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Relationship between Heavy Metal Concentrations in the Soil with the Blood and Urine of Residents around Abandoned Metal Mines (폐금속 광산지역 토양 중 중금속 농도와 주민의 혈액 및 요중 중금속 농도와의 관련성)

  • Jang, Bong-Ki;Park, Sang-Il;Kim, Nam-Soo;Jung, Kyung-Sick;Lee, Byung-Kook;Lee, Jong-Wha
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.348-357
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    • 2011
  • Objectives: This study was conducted in order to examine the relationship between heavy metal concentrations in the soil and the level of heavy metals in the blood or urine of 216 local residents living near abandoned metal mines. Methods: Residents around abandoned metal mines were interviewed about their dietary habits, including seafood consumption, medical history, cigarette smoking, and drug history. Metal concentrations in the soil were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AA-7000, Shimadzu, Japan). Lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) contents in the blood or urine were analyzed by GF-AAS (AA-6800, Shimadzu). Mercury (Hg) contents in the blood were determined by means of a mercury analyzer (SP-3DS, NIC). Arsenic (As) content in the soil and urine were measured by a HG-AAS (hydride vapor generation-atomic absorption spectrophotometer). Results: The heavy metal concentrations in the soil showed a log normal distribution and the geometric means of the four villages were 8.61 mg/kg for Pb, 0.19 mg/kg for Cd, 1.81 mg/kg for As and 0.035 mg/kg for Hg. The heavy metal levels of the 216 local residents showed a regular distribution for Pb, Cd, Hg in the blood and As in the urine. The arithmetic means were 3.37 ${\mu}g$/dl for Pb, 3.07 ${\mu}g$/l for Cd and 2.32 ${\mu}g$/l for Hg, 10.41 ${\mu}g$/l for As, respectively. Conclusions: As a result of multi-variate analysis for the affecting factors on the bodily heavy metal concentrations, gender and concentration in the soil (each, p<0.01) for blood lead levels; gender and smoking status (each, p<0.01) for blood cadmium levels; gender (p<0.01) for urine arsenic levels; gender, age and concentration in the soil (p<0.01) for blood mercury levels were shown to be the affecting factors.

Characterization of In(Al)GaN layer grown by mixed-source hydride vapor phase epitaxy (혼합소스 HVPE에 의해 성장된 In(Al)GaN 층의 특성)

  • Hwang, S.L.;Kim, K.H.;Jang, K.S.;Jeon, H.S.;Choi, W.J.;Chang, J.H.;Kim, H.S.;Yang, M.;Ahn, H.S.;Bae, J.S.;Kim, S.W.
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.157-161
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    • 2006
  • InGaN layers on GaN templated sapphire (0001) substrates were grown by mixed-source hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) method. In order to get InGaN layers, Ga-mixed In metal and $NH_3$ gas were used as group III and group V source materials, respectively. The InGaN material was compounded from chemical reaction between $NH_3$ and indium-gallium chloride farmed by HCl flowed over metallic In mixed with Ga. The grown layers were confirmed to be InGaN ternary crystal alloys by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). In concentration of the InGaN layers grown by selective area growth (SAG) method was investigated by the photoluminescence (PL) and cathodoluminescence (CL) measurements. Indium concentration was estimated to be in the range 3 %. Moreover, as a new attempt in obtaining InAlGaN layers, the growth of the thick InAlGaN layers was performed by putting small amount of Ga and Al into the In source. We found the new results that the metallic In mixed with Ga (and Al) as a group III source material could be used in the growth process of the In(Al)GaN layers by the mixed-source HVPE method.

Technical Trends of Hydrogen Manufacture, Storage and Transportation System for Fuel Cell Vehicle (연료전지자동차용 수소제조와 저장·운반기술동향)

  • Kil, Sang-Cheol;Hwang, Young-Gil
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.48-59
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    • 2016
  • The earth has been warming due to $CO_2$ gas emissions from fossil fuel cars and a ship. So the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle(FCV) using hydrogen as a fossil fuel alternative energy is in the spotlight. Hyundai Motor Company of Korea and a car companies of the US, Japan, Germany is developing a FCV a competitive. Obtained hydrogen as a by-product of the coke plant, oil refineries, chemical plants of steel mill, coal is reacted with steam at high temperatures, methane gas, manufacture of high purity hydrogen Methane Steam Reforming and hydrogen detachable reforming method using the Pressure Swing Adsorption or Membrane Reforming technical or decomposition of water to produce electricity. Hydrogen is the electronic industry, metal and chemical industries, which are used as rocket fuel, etc. are used in factories, hospitals, home of the fuel Ene.Farm system or FCV. And a method of storing hydrogen is to store liquid hydrogen and a method for compressing normal hydrogen to the hydrogen container, by storing the latest hydride or Organic chemical hydride method is used to carry the hydrogen station. Korea is currently 13 hydrogen stations in place and in operation, plans to install a further 43 places.

The Evaluation of Hydrogenation Properties on $MgH_x-Fe_2O_3$ Composite by Mechanical Alloying (기계적 합금화법으로 제조된 $MgH_x-Fe_2O_3$ 복합재료의 수소화 특성 평가)

  • Seok, Song;Cho, Kyoung-Won;Hong, Hae-Whan
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.26-31
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    • 2007
  • Hydrogen has a high potential to be a renewable substitute for fossil fuels, because of its high gravimetric energy density and environment friendliness. In particular, Magnesium have attracted much interest since their hydrogen capacity exceeds that of known metal hydrides. One of the approaches to improve the kinetic is addition of metal oxide. In this paper, the effect of $Fe_2O_3$ concentration on the kinetics of Mg hydrogen absorption reaction was investigated. $MgH_x-Fe_2O_3$ composites have been synthesized by hydrogen induced mechanical alloying. The powder synthesized was characterized by XRD, SEM and simultaneous TG, DSC analysis. The hydrogenation behaviors were evaluated by using a sievert's type automatic PCT apparatus. Absorption and desorption kinetics of Mg catalyzed with 5,10 mass% $Fe_2O_3$ are determined at 423, 473, 523, 573, 623K.

Effects of Alloying Elements and Binding Materials on the Corrosion Behavior of Metal Hydride Electrodes (금속수소화물전극의 부식특성에 미치는 합금원소와 결합제의 영향)

  • Lee, Yang-Boum;Choe, Han-Cheol;Park, Ji-Yoon;Kim, Kwan-Hyu
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.161-167
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    • 1998
  • It has been investigated the effects of alloying elements and binders on the corrosion behavior of metal hydride electrodes for anode of Ni/MH secondary battery. The $AB_5$-type alloys, $(LM)Ni_{4.49}Co_{0.1}Mn_{0.205}Al_{0.205}$ and $(LM)Ni_{3.6}Co_{0.7}Mn_{0.3}Al_{0.4}$, were used for the experiments. The electrodes were prepared by mixing and cold-pressing of alloy powders with Si sealent or PTFE powders, or cold-pressing the electroless copper coated alloy powders. The amount of copper coating was 20wt%. In order to examine corrosion behavior of the electrodes, the corrosion current and the current density, in 6M KOH aqueous solution after removal of oxygen in the solution, were measured by potentiodynamic and cyclic voltamo methods. The results showed that Co in the alloy increased corrosion resistance of the electrode whereas Ni decreased the stability of the electrode during the charge-discharge cycles. The electrode used Si sealant as a binder showed a lower corrosion current density than the electrode used PTFE and the electrode used Cu-coated alloy powders showed the best corrosion resistance.

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Synthesis and thermal decomposition of $Zn[BH_4]_2$ ($Zn[BH_4]_2$ 분말의 합성과 열분해 특성)

  • Jeon, Eun;Cho, Young-Whan
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.262-268
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    • 2005
  • [ $Zn(BH_4)_2$ ](8.4 wt% theoretical hydrogen storage capacity powders have been successfully synthesized by mechanochemical reaction from mixtures of $ZnCl_2$ and $NaBH_4$ powders in a 1:2 molar ratio in different times. $$ZnCl_2+2NaBH_4{\rightarrow}Zn(BH_4)_2+2NaCl$$ (1) $Zn(BH_4)_2$ powders were characterized by X-ray diffractometry(XRD), and Furier Transform Infrared spectrometry(FT-IR). The thermal stabilities of $Zn(BH_4)_2$ powders were studied by Differential scanning calorimetry(DSC), Thermogravimetry analysis(TGA), and Mass spectrometry(MS). $Zn(BH_4)_2$ can be tested for hydrogen evolution without further purification. The reaction to yield hydrogen is irreversible, the other products being compounds of Zn, and borane. $Zn(BH_4)_2$ thermally decomposes to release borane and hydrogen gas between about 85 and 150$^{\circ}C$.

Synthesis and Structural Characterization of Novel Organohydroborate Hafnocene Complex (η5-C5H5)2Hf{(μ-H)2BC8H14)}Cl

  • Chung, Jang-Hoon;Lee, Sang-Mock
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.759-761
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    • 2006
  • The compound B(C6F5)3 and its variations have been widely employed as alkyl carbanion abstracting reagents to produce metallocene cations for olefin polymerization.1-3 Weakly coordinating anions containing boron can greatly improve the activity of metallocene catalysts used in industrial olefin polymerization4 and thus group IV and V metallocene complexes of the organohydroborate anions have been intensively investigated.5 Recently, many organohydroborate metallocene complexes have been reported by Shore and co-workers.6-8 A common structural feature of those complexes is the three-center two electron M-H-B bond, like that observed in transition metal tetrahydroborate complexes but the reactivity and fluxional behavior of organohydroborate complexes are unlike those of the tetrahydroborate analogues.6 Although many of those metallocenes have been synthesized, few complexes could be used in the olefin polymerization and then this laboratory has been involved in the chemistry of the cyclic organohydroborate anions, and their group IV metallocene derivatives for the catalyst.9 Described here is recent work that led to the preparation of a novel cyclic organohydroborate hafnocene complex (h5-C5H5)2Hf ?(μ-H)2BC8H14 ,Cl. The hafnocene complex contains the three-center two electron bond Hf-H-B10 in which the hydride abstraction for olefin polymerization may occur.

Electrochemical Properties of Hydrogen Absorbing Ability Ti1-XZrxVNi Ti1-XZrxV0.5Ni1.5 Alloys (Ti1-XZrxVNi 및 Ti1-XZrxV0.5Ni1.5계 수소저장합금의 전기화학적 성질)

  • Cho, Tae-Hwan;Park, Chan-Kyo
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 1990
  • Nickel-hydrogen battery systems with metal hydride alloys are expected to have both higher energy density and lower pollution than nickel-cadmium cells. Nickel-hydrogen storage cells are expected to be well-suited for use in space crafts for a large capacity power storage system. Their major advantages are not only a capability of deep DOD(depth of discharge) using but also with excellent durability under excessive overcharging and overdischarging. In this study, the charge/discharge capacities, anodic polarization characteristics and durability for the continious charge/diacharge cycling of the $Ti_{1-X}Zr_XVNi$ and $Ti_{1-X}Zr_XV_{0.5}Ni_{1.5}$ alloys were measured by electrochemical method. The electrode properties of the copper or nickel plated $Ti_{1-X}Zr_XV_{0.5}Ni_{1.5}$ alloys were examined with a battery charge/discharge testing system in the temperature range of -5 to $25^{\circ}C$.

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Temperature Control of the Aluminum Plate using Peltier Element (펠티어 소자를 이용한 알루미늄 판의 온도 제어)

  • 전원석;방두열;최광훈;권대규;김남균;이성철
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.764-767
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    • 2004
  • This paper present the temperature control of aluminum plate using Peltier element. Peltier effect is heat pumping phenomena by electric energy as one of the thermoelectric effect. So if current is asserted to Peltier element, it absorbs heat from low temperature side and emits to high temperature side. In this experiment, Peltier element is used to control the temperature of small aluminum plate with ON/OFF control scheme and fan ON/OFF. As the result of experiments, it is proper to act fan only while cooling duration and there exist a proper cooling current to drop temperature rapidly. It takes about 100sec to increase to 7$0^{\circ}C$ and drop to 35$^{\circ}C$ of aluminium plate temperature and about 90sec to increase to 7$0^{\circ}C$ and drop to 4$0^{\circ}C$ in ambient temperature 3$0^{\circ}C$ while fan is on only in cooling duration. Future aim is to realize more rapid temperature control and develop SMHA(special metal hydride actuator) by using Peltier element to heating and cooling.

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Performance Assessment of a Lithium-Polymer Battery for HEV Utilizing Pack-Level Battery Hardware-in-the-Loop-Simulation System

  • Han, Sekyung;Lim, Jawhwan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.1431-1438
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    • 2013
  • A pack-level battery hardware-in-the-loop simulation (B-HILS) platform is implemented. It consists of dynamic vehicle models using PSAT and multiple control interfaces including real-time 3D driving and GPS mode. In real-time 3D driving mode, user can drive a virtual vehicle using actual drive equipment such as steering wheel and accelerator to generate the cycle profile of the battery. In GPS mode, actual road traffic and terrain effects can be simulated using GPS data while the trajectory is displayed on Google map. In the latter part of the paper, several performance tests of an actual lithium-polymer battery pack are carried out utilizing the developed system. All experiments are conducted as parts of actual development process of a commercial battery pack adopting 2nd generation Prius as a target vehicle model. Through the experiments, the low temperature performance and fuel efficiency of the battery are quantitatively investigated in comparison with the original nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) pack of the Prius.