• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.255-265
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• 2021

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the exposure characteristics of inorganic acids. Methods: We analyzed exposure data (n = 363,146) for six inorganic acids (hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen chloride, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, and sulfuric acid) collected between 2017 and 2019 in South Korea. Measurement characteristics and exposure levels (ELs) were analyzed by inorganic acid, industry category, enterprise size, and measurement year. Results: Measurement percentage dominated in time-weighted average (TWA, 91%) compared to short term exposure limit (STEL) and Ceiling. Most of the measurements (79.7%) were collected from the manufacturing category of industry. Medians of ELs were mostly low (≤3% of the threshold limit), with the exception of sulfuric acid (4.6% of TWA and 10.5% of STEL). The percentages of exceeding 1% of the occupational exposure limits (OELs) in TWA were relatively high for sulfuric acid (35.8%) and hydrogen chloride (16.5%) compared to the other acids (4.2%-6.6%). In addition, the percentages of exceeding 1% of OELs in STEL or Ceiling were higher for sulfuric acid (22.9%), hydrogen chloride (12.3%), and nitric acid (8.2%) compared to the other acids (1.2%-1.9%). The small-sized enterprises showed higher ELs in TWA; contrarily, the large-sized enterprises had higher ELs in STEL or Ceiling. Conclusions: The measurement characteristics and ELs identified in this study could be useful for establishing safety and health policies for inorganic acids.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2004

The toxicity of inorganic sulfuric acid as a stressor was characterized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377. In this work, we examined physiological responses to low extracellular pH $(pH_{ex})$ caused by inorganic $H_2SO_4$, which could not affect cell growth after pH was adjusted to an optimum with Trizma base. The major toxicity of sulfuric and was found to be reduction of environmental pH, resulting in stimulation of plasma membrane ${H^+}-ATPase$, which in turn contributed to intracellular alkalinization. Using a pH-dependent fluorescence probe, 5-(and-6)-carboxy SNARF-1, acetoxymethyl ester, acetate (carboxy SNARF-1 AM acetate), to determine $pH_{in}$, we found that color was dependent on the changes of intracellular pH which coincided with calculated $pH_{in}$ of alkalinization up to approximately pH 7.3. This alkalinization did not seem to affect survival of these cells exposed to 30 mM sulfuric acid, which lowered the $pH_{ex}$ of the glucose containing growth media up to approximately pH 3.0; however, the cells could grow only up to 70% of the maximum growth in the same media, when 30 mM sulfuric acid was added.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2010

The sensitivity of aerosol light extinction coefficient to the aerosol chemical composition change is estimated by (1) calculating the aerosol water content and chemical concentrations by a gas/particle equilibrium model and (2) calculating the aerosol light extinction coefficient by a Mie theory based optical model. The major chemical species are total (gas and particle phase) sulfuric acid, total nitric acid, and total ammonia which are based on the measurement data at Seoul and Gosan. At Seoul, since there were enough ammonia to neutralize both total sulfuric acid and total nitric acid, the dry ionic concentration is most sensitive to the variation of the total nitric acid level, while the total mass concentration (ionic concentration plus water content) and thus, the aerosol light extinction coefficient are primarily determined by the total sulfuric acid. At Gosan, since the concentration of ambient sulfuric acid was the highest among the inorganic species, sulfate salts determined aerosol hygroscopicity. Thus, both ionic and total mass concentration, and resultant aerosol light extinction coefficient are primarily determined by the sulfuric acid level.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2003

고온내성을 가진 효모 균주, Saccharomyces cerevisiae KNU5377을 황산, 질산 그리고 염산에 노출시켰다. 스트레스 원으로써 무기산은 물에서 쉽게 해리되어 외부 산도를 떨어뜨린다. 여러 가지 무기산이 첨가된 조건에서 배양한 결과 KNU5377은 0.4%의 황산, 질산 농도에서 생육이 가능한 반면 대조 균주인 S. cerevisiae ATCC24858은 이 보다 낮은 농도인 0.3%가 생육의 한계였다. 더욱이 KNU5377은 0.35%의 염산에서 90분 이상, 0.6%의 황산에서는 30분 이상 생존이 가능한 높은 내성을 나타내었다. 반면에 두 균주 모두 0.45%의 질산에서는 생존하지 못하였다. 0.3%의 황산이 첨가된 조건에서 알코올 발효 시 KNU5377은 이틀 후 3%의 알코올을 생산하였다. 더욱이 0.2%의 황산 첨가와 동시에 $40^{\circ}C$ 고온에서도 4.5%의 높은 알코올 생산이 관찰되었다. 또한 황산 0.2%에 한 시간동안 노출시킨 뒤 세포내에 축적되는 trehalose의 농도를 측정한 결과, KNU5377에서는 30분내에 효과적으로 축적되었으며 동일한 스트레스 조건에서 전자현미경(TEM)을 통한 세포의 형태의 관찰 시 어떠한 변화도 나타나지 않았다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2007

충북 영동지역에서 산출되는 일라이트를 대상으로 철 성분을 제거하는 실험을 수행하였다. 이는 일라이트 광석에 들어있는 철 성분을 제거하여 백색도를 향상시킴으로써 광석의 활용 가능성을 높여 주는데 있다. 철 성분의 제거 효율성을 평가하기 위해 무기산(황산, 염산), 유기산(L-아스코르브산, 옥살산), 혼합산(무기산+유기산)을 사용하였다. 실험결과 0.15 M L-아스코르브산을 0.5 N 황산에 첨가한 혼합산과의 탈철 반응을 수행한 경우, 60분 반응 시 1.5 wt%의 산화철 성분을 제거하여 가장 높은 효율을 나타내었다. 0.5N황산을 단독으로 사용한 경우에는 60분 반응 시 제거된 산화철이 0.68%에 불과하다. 황산만을 이용하여 1.5wt %의 산화철을 제거하기 위해서는 5N의 반응농도와 150분의 반응시간이 요구되었다. 따라서 친환경적이고, 인체친화적인 L-아스코르브산의 탈철반응이 반응농토와 반응시간에 있어서도 효율적임을 관찰하였다. 산화철 제거 후 일라이트는 백색도가 42%에서 75%로, 색도가 10YR 8/4에서 5Y, 8/1로 향상되어 CBD 처리와 같은 수준으로 증가하였다. 일라이트 입자를 교결하고 있던 산화철이 제거되어 입도가 소폭 감소하였으나 광물학적/물리 화학적 특성은 변화가 관찰되지 않았다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.30-36
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• 2017

양극흙에 함유된 금과 은을 회수하기 위해 무기산(염산, 질산, 황산)과 thiourea 및 thiosulfate에 의한 침출실험을 수행했다. 산화제를 첨가하지 않은 조건에서 금은 무기산용액에 전혀 용해되지 않았다. 3종류의 무기산의 농도가 동일한 조건에서 황산용액에서 은의 침출율이 가장 높았으며, 염산의 농도가 증가함에 따라 $AgCl_2{^-}$의 형성에 따라 은의 침출율이 증가하였다. 한편 주석은 질산용액에 전혀 용해되지 않았으나, 구리, 니켈과 아연은 본 실험조건에서 모두 용해되었다. 황산과 thiourea의 혼합용액에서 금과 은은 모두 용해되었다. Thiosulfate용액에 은의 일부가 용해되었으나, 금은 전혀 용해되지 않았다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.1998-2004
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• 2012

We carried out DFT calculations for monohydrated sulfuric and phosphoric acids. We are interested in clusters which differ in orientation of hydrogen atoms only. Such molecular complexes are close in energy, since they lie in the vicinity of the global minimum energy structure on the flat potential energy surface. For monohydrated sulfuric acid we identified four different isomers. The monohydrated phosphoric acid forms five different conformers. These systems are difficult to study from the theoretical point of view, since binding energy differences in several cases are very small. For each structure, we calculated harmonic vibrational frequencies to be sure that if the optimized structures are at the local or global minima on the potential energy surface. The analysis of calculated -OH vibrational frequencies is useful in interpretation of infrared photodissociation spectroscopy experiments. We employed four different DFT functionals in our calculations. For each structure, we calculated binding energies, thermodynamic properties, and harmonic vibrational frequencies. Our analysis clearly shows that DFT approach is suitable for studying monohydrated inorganic acids with different hydrogen atom orientations. We carried out MP2 calculations with aug-cc-pVDZ basis set for both monohydrated acids. MP2 results serve as a benchmark for DFT calculations.

• 분석과학
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.277-283
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• 1992

질산, 염산, 황산 그리고 질산과 염산의 1:1 혼산의 농도를 변화시키면서 유도결합 플라즈마 원자방출분광법(ICP-AES)의 신호크기에 미치는 산의 영향을 연구하였다. 거의 모든 측정원소의 신호크기가 감소되었다. 산의 존재로 인한 감소는 산 농도가 1% 이상 될 때 심하게 눈에 띄었고, 사용된 산 중에서 황산에 의한 감소가 가장 심했으며 그 정도를 예측하기 힘들었다. 산의 농도를 변화시키면서 측정 원소의 신호크기 대 Ar 신호크기의 비, 그리고 Mg II 신호크기 대 Ma I 신호의 비를 측정하였다. 이 연구에서, 신호크기 감소의 주된 원인은 플라즈마 들뜸특성의 변화에 의한 것이 아니고, 분무효율의 변화, 예를 들면 droplet 크기분포, 점도와 표면장략의 변화 등인 것으로 판명되었다. 유도결합 플라즈마 질량분석법(ICP-MS)에서는 신호크기의 감소와 이온화 에너지와의 상관관계는 발견되지 않았다.

• 한국위험물학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.6-11
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• 2014

There have been frequent chemical leaks over the past 10 years. Particularly, inorganic acids like sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrogen chloride take up 37 % of the total chemical accidents which took place for the past 10 years. When an acid chemical leak happens, fume is generated, diffusing into the air, which might cause serious damage to health of local residents and the environment. However, most of the acid-based chemicals, detecting and analysis methods have not been settled considering the frequency of accidents. In this study, we investigated detection and analysis methods to quickly analyze accident sites and evaluate the impacts on environments. Reviewing local and international test analysis methods of acids suggested that nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrogen chloride and hydrogen fluoride can be analyzed with IC. It was also found that UV is better for the analysis of hydrogen fluoride and GC/MS for acrylic acid. The analytical methods suggested in the official test methods basically have limitations of consuming much time at stages of preparation and analysis. Considering prompt responses to chemical accidents, further studies should be done to compare the applicability of rapid monitoring methods such as FT-IR, IMR-MS and SIFT-MS.

• 한국전기화학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기화학회 2003년도 연료전지심포지움 2003논문집
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• pp.169-171
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• 2003

Organic/inorganic hybrid membranes have been prepared and evaluated as polymer electrolytes in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Previously, partially fluorinated poly (arylenether) was synthesized and the polymer was sulfonated by fuming sulfuric acid$(30\%\;SO_3)$. Modification of these polymers with coupling agent and inorganic materials was carried out to prepare membranes. Membranes cast from these materials were investigated in relation to the proton conductivity and weight loss at the room temperature. It was found that these membranes had a higher conductivity of $10^{-2}\;Scm^{-1}$ at the room temperature. But inorganic materials have leaked out from the hybrid membrane. If this problem is resolved, organic/inorganic hybrid membranes will become satisfactory Polymer electrolytes for the PEMFC.