• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.35-40
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• 2013

The present study was conducted to investigate the adsorption potential of red mud for fluoride removal. Different operation parameters such as the effect of contact time, initial concentration, pH, competing anions, seawater, adsorbent dose amount, and adsorbent mixture were studied. Nearly 3 hr was required to reach sorption equilibrium. Equilibrium sorption data were described well by Langmuir model and the maximum adsorption capacity of red mud was 5.28 mg/g. The fluoride adsorption at pH 3 was higher than in the pH range 5-9. The presence of anions such as sulfate, nitrate, phosphate, and bicarbonate had no significant effect on fluoride adsorption onto red mud. The fluoride removal by red mud was greater in seawater than deionized water, resulting from the presence of calcium and magnesium ion in seawater. The use of red mud alone was more effective for the removal of fluoride than mixing red mud with other industrial waste such as oyster shells, lime stone, and steel slag. This study showed that red mud has a potential application in the remediation of fluoride contaminated soil and groundwater.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.3581-3588
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• 2012

A new series of acyclic mononuclear gadolinium(III) complexes have been prepared by Schiff-base condensation derived from 5-methylsalicylaldehyde, diethylenetriamine, tris(2-aminoethyl) amine, triethylenetetramine, N,N-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylene diamine, N,N-bis(aminopropyl) piperazine, and gadolinium nitrate. All the complexes were characterized by elemental and spectral analyses. Electronic spectra of the complexes show azomethine (CH=N) within the range of 410-420 nm. The fluorescence efficiency of Gd(III) ion in the cavity was completely quenched by the higher chain length ligands. Electrochemical studies of the complexes show irreversible one electron reduction process around -2.15 to -1.60 V The reduction potential of gadolinium(III) complexes shifts towards anodic directions respectively upon increasing the chain length. The catalytic activity of the gadolinium(III) complexes on the hydrolysis of 4-nitrophenylphosphate was determined. All gadolinium(III) complexes were screened for antibacterial activity.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.1043-1054
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• 2003

During the period from April to September 2002, the size distributions of ambient aerosol were measured at the coastal site at Hamduk in Jeju Island. Na$\^$+/, K$\^$+/, Mg$\^$2+/, Ca$\^$2+/and Cl$\^$-/ exhibited mostly a bimodal coarse mode size distribution, while ammonium and sulfate were mainly in the fine size range, with maximum at around 0.54$\mu\textrm{m}$. The average molar concentration ratio of ammonium to sulfate for fine particles was equal to 2.0${\pm}$0.9. Nitrate was evenly found in both the coarse and fine modes. Elements like Al, Fe, Cu, Mg, Na, Ti, Sr and Mn were dominant in coarse particles, with the maximum at around 5.25$\mu\textrm{m}$. S and Pb were mainly in the submicrometer size range. Other elements with a fine and coarse modes were V, Ni, Cu, Ba and Mo. The patterns of the size distributions of trace elements measured at the downtown in Jeju City were very similar to those at the coastal site in Hamduk. However, the amplitude of size fractional concentrations at Jeju City was narrower than that at Hamduk. While the mass median diameters for the chemical species originated from the natural origin such as marine and crust were relatively large, those for ammonium, sulfate, S and Pb were very small.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2009년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.34.2-34.2
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• 2009

The silver sulphide (Ag2S) thin films have been chemically deposited from an alkaline medium (pH 8 to 10) by using a silver nitrate and thiourea as a Ag and S ion precursor sources. Ethylene Damine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) was used as a complexing agent. The effect of annealing atmosphere such as Ar, N2+H2S and O2 on the structural, morphological and optical properties of Ag2S thin films has been studied. The annealed films were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and optical absorption techniques for the structural, morphological, and optical properties, respectively. XRD studies reveal that the as-deposited thin films are polycrystalline with monoclinic crystal structure, is converted in to silver oxide after air annealing. The surface morphology study shows that grains are uniformly distributed over the entire surface of the substrate. Optical absorption study shows the as-deposited Ag2S thin films with band gap energy of 0.92eV and after air annealing it is found to be 2.25 eV corresponding to silver oxide thin films.

• 분석과학
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2004

Trace amount of uranyl (II) has been determined spectrophotometrically by measuring the optical density of the light blue yellowish coloured solutions formed by reaction between the metal ion and nicotinohydroxamic acid (NHx) in presence of different secondary ligands in strong isoamyl alcohol alkaline medium. The absorption maxima for both aqueous and extracted systems measured at their respective optimum pH were found to be 360 and 559 nm (DETA), 375 and 358 nm (EDA), 369 and 362 nm (piperidine), 354 and 341 nm (pyridine) and 363 and 336 nm (3 piperidine), 354 and 341 nm (pyridine) and 363 and 336 nm (3 - picoline), respectively at which Beer's law was obeyed. Effect of pH, reagent concentration, order of addition of reagent, time, temperature and solvent media on the absorption spectra have also been studied. Among the different systems studied, the shortest concentration range of uranyl(II) adhering to Beer's Law was 2.4 - 10.5 ppm observed for $UO_2(II)$ - NHx - DETA system in aqueous medium and also for iso amyl alcohol(IAA) extracted $UO_2$ - NHx - pyridine system was 2.4 - 7.8.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.51-60
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• 1999

An intermittently-aerated, intermittently-decanted single-reactor process (KIDEA process : KIST intermittently decanted extended aeration process) was applied for nitrogen removal from wastewater. Synthetic wastewater with chemical oxygen demand (COD): nitrogen (N) ratio of approximately 5.25: 1 was used. The average COD removal efficiency reached above 95%, and under optimal conditions nitrogen removal efficiency also reached above 90%. This process consisted of 72 minute aeration, 48 minute settling and 24 minute effluent decanting with continuous feeding of influent wastewater from the bottom of the reactor, and did not require a separate anoxic mixing-phase. In this process, nitritation ($1^{st}$ step of nitrification) was induced but nitratation($2^{nd}$ step of nitrification) was suppressed. Main factors responsible for the accumulation of nitrite ion in the experimental condition were free ammonium and dissolved oxygen. This condition of nitrite build-up accelerated by continuous feed flow in the bottom of the KIDEA reactor because of high concentration of ammonia nitrogen in the influent. This research provides one of answers to control nitrate build-up.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제43권9호
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• pp.831-840
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• 2020

The β-class of carbonic anhydrases (β-CAs) are zinc metalloenzymes widely distributed in the fungal kingdom that play essential roles in growth, survival, differentiation, and virulence by catalyzing the reversible interconversion of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and bicarbonate (HCO₃^-). Herein, we report the biochemical and crystallographic characterization of the β-CA CafA from the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus, the main causative agent of invasive aspergillosis. CafA exhibited apparent in vitro CO₂ hydration activity in neutral to weak alkaline conditions, but little activity at acidic pH. The high-resolution crystal structure of CafA revealed a tetramer comprising a dimer of dimers, in which the catalytic zinc ion is tetrahedrally coordinated by three conserved residues (C119, H175, C178) and an acetate anion presumably acquired from the crystallization solution, indicating a freely accessible "open" conformation. Furthermore, knowledge of the structure of CafA in complex with the potent inhibitor acetazolamide, together with its functional intolerance of nitrate (NO₃^-) ions, could be exploited to develop new antifungal agents for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.229-234
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• 1995

Membrane process has been applied widely to petroleum chemistry, fine chemistry, polymer, electronics, food, bioprocessing, and wastewater treatment process. Membrane process has advantage that there's no phase change through separation, energy consumption is smaller than other separation processes. And equipment investment and operation cost are inxpensive too. We prepared the silicone rubber membrane and then separated the heavy metal ion from wastewater. Silicone rubber membrane was prepared using a superitical fluid process and heavy metal ions were separated from the chromium nitrate, ferric sulfate, cupric sulfate, nickel sulfate aqueous solution. The pressure difference between top and bottom of separation apparatus was preserved by vacuum pump, and the removal amount of heavy metal at each separation step were analyzed by instrumental analysis, AAS. The surface and pore of silicone rubber membrane was investigated using SEM, and the capability of wastewater treatment using a silicone rubber membrane was proposed as calculated removal rate of heavy metal after comparing removal amount of heavy metal to amount of heavy metal in mother solution by AAS analysis.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2011

시설재배 딸기를 위한 생력적이고 환경친화적인 순환식 수경재배기술을 확립하기 위하여 고형배지 종류별로 딸기의 무기이온 흡수 특성을 조사하였다. 톱밥배지를 제외한 나머지 세 종류의 배지에서는 대체적으로 많은 양의 질산태질소의 흡수를 나타내었는데, 펄라이트배지와 입상양면배지 보다는 코코피트배지에서 약간 높은 흡수농도를 나타내었다. 인은 톱밥배지를 제외한 세 종류의 배지에서는 초기에는 $5me{\cdot}L^{-1}$의 높은 흡수농도를 나타내었으며 생육이 진행됨에 따라 점차 감소하여 $3me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 정도의 흡수량을 나타내었는데, 이것은 비교적 높은 농도로서 추후 검토를 할 필요가 있을 것으로 생각되었다. 그러나 톱밥배지에서는 3월 중순까지 인의 흡수가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 칼륨의 흡수농도는 톱밥배지를 제외하고는 세 배지 모두 비슷한 흡수량을 나타내었는데 생육초기에는 비교적 높은 흡수량을 나타내었지만 점차적으로 감소하여 $4me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 전후의 흡수량을 나타내었다. 칼슘의 흡수량은 펄라이트배지와 입상암면배지에서는 생육초기에 약간 높은 농도를 나타내기는 하였지만 생육전반에 걸쳐서 $2me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 정도의 안정적인 흡수양상을 나타내었다. 마그네슘은 코코피트배지에서 생육 전반기에 $3me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 정도의 높은 흡수농도를 나타내었으며 생육 후반기까지도 다른 배지에 비해서 가장 높은 흡수 농도를 나타내었다. 다음으로는 펄라이트 배지와 입상암면배지 순이었으며 세 배지 모두 마그네슘의 흡수는 대체적으로 $1me{\cdot}L^{-1}$ 정도의 농도를 나타내었다. 본 실험의 결과는 고형배지를 이용한 순환식 딸기 수경재배에서 유용하게 활용될 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한치과보철학회지
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.275-281
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• 2020

목적: 의치 연성이장재 적용기간 경과에 따른 물성저하 및 표면거침성이 의치구내염 발생을 야기할 수 있으며 이 논문의 목적은 항균물질인 키토산-은나노 복합체를 환원법으로 합성하고 이것을 연성이장재에 투여 후 그 특성을 평가하는 것이다. 재료 및 방법: 질산은과 키토산 분말로 혼합 정제된 키토산-은나노 복합체를 자외선 가시광선 및 적외선 분광법으로 분석하고 연성이장재 분말에 각각 0(대조군), 1.0, 3.0 및 5.0의 질량 분율로 첨가 후 단량체 용액과 각각 중합하였다. 항균복합체가 첨가된 연성이장재 시편의 특성은 중합완료 24 시간과 7 일 후 미세인장강도, 은 이온 용출 그리고 색조변화 등을 통하여 각각 평가하였다. 결과: 분광분석을 통하여 안정적인 키토산-은나노 복합체의 합성을 확인하였다. 대조군과 비교 시 복합체첨가에 따른 연성이장재의 유의한 인장강도 변화는 나타내지 않았고 (P > .05) 은 이온 용출은 복합체 투여량에 대하여 농도비례적으로 측정되었으며 색조변화량 또한 농도비례적으로 증가되었다 (P < .05). 결론: 키토산-은나노 복합체가 투여된 연성이장재는 적절한 물성과 은 이온 용출 특성을 가진 보철생체재료의 가능성을 도출하였고 임상 적용을 위한 항균실험 및 색조 안정성 등의 연구들이 추후 필요할 것으로 사료된다.