8Sb40.7-Bi10.5, and Pt33.7-Sb59.8Bi6.5, respectively. Although stumpflite (m.p. $1,043^{\circ}C$) and unnamed PtBi (m.p. 7$65^{\circ}C$) do not form a complete solid solution at $1,000^{\circ}C$, they are known, at $600^{\circ}C$, to form a continuous solid solution. Geversit (m.p. $1,226^{\circ}C$) also forms complete solid solution with insizwaite (m.p. $660^{\circ}C$). Unit cell dimensions of the minerals above increases with the amount of Bi substituting for Sb.