• 제목/요약/키워드: Metal Pollution

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Expression of Chromium (VI) Reductase Gene of Heavy Metal Reducing Bacteria in Tobacco Plants

  • Jin, Tae-Eun;Kim, Il-Gi;Kim, Won-Sik;Suh, Suk-Chul;Kim, Byung-Dong;Rhim, Seong-Lyul
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.13-17
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    • 2001
  • A Chromium (VI)[Cr(VI)] reductase gene from heavy metal reducing bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa HP014 was used to transform tobacco plant cells. A chimeric construct containing the Cr(VI) reductase gene was transfered to tobacco leaf disks using an Agrobacteriun tumefaciens binary vector system. From the leaf disks, transformed plantlets were regenerated. Hybridization experiments demonstrated that the Cr(VI) reductase gene was inserted into and expressed in the regenerated plants. The Cr(VI) reduction activity showed that the transgenic plants may be a another possible tool to reduce the pollution of the toxic Cr(VI) in soil.

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절삭유 공급 방식의 최적화를 위한 실험적 연구 (An Experimental Study on the Proper Supply Method of Metal Cutting Coolant)

  • 강재훈;송준엽;최종호
    • 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.977-980
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    • 2004
  • Metalworking fluids (MWFs) are fluids used during machining and grinding to prolong the life of the tool, carry away debris, and protect the surfaces of work pieces. These fluids reduce friction between the cutting tool and the work surface, reduce wear and galling, protect surface characteristics, reduce surface adhesion or welding and carry away generated heat. Workers can be exposed to MWFs by inhaling aerosols (mists) and by skin contact with the fluid. Skin contact occurs by dipping the hands into the fluid, splashes, or handling workpieces coated with the fluids. The amount of mist generated (and the resulting level of exposure) depends on many factors. To reduce the environmental pollution wastes and the potential health risks associated with occupational exposures to MWFs, it is required to establish optimum MWFs supply method and condition with minimum quantity in all over the mechanical machining field including high-speed type heavy cutting process.

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Use of Benthic Algae and Bryophytes for Monitoring Rivers

  • Whitton, Brian A.
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.95-100
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    • 2013
  • Many countries have adopted a single, well-described approach to the use of phototrophs for monitoring river water quality, which involves the use of indices related to diatom composition at a site. Increasingly these indices have focussed on assessing ambient phosphate concentration. However, there is a wide range of other methods which can provide additional information to make up for any weaknesses in the standard method. Some of these methods are reviewed briefly here. They can be useful, for instance, when considering temporal and spatial variability in phosphate concentration at a particular site and providing much more insight on heavy metal or pesticide pollution than revealed by routine water analysis.

Removal of Cu(II) ions by Alginate/Carbon Nanotube/Maghemite Composite Magnetic Beads

  • Jeon, Son-Yeo;Yun, Ju-Mi;Lee, Young-Seak;Kim, Hyung-Il
    • Carbon letters
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.117-121
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    • 2010
  • The composites of alginate, carbon nanotube, and iron(III) oxide were prepared for the removal of heavy metal in aqueous pollutant. Both alginate and carbon nanotube were used as an adsorbent material and iron oxide was introduced for the easy recovery after removal of heavy metal to eliminate the secondary pollution. The morphology of composites was investigated by FE-SEM showing the carbon nanotubes coated with alginate and the iron oxide dispersed in the alginate matrix. The ferromagnetic properties of composites were shown by including iron(III) oxide additive. The copper ion removal was investigated with ICP AES. The copper ion removal efficiency increased greatly over 60% by using alginate-carbon nanotube composites.

Distributions of Metallic Elements in the Sediment Cores from Several Shellfish-Farming Bays in Korea

  • Hwang, Dong-Woon;Yang, han-Soeb
    • Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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    • 제38권1호
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    • pp.17-23
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    • 2003
  • We report the distribution of $^{210}$ Pb and various metallic elements (Al, Fe, Mg, Ca, Ti, Mn, Sr, Ba, Zn, V, Cr, Zr, Ni, Cu, and Y) in the sediment cores from six shellfish-farming bays in the South Sea of Korea. The $^{210Pb}$ inventories in Deukryang, Gwangyang, and Goseong Bay cores were comparable to those expected from the known fallout input. However, the $^{210}$ Pb inventories were two times higher in Jinju, Gangjin, and Hansan-Koeje Bay cores, suggesting an important role of other sources such as fluvial inputs. Based on the enrichment factor analyses, non-detrital fractions of all the measured elements were found to be insignificant. The Mn was highly enriched only in the surface sediments of the Jinju and Goseong Bay, which implies that the surface-sediment environment of these bays is efficiently oxidizing Mn remobilized from either pore waters or bottom seawaters. These data set provides the sources of heavy metal in sediment around shellfish farms and the current level of metallic elements for the future monitoring.

산업부산물을 이용한 중금속 제거효율에 관한 연구

  • 권용삼;이기호;박준범;이상훈;박종범
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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    • pp.431-434
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    • 2003
  • Environmental pollution problems due to the wastes from various industrial facilities and activities have become a serious issue. The specific problem associated with heavy metals in the environment is their accumulation in the food chain and their persistence in nature. Present work investigates the possible uses of by-products for the removal of heavy metal ions. Heavy metals used in these studies were cadmium, lead and copper. Experiments were conducted with by-products such as oyster shell and fly ash to evaluate their sorption characteristics. The results of the study indicate that oyster shell can be properly used as an adsorbent for heavy metals because of its outstanding removal rate.

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농어촌의 수질오염과 수질특성에 적합한 정수 처리시스템의 개발에 관한 연구(1) (A Survey of water pollution and the development of water treatment system on agricultural Area)

  • 정문호;김영규;조태석;배현주;신명옥;김수연;김민지;김민영;김수복
    • 환경위생공학
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.65-74
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the removal effect and variation of contaminated water by various water treatment processes using sediment filter, activated carbon, photocatalysis, reverse osmosis, ultra violet sterilizer and ultra filtration. The removal effect of chloride and trace metal was low by activated carbon and ultra filter but high in reverse osmosis. The removal effect of bacteria and E. coli was low by activated carbon and membrane filter system using activated carbon but high in impregnated activated carbon. The removal effect of TCE was low in sand and ultra filter system as compared with activated carbon. Ultra filtration process was effective for purify agricultural water without E.coli. Reverse osmosis was effective to remove heavy metal and activated carbon was effective to remove halogenated organic chemical compound. The flux and the removal effect of COD in spiral wound ultrafilter were higher than the hollow fiber ultrafilter.

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폐탄광지역 퇴적물의 중금속 존재형태 및 안정화에 관한 연구

  • 이정란;이재영;김휘중
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2005년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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    • pp.253-259
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    • 2005
  • Mine is quickly decline, Nowadays, many of abandoned and closed mines. AMD is abandoned surface water by accumulated yellowboy and caused environmental pollution by amount of heavy metals. The aim of this study waste lime was mixed with the sediment to produce an aggregate far the purpose of neutralizing the acidity and stabilization the heavy metal in the aggregate structure .to pozzolan effect. The result of Waste lime and sediment mixed(5%, 10%, 20%)ration by curing days(3, 7, 38days), After 28 curing days as 5% mixed waste lime leaching solution concentration of all heavy metals is satisfied with regulation limit. Also, the result of fractionate heavy metals to stabilization as 28 curing days very decrease exchangeable and reducible type, and then increase carbonate type. With the above results, waste lime the most effective for the sediment treatment and useful for the recycling waste resource.

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High Temperature Pulsed Plasma Flux 응용 금속 표면경화 공정기술 (Surface Hardening Technology of the Metal by High Temperature Pulsed Plasma Flux)

  • 권식철;채병규;이건환;백운승
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • 제19권4호
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    • pp.375-378
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    • 2001
  • The new development of the surface hardening technology has been attracted to machine designer and materials scientist in the view point of improvement in the lifetime and performance of the machine. The heat-treatment process has been a well-known technology to make harden the metal surface despite of its inefficiency in productivity and its inherent environmental pollution problem. Therefore, the plasma technology has been applied to the conventional process to improve the above issues and become successful in diminishing the ecological harmfulness. However, the drastic short processing time has been sought to increase the productivity by means of new plasma technology so-called, high temperature pulsed plasma flux (HTPPF). The basic principle and features of this HTPPF will be introduced and the present status of this technology will be described in this paper.

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대기 점오염원에서 배출되는 개별입자상물질의 물리화학적 특성 (Physico-chemical characterization of individual particles emitted from the air pollution point sources)

  • 박정호;서정민
    • 한국환경과학회지
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    • 제14권8호
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    • pp.761-770
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    • 2005
  • Scanning electron microscopy / energy dispersive X-ray analyzer(SEM/EDX) has played an important role for evaluation the source of atmospheric particle because it is a powerful tool for characterizing individual particles. The SEM/EDX system provides various physical parameters like optical diameter, as well as chemical information for a particle-by-particle basis. The purpose of the study was to classify individual particle emitted from the point sources based on clustering analysis and physico-chemical analysis by SEM/EDX. The total of 490 individual particle were analyzed at 8 point sources including coal-fired power plant, incinerator, H-C oil boiler, and metal manufacturing industry. The main components were Si and AI in the coal-fired power plant, Cl and Na in the domestic waste Incinerator, S in the H-C oil boiler and S and Fe in the metal manufactory industry, respectively.