• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
• /
• v.46 no.4
• /
• pp.419-424
• /
• 2009

Congruent or stoichiometric $LiNbO_3$ fiber single crystals were grown by the $\mu$-PD method, and the grown fiber crystals have the several (2 or 3) ridges with a diameter of $1.35{\sim}1.5\;mm$ and a length of $40{\sim}100\;mm$. In this $\mu$-PD process, different growth rates ($10{\sim}60\;mm/h$) were applied. Pt wire or $LiNbO_3$ crystal was used as a seed. The properties of grown $LiNbO_3$ fiber single crystals having a-axis or c-axis according to seeds were effected by the grown conditions(Pt tube diameter, pulling speed, after heater etc.). Disk-type $LiNbO_3$ samples were poled in condition of DC 5 V/cm at 1050, 1075 or $1100^{\circ}C$. XRD, SEM, conoscope image through the polarized microscope, $T_C$ measuring apparatus, optical transmittance measuring instrument are used to identify the properties of $LiNbO_3$.

• Membrane Journal
• /
• v.22 no.1
• /
• pp.1-7
• /
• 2012

We make a studyof the hydrogen permeability and chemical stability of $Nb_{56}Ti_{23}Ni_{21}$ metal alloy membrane. For this purpose, we produced the $Nb_{56}Ti_{23}Ni_{21}$ membrane which has 10 mm diameter and 0.5 mm thick, and experiment the hydrogen transport properties under two kinds of feed gas ($H_2$ 100%; $H_2$ 60% + $CO_2$ 40%) at $450^{\circ}C$C with variation of absolute pressure.The maximum hydrogen permeation flux was $5.58mL/min/cm^2$ in the absolute pressure 3 bar under pure hydrogen. And each case of feed gases about gas composition, the permeation fluxes were satisfied with Sievert's law, and the hydrogen permeation flux decreased with decrease of hydrogen partial pressure irrespective of temperature and pressure. After permeation test, we experiment the stability and durability of $Nb_{56}Ti_{23}Ni_{21}$ alloy membrane for carbon dioxide by XRD analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
• /
• v.17 no.4
• /
• pp.223-229
• /
• 2004

The effects of the cooling and annealing conditions on the microstructures and corrosion properties were investigated for the Cu-contained Zr-Nb alloy (Zr-1.1Nb-0.07Cu). After annealing at $1050^{\circ}C$ for 15 min, the specimens were cooled by three methods of water quenching, air cooling, and furnace cooling. Widmanstatten structures were developed in both air- and furnace-cooled specimens, and the Widmanstatten plate width of the furnace-cooled specimens was wider than that of the air-cooled ones. The weight gain in the furnace-cooling case was higher than that in the air-cooling case. This could be the reason why the diffusion time was more enough during the furnace cooling than the air cooling. The oxide of the furnace-cooled specimen was nonunformly formed just beneath the Widmanstatten plate boundaries, where ${\beta}_{Zr}$ phases were exised concentrately. Compared with the $640^{\circ}C$ annealing after the water quenching, the $570^{\circ}C$ annealing could make the ${\beta}_{Nb}$ phases and a concomitant reduction of the Nb in the matrix, and then it could improve the corrosion resistance with the increase of the annealing time. It would be concluded that the corrosion resistance of the Zr-1.1Nb-0.07Cu was good when the Nb concentration in the matrix was reached at an equilibrium level and then the ${\beta}_{Nb}$ phase was formed.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
• /
• v.34 no.6
• /
• pp.585-591
• /
• 2001

니오비움 첨가 지르코늄 합금(Zr-1%Nb)의 고온 수증기에서 산화속도에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 산화온도는 $700-1200^{\circ}C$이다. 대기압수증기에서 산화될 때, Zr -1%Nb은 2차법칙을 따르는 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 $900^{\circ}C$이하에서 3차법칙을 따르는 지 르칼로이 -4와 상이한 형태를 보이고 있다. $900^{\circ}C$이상에선 산화속도가 지르칼로이 -4보다 약간 낮으며, 산화후 금속층의 경도가 증가하였다. 경도증가로 보아 인성의 감소가 예상되며, 따라서 니오비움 첨가 지르코늄 합금의 사고시 안전성에 대한 주의가 요구된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• v.40 no.6
• /
• pp.505-510
• /
• 2008

The correlation between the tensile strength and corrosion behavior of Zr-1.0wt%Nb alloy heat treated at $480^{\circ}C$ for up to 32 hours was evaluated. The tensile strength at $400^{\circ}C$ was continuously reduced with an increasing heat treatment time, mainly due to a grain growth and a decreased area fraction of the precipitates. However, the corrosion resistance in an aqueous ammonia solution at $360^{\circ}C$ was enhanced, mainly due to the formation of $\beta$-Nb precipitates. It is thus concluded that a longer heat treatment time provides a better corrosion resistance while degrading the tensile strength.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
• /
• 2001.05c
• /
• pp.127-130
• /
• 2001

The $BaTiO_3+xNb_2O_5$(x=6, 8, 10wt%) ceramics were prepared by conventional mixed oxide method. The structural properties of the $BaTiO_3+Nb_2O_5$ ceramics with the sintering temperature and addition of $Nb_2O_5$ were investigated by XRD and SEM. Increasing the sintering temperature, the $2{\theta}$ value of BT(110) peak was shifted to the lower degree and intensity of the $Ba_6Ti_2Nb_8O_{30}$ (133) peak was increased. Increasing the addition of $Nb_2O_5$, the intensity of $BaTiNb_4O_{13}$ (201) peak was decreased and $Ba_6Ti_2Nb_8O_{30}$ (133) peak was increased. The grain size of the $BaTiO_3+Nb_2O_5$ ceramics sintered at $1500^{\circ}C$ were almost uniform.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
• /
• v.8 no.1
• /
• pp.3-9
• /
• 1998

40$0^{\circ}C$ H$_{2}$O, D$_{2}$O및 $O_{2}$분위기에서 Zr-2.5Nb합금의 부식거동을 분석하였다. Martensitic $\alpha$'-Zr상이나 $\alpha$-Zr과 $\beta$-Zr상의 Zr-2.5Nb합금인 경우, 부식분위기에 매우 민감하여, $O_{2}$속에서 가장 큰 부식속도를 보였다. 반면, $\alpha$-Zr나 $\beta$-Zr상의 경우, 부식 매질에 따른 별다른 차이없이 높은 부식저항성을 보였다. 이러한 Zr-2.5Nb 합금의 미세조직 및 부식 매질에 따른 부식거동변화는 Zr-2.5Nb 합금의 음극 지배 부식반응의 관점으로 해석되었으며, 이들 결과를 이용하여 CANDU 형및 RBMK 형 Zr-2.5Nb 압력관의 가동조건 차이를 설명할 수 있었다. Zr-2.5Nb 합금의 모든 조직에서 주로 단사정 ZrO$_{2}$산화물이 형성되었으며, 산화물내 정방정 ZrO$_{2}$비율은 산화물 두께가 증가함에 따라 감소하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
• /
• v.38 no.11
• /
• pp.765-770
• /
• 2001

Metal-ferroelectric-insulator- semiconductor(MFTS) devices by using rapid thermal annealed (RTA) LiNbO$_3$/AIN/Si(100) structures were successfully fabricated and demonstrated nonvolatile memory operations. Metal-insulator-semiconductor(MIS) C-V properties with high dielectric AIN thin films showed no hysteresis and good interface properties. The dielectric constant of the AIN film calculated from the capacitance at the accumulation region in the capacitance-voltage(C-V) characteristics was about 8. The C-V characteristics of MFIS capacitor showed a hysteresis loop due to the ferroelectric nature of the LiNbO$_3$ thin films. Typical dielectric constant value of LiNbO$_3$ film of MFIS device was about 23. The memory window width was about 1.2 V at the gate voltage of $\pm$5 V ranges. Typical gate leakage current density of the MFIS structure was the order of 10$^{-9}$ A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ at the range of within $\pm$500 kV/cm. The ferroelectric capacitors showed no polarization degradation up to about 10$^{11}$ switching cycles when subjected to symmetric bipolar voltage pulse(peak-to-peak 8 V, 50 % duty cycle) in the 500 kHz.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
• /
• 2003.07a
• /
• pp.139-142
• /
• 2003

Microwave dielectric properties of $Ca(Li_{1/4}Nb_{3/4})O_3-CaTiO_3$ ceramic systems were investigated with calcination temperatures and amounts of $CaTiO_3$ in the range of 0.2 to 0.4mol. $Ca(Li_{1/4}Nb_{3/4})O_3$ ceramics having orthorhombic crystal structure could be synthesized at $750^{\circ}C$ and sintered well at $1250^{\circ}C$. They showed the dielectric constant of 26, quality factor($Q{\times}f_o$) of 13,000 and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency(${\tau}_f$) of $-49{\pm}2ppm/^{\circ}C$ With adding the $CaTiO_3$ amount the dielectric constant and ${\tau}_f$ increased due to the solute of $CaTiO_3$ but the quality factor decreased. The 0.7$Ca(Li_{1/4}Nb_{3/4})O_3-0.3CaTiO_3$ ceramic showed the dielectric constant of 44, quality factor($Q{\times}f_o$) of 12,000 and ${\tau}_f$ of $-9{\pm}1ppm/^{\circ}C$.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
• /
• v.37 no.2
• /
• pp.114-119
• /
• 2001

Many isolates from different forest soil layers did not show appreciable growth on full strength of the conventional nutrient broth (NB medium) but grow on its 100-fold dilution (DNB medium). These isolates were divided into four types according to organic nutrient concentration in the growth medium from $1^{-1}\;to\;10^{-4}$dilution of normal NB medium. Oligotrophic bacteria were type II and type IV which grew in $10^{-4}$ dilution of NB (1 mg C/l) medium. Sixty strains were isolated for obligate oligotrophic bacteria. Chemotaxonomic and phylogenetic characteristics of eleven isolates of acetylene-reducing (nitrogen-fixing) oligotrophic bacteria from forest soil were investigated. They showed similar characteristics: the cellular fatty acid mainly consisted of straight-chain unsaturated $C_{18:1}$ (60-84% of total fatty acids). Ubiquinone Q-10 and a high guanine plus-cytosine content(61-64 mol%) were found. Eleven isolates of nitrogen-fixing oligotrophic bacteria were found to be closely related by full 16S rDNA sequence simility and many common taxonomic traits. Analysis of full 16S rDNA sequences of eleven isolates indicated that they were more closely related to Bradyrhizobium (similarity values: 98.1-98.8%), Agromonas, Nitrobacter, and Afipia.