• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.63-67
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• 2016

Mineral hydrate is a new insulation material that compensates for the defects of existing materials. Mineral hydrate is made of inorganic ingredients; therefore, it is nonflammable. The porous structure of mineral hydrate makes the material lightweight and insulating. Mineral hydrate insulation and similar products have been studied and manufactured in Korea and abroad. However, these insulation materials need to improve in terms of strength. In this study, basalt fiber was used to enhance the strength. In order to observe the property changes, compressive strength, heat conductivity, and specific gravity were measured and XRD pattern analysis was performed. These tests confirmed that basalt fiber was effective at improving the strength and lowering the heat conductivity of mineral hydrate insulation.

• Journal of Ceramic Processing Research
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.428-433
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• 2018

In this study, using the pilot plant activation system, the activated cement has been manufactured and then applied to the manufacturing process of mineral hydrate insulating material. The fineness of the activated cement is controlled at $5,000cm^2/g$ and $7,500cm^2/g$ and the features of mineral hydrate insulating material, using OPC and the activated cement for each degree of fineness, has been analyzed. As the result of analyzing the crystal habit of the manufactured mineral hydrate insulting material, it is analyzed that the main crystal phase of specimen is tobermorite and some quartz peak has been detected. As the degree of fineness of the activated cement increases, the height of bubble of slurry increases as well, whereas the tendency for the density character to decrease has been detected. Along with it, as the density character decreases, the compression strength has decreases, whereas the tendency for the thermal characteristic to increases has been detected. The main features of mineral hydrate insulating material, using the activated cement with the fineness of $7,500cm^2/g$, the compression strength of 0.36 MPa, and the thermal conductivity of $0.044W/m{\cdot}K$, presents the excellent features as insulation.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.13-18
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• 2015

The fabrication method used for mineral hydrate is similar to that of ALC (autoclaved lightweight concrete), but the fabrication of normal slurry with a considerable amount of a foaming agent is difficult due to material separation and collapse of the slurry. Therefore, the development of fabrication methods for normal slurry is necessary. The final product, mineral hydrate insulation, has excellent thermal properties but poor strength characteristic given the many pores. In this study, in order to fabricate normal slurry, the viscosity and foaming time of the slurry were controlled. The mixing ratio of the starting material and the polypropylene fiber was controlled to improve the strength. Mineral hydrate with polypropylene fiber showed a higher strength than that without this type of fiber. Specifically, the compressive strength of mineral hydrate with 2% polypropylene fiber added to it was more than 40% higher than that without the fiber.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.291-296
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• 2014

건축물 에너지 사용량과 온실가스 배출량 감소를 목적으로, 열적 물성 등이 향상된 새로운 단열소재가 개발 사용되는 추세이다. 이중 기존 단열소재의 문제점 (가연성, 처짐, 수분 취약성, 단열성능 저하 등)을 보완한 미네랄 하이드레이트 소재가 새롭게 사용되고 있다. 미네랄 하이드레이트는 건축물 구조체로 사용되는 ALC의 제조방법과 유사하나, 구조체가 아닌 단열소재만으로 사용된다는 특징을 갖는다. 미네랄 하이드레이트 제조를 위해서는 시멘트, 생석회 및 무수석고 등이 사용되며, 무수석고는 전량 수입에 의존하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 수입대체효과 뿐만 아니라, 폐기물 재활용 측면에서 무수석고를 대체하여 석유제조 공정 부산 탈황석고를 사용하고자 하였다. 탈황석고를 미네랄 하이드레이트 원료로 사용할 경우, 무수석고 전량과 생석회 일부를 대체할 수 있었다. 더불어 탈황석고를 사용한 미네랄 하이드레이트는 기존 무수석고 사용시와 유사한 열적, 물리적 특성도 발현되었다.