• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.456-461
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• 2022

Heavy metal pollution is caused due to anthropogenic activities and is considered as a serious environmental problem which endangers human health and environment. The present study deals with biosorption, an eco-friendly technique for the removal of heavy metal Zn(II) from aqueous medium. Various natural materials have been explored for the uptake of metal ions, where most of them are physically or chemically enhanced. Dry cowdung powder (DCP) has been utilized as a low-cost, environmentally friendly humiresin without any pre-treatment, thus demonstrating the concept of Green Chemistry. Batch biosorption studies using ⁶⁵Zn(II) tracer were performed and the impact of different experimental parameters was studied. Results revealed that at pH 6, 94 ± 2% of Zn(II) was effectively biosorbed in 5 min, at 303 K. The process was spontaneous and exothermic, following pseudo-second-order reaction. The mechanism of heavy metal biosorption employing green adsorbent was therefore elucidated in order to determine the optimal method for removing Zn(II) ions. DCP has a lot of potential in the wastewater treatment industry, as seen by its ability to meet 3A's affordability, adaptability, and acceptability criteria. As a result, DCP emerges as one of the most promising challengers for green chemistry and the zero-waste idea.

• 대한방사성의약품학회지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2016

We have successfully synthesized of 4-cyano-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-5-(4-[$^{11}C$]methoxyphenyl)-N-(piperidin-1-yl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxzmide ([$^{11}C$]OMAR), which has been shown a progressing candidate to human brain PET study, from fully automated loop method using ethanol as the only solvent for the entire manufacturing process. The radiochemical yield of [$^{11}C$]OMAR was observed in $4.1{\pm}0.2%$ with $4990{\pm}384Ci/mmol$ of the specific activity and total synthesis time was about 45 minutes after HPLC purification (n = 3, decay corrected) from ethanolic loop system, which was exhibited to better results compared with conventional methods. Ethanolic loop chemistry is favorable and efficient method by simplifies manufacturing procedures as well as satisfied suitable for human administration.