• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.132-138
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• 2019

In this study, we demonstrate the effects of the acidic properties of montmorillonite (MMT), which is commonly used as a catalyst, on the conversion and selectivity of the dimer acid methyl ester (DAME) synthesis. We synthesize DAME by the dimerization of conjugated linoleic acid methyl ester (CLAME) and oleic acid methyl ester using MMT KSF. Incidentally, trimer acid methyl ester was formed as a by-product during the DAME synthesis. There is a necessity to adequately adjust the strength and quantity of the acid site to control the selectivity of DAME. Therefore, we vary the pH of the MMT acid by using various metal hydroxides. The purpose of this study is to increase the yield of monocyclic dimer acid methyl ester, which is a substance with adequate physical properties for industrial applications (e.g., lubricant and adhesive, etc.), using a heterogeneous catalyst. We report the dimerization of fatty acid methyl ester by using base treated-KSF, and apply it to conjugated soybean oil methyl ester. Then, we transmute the acid site properties of KSF, such as pH of 5 wt.% slurry KSF and various alkali metals (Li, Na, K, Ca). Characterization of base treated-KSF using a pH meter, x-ray diffraction, inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometer, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface analysis, and temperature-programmed desorption. We conduct an analysis of CLAME and DAME using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, gas chromatography, and gel permeation chromatography. Through these experiments, we demonstrate the effects of the acidic properties of KSF on the conversion and selectivity of the DAME synthesis, and evaluate its industrial potential by application to waste vegetable oil.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.603-610
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• 2010

수용액으로부터 3개 양이온 염료(메틸렌 블루 MB, 중성래드 NR, 녹공작석 옥살산염MG)를 제거하는 Maghnia 점토의 흡착제로서의 가능성을 알아보기 위해 접촉시간, pH, 초기 염료 농도, 흡착제 사용량등을 변화시키면서 조사하였다. 적절한 pH는 NR의 경우 6이었고, MB와 MG의 경우 7로 나타났다. 90% 이상의 최대 염료 흡착은 약 60분내에 이루어졌으며, 염료 흡착은 유사 2차반응속도식을 따랐다.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.208-217
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• 2011

Maghnia montmorillonite clay를 이용하여, 두 가지 염료(neutral red; NR과 malachite green oxalates; MG)에 대한 pH 및 온도 효과를 측정하였다. 수용액 속에서 MG는 pH 3-9에서 흡수가 나타나는 반면에, 양이온 NR은 pH 3-5에서 red shift 흡수피크가 나타났으며, 중성 NR은 pH 8-12에서 흡수피크가 얻어졌다. NR에 대해서는 465.13 mg/g, MG에 대해서는 459.89 mg/g의 최대 흡수 피크가 각각 298와 318 K에서 얻어졌으며, 자유에너지 Ea 값은 각각 4.472-5.559 kJ/mol과 2.000-2.886 kJ/mol로 얻어졌다. 도한, as ${\Delta}H^{\circ}$, ${\Delta}S^{\circ}$, ${\Delta}G^{\circ}$ and Ea과 같은 다양한 열역학적인 변수들을 계산했으며, 전체적인 반응의 흡수과정은 자발적이고, 흡열반응으로 진행됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권10호
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• pp.3005-3012
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• 2013

The effect of Mn-promotion on high surface area Al-pillared montmorillonite (AlMMT) supported Co nanoparticles prepared by hydrothermal method have been investigated. A series of different weight% Mn-promoted Co nanoparticles were prepared and characterized by XRD, TPR, TGA, BET and SEM techniques. An increase in the surface area of MMT is observed with Al-pillaring. Fischer-Tropsch catalytic activity of the as prepared catalysts was studied in a fixed bed micro reactor at $225^{\circ}C$, $H_2/CO$ = 2 and at 1 atm pressure. The data showed that by the addition of Mn the selectivity of $C_1$ dropped drastically while that of $C_2-C_{12}$ hydrocarbons increased significantly over all the Mn-promoted Co/AlMMT catalysts. The $C_{13}-C_{20}$ hydrocarbons remained almost same for all the catalysts while the selectivity of $C_{21+}$ long chain hydrocarbons decreased considerably with the addition of Mn. The catalyst with 3.5%Mn showed lowest $C_{21+}$ and highest $C_2-C_{12}$ hydrocarbons selectivity due to cracking of long chain hydrocarbons over acidic sites of MMT.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.545-550
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• 2011

Urea intercalated into montmorillonite (MT) exhibits remarkably enhanced N use efficiency, maintaining its fast effectiveness. This study dealt with the release property of urea from metal-urea-clay hybrid with MT (MUCH) under continuous-flow conditions and the cumulative impacts of its successive application on physicochemical properties of soils. Releases of urea were completed within 4 hrs under continuous-flow condition regardless of the types and the leaching solutions. However, urea release property was significantly affected by both the form of fertilizer and the presence of electrolytes in solution. The fast release property of urea from MUCH in continuous-flow condition was not significantly affected by soil properties such as soil pH and soil texture. In addition, its successive application did not lead to any noticeable change in soil physicochemical properties, water stable aggregate rate, water holding capacity and cation exchange capacity in both sandy loam and clay loam soils. Therefore, this study strongly supported that urea intercalated into MT could be applied as fast-effective N fertilizer, in particular for additional N supply.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1575-1581
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• 2004

A total of 96 growing barrows (Duroc${\times}$Landrace${\times}$Yorkshire) at an average BW of 20.2 kg were used to investigate the effects of montmorillonite (MMT) or copper-bearing montmorillonite (Cu-MMT) on growth performance, intestinal microflora, digestive enzyme activities of pancreas and small intestinal contents, and the apparent nutrient digestion. The pigs were allocated to three groups with 32 pigs per treatment for 42 days and the average BW at the end of the experiment was 49.7 kg. The three dietary treatments were basal diet only (control group), basal diet +1.5 g/kg MMT, and basal diet +1.5 g/kg Cu-MMT. The results showed that supplementation with Cu-MMT significantly improved growth performance as compared to control and pigs fed with Cu-MMT had higher average daily gain than those fed with MMT. As compared to control, supplementation with Cu-MMT significantly reduced the total viable counts of Escherichia coli and Clostridium in the small intestine and proximal colon. Supplementation with MMT had no significant influence on intestinal microflora, although there was a tendency for Escherichia coli and Clostridium to be lower than the control. Pigs fed with Cu-MMT had lower viable counts of Escherichia coli in colonic contents than those fed with MMT. Although supplementation with MMT improved the activities of the digestive enzymes in the small intestinal contents, the tendency was not significant. Supplementation with Cu-MMT significantly improved the activities of total protease, amylase and lipase in the small intestinal contents. Supplementation with MMT or Cu-MMT improved the apparent nutrient digestion.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.58-70
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• 2023

The improper management of radioactive waste or accidents caused by natural disasters can result in the release of radioactive materials into the surrounding environment, potentially leading to soil and groundwater contamination by radionuclides. In this study, adsorption-desorption behaviors of the radionuclides (cobalt and strontium) in natural soil, montmorillonite, Mn-PILC, Fe-PILC, and fishbone were investigated. Several models were used to predict adsorption isotherms of radionuclides on various absorbents. Adsorption isotherms of cobalt and strontium in several adsorbents were examined at pH 5.5. The amount of sorbed cobalt and strontium were represented fishbone > natural soil > Mn-PILC > Fe-PILC > montmorillonite and natural soil > Mn-PILC > fishbone > Fe-PILC > montmorillonite, respectively. Adsorption datas were fitted with several models such as Freundlich, Langmuir, Sips, Redlich-Peterson, Khan, and Generalized model. The results of curve fitting showed R²> 0.98 in all of adsorption models, except Sr²⁺ adsorption onto montmorillonite. For modified clays (Mn-PILC, Fe-PILC), it is suggested that, unlike natural soils and fish bones, there are not only single adsorption mechanisms but also adsorption mechanisms based on chemical adsorption and surface charge. In the case of fish bones, due to the relatively higher adsorption capacity than modified clays and its characteristic of significant desorption, it is expected more suitable for the removal of radionuclides in aquatic environments than for the immobilization of radionuclides in soil.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.147-159
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• 2002

한 구릉상에 자연적으로 노출된 지표면을 따라 대략 50 cm 이내의 두께를 이루며 분포한다. 풍화된 벤토나이트에는 몬모릴로나이트 외에 7 $\AA$형 할로이사이트가 수반되고 그 하부에 인접하는 벤토나이트에 비해서 상대적으로 원암의 광물성분이 거의 잔류되지 않는 점토광물 위주의 광물조성을 보인다. 전자현미경 하에서 몬모릴로나이트와 할로이사이트는 서로 혼재되기보다는 따로 구획되어 분리된 상태로 산출되는 경향이 있다. 몬모릴로나이트의 엽편상 결정형의 테두리가 다소 변형되어 무딘 편상 결정형의 양상을 보인다. 할로이사이트는 0.3 $\mu$m 내외의 폭과 2 $\mu$m 이내의 길이를 갖는 침상 내지 관상의 결정형을 이루고 흔히 다발형태의 집합체를 형성한다. 전자현미경 관찰을 통한 이들의 미시적 조직 및 산출 관계에 대한 해석에 의하면, 몬모릴로나이트에서 할로이사이트로의 상전이는 혼합층상 구조형 (M/H)과 같은 이들의 중간형 점토광물상을 거치지 않는 형식으로 이루어진 것으로 판단된다. 또한 몬모릴로나이트로부터 할로이사이트로의 변질반응은 산화조건에서 용해 및 침전 반응형식으로 진행되었던 것으로 해석된다 이 풍화변질 과정에서 $SiO_2$를 비롯하여 Na, K 및 Ca과 같은 화학성분들이 심하게 용탈되어 많은 용해공극이 형성되었고, 상대적으로 잔류.농집된 $A1_2$$O_3$와 Fe에 의해서 할로이사이트의 생성여건이 조성되었던 것으로 해석된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.610-614
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• 2013

Massive intercalation of urea into montmorillonite (MUCH) was recently proposed to enhance urea use efficiency through smart suppression of emission of $NH_3$ and NOx. This study was to synthesize citrate-incorporated MUCH (Cit-MUCH) which can enhance suppression of $NH_3$ volatilization. The XRD pattern of Cit-MUCH was very similar to that of MUCH to indicate successful incorporation of citric acid into MUCH. Incorporation of citric acid was confirmed by the existence of $COO^-$ symmetric stretching vibration. During the initial 4 days after application, $NH_3$ volatilization from both bare and perilla-planted soils was much more suppressed by application of Cit-MUCH than MUCH. A peak volatilization rate decreased from 28.3 N mg $m^{-2}\;h^{-1}$ of MUCH-broadcasted soil to 22.2 N mg $m^{-2}\;h^{-1}$ of Cit-MUCH-broadcast soil. $NH_3$ volatilization was less in planted soil than bare soil for 72 hrs after application. These results showed that incorporation of citric acid led to increase in suppression of ammonia volatilization from urea-applied soils.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.1305-1309
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• 2005

Experiments were conducted to determine the efficacy of modified montmorillonite nanocomposite (MMN) to reduce the toxic effects of aflatoxin (AF) in growing/finishing pigs. 96 weaned pigs were assigned to four dietary treatment groups (0 g of MMN and 0 mg of AF/kg feed, 3 g of MMN/kg feed, 0.1 mg of AF/kg feed, and 3 g of MMN plus 0.1 mg of AF/kg feed). Body weight gain (BW gain), feed/gain ratio, serum biochemical values and enzyme activities were evaluated. Compared with the control, AF alone markedly reduced BW gain and resulted in a significantly higher feed/gain ratio. There were no differences in BW gain and feed/gain ratio between 0.3% MMN or 0.3% MMN plus AF and the control. These results suggested that the deleterious effects of AF were ameliorated by MMN addition. AF intake markedly increased relative organ weights of liver, kidney, spleen and pancreas, and resulted in significant alterations of serum parameters. However, these parameters for pigs fed diets containing MMN and AF returned to normal values, indicating that MMN had the ability to recover the AF-decreased performance, organ damage and to correct aberrations in serum parameters. These findings in our study suggested that MMN can effectively modulate the toxicity of AF in growing/finishing pigs and may offer a novel approach to the preventive management of aflatoxicosis in animals.