• 보존과학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.39-50
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 전통 제련법을 토대로 사철을 이용해 괴련철 생산을 재현하고 슬래그 및 괴련철을 분석하여 재료학적 특성을 알아보았다. 원료는 고문헌을 토대로 경주사철과 포항사철을 이용했다. WD-XRF 및 XRD 결과 경주사철은 저티탄사철의 Magnetite이며 포항사철은 고티탄사철의 Magnetite와 Ilmenite가 혼합됨을 확인하였다. 슬래그의 XRD 및 미세조직 분석결과 경주사철 슬래그는 Fayalite와 $W{\ddot{u}stite$, 포항사철 슬래그는 Titanomagnetite와 Fayalite가 확인되어 사철의 Ti 함량에 따른 조직의 차이를 확인하였다. 괴련철의 미세조직의 분석결과 경주사철 괴련철은 표면에 공석강에 가까운 탄소함량을 보이는 Pearlite가 우세하며, 내부는 Ferrite와 Pearlite가 혼재된 아공석강이었다. 포항사철 괴련철은 순철에 가까운 Ferrite이었다. 괴련철의 철물화를 위해서는 내부 불순물 제거, 조직을 치밀하게 하는 정련 및 단접이 필요함을 확인하였다. 향후 다양한 조건의 전통 제철 실험을 통해 제철부산물의 성격을 규명하고 제철 유적의 특징을 알아보는데 중요한 데이터로 활용 가능할 것이다.

• 헤리티지:역사와 과학
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.168-183
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• 2020

기원전 5세기부터 중국에서는 주조철기의 사용을 늘리기 위해 주조철기 특유의 취성(脆 性)을 제거하려 노력해 왔다. 그중 한 가지는 주조철기를 생산한 다음 별도의 가마에서 풀림열처리를 하는 기술이다. 이 기술은 조직 내 탄소를 응집하거나 제거해, 주조철기의 취성을 제거하고 단조(鍛造)를 가능하게 만드는 것이다. 풀림열처리 기술의 실체를 명확히 하기 위해 현재의 제철 기술 및 중국·일본의 연구 성과를 바탕으로 한반도 출토 고대 주조철기 가운데, 풀림열처리 기술이 확인된 가단주철제 주조철기를 검토하였다. 그 결과 원삼국시대 이전까지 가단주철제 주조철기는 모두 외부로부터 수입된 것으로 추정된다. 또한 일본 이시가미신궁에 소장 중인 칠지도가 한반도에서 제작된 것으로 본다면, 4세기에 들어서야 백제에서는 풀림열처리 기술을 확보했을 가능성이 있다. 하지만 당시에는 괴련철을 중심으로 철 생산이 이루어졌으며, 괴련철을 정련한 괴련강을 소재로 다량의 단조철기가 제작되었다. 또한 기존의 주조철기 중 주조괭이를 제외한 대부분의 주조철기가 단조철기로 대체되었다. 따라서 삼국시대까지 풀림열처리 기술은 많이 사용되지 못하였다. 하지만 통일신라시대에 들어서 철 생산 및 유통의 지역 거점인 장안리 유적에서 확인될 정도로 기술이 확산된 것을 확인하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.475-499
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• 2023

경상지역 제철유적의 원료산지 추정을 위해 제철시료와 주요 철광상 철광석을 대상으로 암석기재학 및 지화학적 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 각 지역에서 발굴된 제철유적 시료는 제련공정 단계에 따라 원료철광석, 괴련철, 괴련철슬래그, 선철, 선철슬래그, 단조박편, 단야철, 철정 및 화살촉으로 분류되었고 각각 상이한 구성광물과 조직을 보였다. 또한 슬래그를 구성하는 규산염광물에서의 알루미늄 및 칼슘 등의 주원소 성분의 농집과 제철유물에서 니켈 및 구리 등의 미량원소 함량이 높은 것은 원료철광석의 특성이 반영된 것으로 잠재적인 제철원료의 산지추정인자로 여겨진다. 특히 제철유적 시료의 납-스트론튬 동위원소비는 크게 1) 원료철광석과 유사한 조성을 보이는 경우, 2) 스트론튬 동위원소비가 부화된 경우, 그리고 3) 납-스트론튬 동위원소비 모두 부화된 경우로 구별되며 이러한 동위원소비 특성은 고온의 제련공정 과정에서 첨가된 특정 조재제와의 혼염 가능성을 시사한다. 이러한 결과는 첨가물이 제련과정에 미치는 잠재적인 기여 측면에서 경상지역 제철유적의 산지추정 해석에 새로운 시각을 제시한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1619-1625
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• 2021

This paper demonstrates the possible nondestructive analysis of iron artifacts' metallurgical characteristics using neutron imaging. Ancient kingdoms of the Korean Peninsula used a direct smelting process for ore smelting and iron bloom production; however, the use of iron blooms was difficult because of their low strength and purity. For reinforcement, iron ingots were produced through refining and forge welding, which then underwent various processes to create different iron goods. To demonstrate the potential analysis using neutron imaging, while ensuring artifacts' safety, a sand iron ingot (SI-I) produced using ancient traditional iron making techniques and a sand iron knife (SI-K) made of SI-I were selected. SI-I was cut into 9 cm², whereas the entirety of SI-K was preserved for analysis. SI-I was found to have an average grain size of 3 ㎛, with observed α-Fe (ferrite) and pearlite with a body-centered cubic (BCC) lattice structure. SI-K had a grain size of 1-3 ㎛, α-Ferrite on its backside, and martensite with a body-centered tetragonal (BCT) structure on its blade. Results show that the sample's metallurgical characteristics can be identified through neutron imaging only, without losing any part of the valuable artifacts, indicating applicability to cultural artifacts requiring complete preservation.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.33-44
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• 2022

The study, iron-making process was examined through the scientific analysis of six by-products that were obtained during iron making at the Songdu-ri site in Jincheon. The total Fe content of the slags excavated from the Songdu-ri site was 36.29-54.61 wt%, whereas the deoxidation agent was 26.48-49.08 wt%. The compound analysis result indicated that fayalite and wüstite are the main compounds in slag. Furthermore, the microstructure analysis result confirmed the presence of fayalite and wüstite in the slag. It can be inferred from the flat shape in a bright matrix structure of the hammer scales that forging was performed in the latter stage. The Raman micro-spectroscopy results confirmed that the surface was hematite (Fe₂O₄), middle layer was magnetite (Fe₃O₄), and inner layer was wüstite (FeO). The presence of smelting and smithing slags, spheroid hammer scales, and flake hammer scales suggests that at the Songdu-ri site, iron-making process is carried out by division of labor into producing iron bloom through direct smelting, refining and forge welding, and ingot production.

• Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.9-22
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• 2012

The most widely excavated iron artifacts used as weapons or farm tools from central southern regions of Korea were subjects of non-metallic inclusion analysis through metallographic examination, microhardness measurement, and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Through metallographic interpretation and study of the analyzed results, the steel manufacturing and iron smelting using heat processing in the iron artifacts excavated from the central southern region of the ancient Korean peninsula was studied, and the analysis of the non-metallic inclusions mixed within the metallic structures was interpreted as the ternary phase diagram of the oxide to infer the type of iron ores for the iron products and the temperature of the furnace used to smelt them. Most of the ancient forged iron artifacts showed $Al_2O_3/SiO_2$ with high $SiO_2$ contents and relatively low $Al_2O_3$ contents for iron ore, indicating t hat for $Al_2O_3$ below 5%, it is presumed that magnetic iron ores were reduced to bloom iron (sponge iron) with direct-reduction process for production. The temperature for extraction of wustite for $Al_2O_3$ below 1% was found to be $1,020{\sim}1,050^{\circ}C$. Considering the oxide ternary constitutional diagram of glassy inclusions, the steel-manufacturing temperature was presumed to have been near $1,150{\sim}1,280^{\circ}C$ in most cases, and minimum melting temperature of casting iron part excavated in Daeseong-ri. Gyeonggi was near $1,400^{\circ}C$, and it is thought that hypoeutectic cast iron of about 2.3% carbon was casted and fragility of cast iron was improved by decarburizing in solid state.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.290-296
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• 2004

The effects of potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, and iron on cyanobacterial bloom potentials were investigated in Daechung Reservoir, Korea. Potassium showed the highest correlation with the cyanobacterial cell number (r=0.487, P<0.05) and phycocyanin concentration (r=0.499, P<0.05). However, it was not likely that the potassium had directly affected the bloom formation, because the variations of its concentration were not significantly large. In contrast, the Fe concentration fluctuated drastically and exhibited a negative correlation with the cyanobacterial cell number (r=- 0.388, P<0.1) and phycocyanin concentration (r=-0.446, P<0.05). Accordingly, the K:Fe atomic ratio would appear to reflect the extent of cyanobacterial bloom more precisely than K or Fe alone. The K:Fe ratio specifically correlated with cyanobacterial percentage, the cyanobacterial cell number and phycocyanin concentration (r=0.840, P<0.001; r=0.416, P<0.05; r=0.522, P<0.01, respectively). With the K:Fe atomic ratio of over 200, the chlorophyll-a concentration, cyanobacterial cell number, and phycocyanin concentration exceeded $10\mu$g $1^{-1}$20,000 cells $ml^{-1}$, and 20 pM, respectively, the general criteria of eutrophic water.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.581-593
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• 2018

최근 고대 제철기술 연구를 위한 복원실험이 활발하게 이루어짐에 따라 세부 기술체계나 조업방식 등에 대한 해석이 가능해지는 등 성과를 이루었다. 이에 본 연구에서는 고대 제련-단야기술 복원실험을 위한 적정 온도조건을 확인하여 고대 기술의 복원에 근접하기 위한 적정한 실험 방향을 제시하고자 하였다. 복원대상은 고대 중원지역의 출토 사례를 기본으로 하였으며 기존의 연구 자료를 참고하여 최대한 변수를 통제한 실험을 설계하였다. 저온으로 조업한 실험A와 고온으로 조업한 실험B를 실시한 결과 실험A에서 생성된 철은 탄소함량이 적고 단야조업에도 적합한 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 슬래그의 미세조직 및 성분조성과 노벽의 침식 등 전반적인 양상도 실험A가 고대 제련기술에 근접한 결과를 보였다. 실험을 통한 고대 제철기술의 복원은 유적에서 나타나는 현상의 복원될 때 이루어질 수 있으므로 고대제련-단야 기술체계의 복원을 위한 실험은 실험A와 같은 저온조업을 중심으로 진행되는 것이 적절할 것으로 판단된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.231-235
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• 2005

The European Iron Fertilization Experiment EIFEX studied the growth and decline of a phytoplankton bloom stimulated by fertilising $10km^2$ in the core of a mesoscale $(80{\times}120km)$ cyclonic eddy south of the Antarctic Polar Front with about 2 times 7 tonnes of iron sulphate. The phytoplankton accumulation induced by iron fertilization did not exceed $3{\mu}g\;chl\;a\;l^{-1}$ despite a draw down of $5{\mu}M$ of nitrate that should have resulted in at least double to triple the amount of phytoplankton biomass assuming regular Redfield-ratios for draw down after phytoplankton growth in the Southern Ocean. During EIFEX the fertilized core of the mesoscale eddy evolved to a hotspot for a variety of small and medium sized mesozooplankton copepods. In contrast to copepods, the biomass of salps (Salpa thompson)) that dominated zooplankton biomass before the onset of our experiment decreased to nearly extinction. Most of the species of the rnosozooplankton community showed extremely hiか feeding rates compared to literature values from Southern Ocean summer communities. At the end of the experiment, massive phytoplankton sedimentation reached the sea floor at about 3800m water depth.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.317-329
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• 2019

Slag was collected from the iron-producing furnace site in Saengsoegol, Baegun mountain, where iron was manufactured by a righteous army against Japan in the Gwangyang region; then, the iron-manufacturing technique of the early modern period was investigated through scientific analysis. In the microstructure analysis results of the selected samples, iron bloom was mainly observed together with magnetite and fayalite. In the component analysis results of the compounds, it was confirmed that the furnace was built by using gangue of alkali feldspar or plagioclase series, and the ironmaking work was performed at a high temperature of at least 1050℃, because mullite was identified together with cristobalite and hercynite. Based on the chemical composition, it was speculated that low-grade iron ores were used as raw materials, and it seemed that the yield was low, because the total Fe content of the smelting slag samples was 37.72-49.93%. It was difficult to confirm whether a slag former was used, and it seemed that materials easily obtained nearby were used when the furnace was built, without considering the corrosion resistance. It appeared that the ironmaking work was performed at the Gwangyang Saengsoegol iron-producing furnace based on the direct ironmaking method in an environment that could escape the vigilance of the Japanese Empire to produce weapons that would be used for the resistance against Japan. It seemed that there was neither an advanced ironware production system nor a mass production system, and small-scale works were performed in short periods of time.