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The Effects of Gas Compositions During Post Nitriding on the AISI 316L Stainless Steel after Plasma Carburizing

  • Lee, Insup
    • Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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    • v.48 no.6
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    • pp.269-274
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    • 2015
  • In this experiment, post-nitriding treatment was performed at $400^{\circ}C$ on AISI 316 stainless steel which was plasma carburized previously at $430^{\circ}C$ for 15 hours. Plasma nitriding was implemented on AISI 316 stainless steel at various gas compositions (25% $N_2$, 50% $N_2$ and 75% $N_2$) for 4 hours. Additionally, during post nitriding Ar gas was used with $H_2$ and $N_2$ to observe the improvement of surface properties. After treatment, the behavior of the hybrid layer was investigated by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and micro-hardness testing. Potentiodynamic polarization test was also used to evaluate the corrosion resistance of the samples. Meanwhile, it was found that the surface hardness increased with increasing the nitrogen gas content. Also small percentage of Ar gas was introduced in the post nitriding process which improved the hardness of the hardened layer but reduced the corrosion resistance compared with the carburized sample. The experiment revealed that AISI 316L stainless steel showed better hardness and excellent corrosion resistance compared with the carburized sample, when 75% $N_2$ gas was used during the post nitriding treatment. Also addition of Ar gas during post nitriding treatment degraded the corrosion resistance of the sample compared with the carburized sample.

Computational Study on the Conformational Characteristics of Calix[4]pyrrole Derivatives

  • Hong, Joo-Yeon;Son, Min-Kyung;Ham, Si-Hyun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.423-428
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    • 2009
  • The comparative study of three calix[4]heterocycles (calix[4]pyrrole, calix[4]furan, and calix[4]thiophene) has been theoretically performed by using high-level density functional theory (DFT) at the MPWB1K/6-311G$^{**}$//B3LYP/6- 311G$^{**}$ level. The effect of different hetero-atoms (nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur) placed in the heterocycles on the conformational flexibility, thermodynamic stability order, cavity sizes, charge distributions, and binding propensities are examined. The thermodynamic stability differences between the conformers are found to be much greater in calix[4]pyrrole compared to those in calix[4]furan and calix[4]thiophene. Relatively larger NH group and higher dipole of a pyrrole ring in calix[4]pyrrole contribute to the higher energy barrier for the conformational conversions and relatively rigid potential energy surface compared to the case of calix[4]furan and calix[4]thiophene. The computational results herein provide theoretical understanding of the conformational flexibility and the thermodynamic nature which can be applied to understand the complexation behavior of the three calix[4]heterocycles.

The characteristic analysis and model of PEM fuel cell for residential application (가정용 고분자 연료전지의 모델과 특성해석)

  • Cho, Y.R.;Kim, N.H.;Han, K.H.;Joo, K.D.;Yun, S.Y.;Baek, S.H.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.04a
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    • pp.277-279
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    • 2005
  • The imbalance of energy demand and supply caused by rapid industrialization around the world and the associated environmental issues require and alternative energy source with possible renewable fuels. Political instability and depletion of cruel oils are other factors that cause fluctuation of oil price. Securing a new alternative energy source for the next century became an urgent issue that our nation is confronting with. As a matter of fact, the fuel cell technology can be widely used as next generation energy regardless of regions and climate. Specially, the ability of expansion and quick installation enable one to apply it for distributed power, where the technology is already gaining remarkable attentions for the application. Particularly, leading industrialized nations are focusing on the PEM fuel dell with anticipation that this technology will find their place of applications in the vehicles and homes. In this study, demonstrate the multi physics modeling of a proton exchange membrane(PEM) fuel cell with interdigitated flow field design. The model uses current balances, mass balance(Maxwell-Stefan diffusion for reactant, water and nitrogen gas) and momentum balance(gas flow) to simulate the PEM fuel cell behavior.

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A Numerical Study on Coal Devolatilization of Bituminous Coal Using CPD Model

  • Kim, Ryang-Gyoon;Lee, Byoung-Hwa;Jeon, Chung-Hwan;Chang, Young-June;Song, Ju-Hun
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.2898-2903
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    • 2008
  • The coal considerably is the energy resource which is important with the new remarking energy resource. The coal conversion has two processes which are coal devolatilization and char oxidation. Coal devolatilization is important because it describes up to 70% weight loss and has been shown that nitrogen contribute 60 to 80% of the total NOx produced. The chemical percolation devolatilization(CPD) model is used here to describe coal devolatilization. The model was developed to describe coal devolatilization behavior of rapidly heated coal based on characteristics of the chemical structure of the parent coal. This paper describes CPD model in detail and makes an analysis of Shenhua coal(bituminous) which is used calculated 13-C NMR(carbon-nuclear magnetic resonance).

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Sonochemical Synthesis, Thermal Studies and X-ray Structure of Precursor [Zr(acac)3(H2O)2]Cl for Deposition of Thin Film of ZrO2 by Ultrasonic Aerosol Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition

  • Hussain, Muzammil;Mazhar, Muhammad;Rauf, Muhammad Khawar;Ebihara, Masahiro;Hussain, Tajammal
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.92-96
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    • 2009
  • A new precursor [$Zr(acac)_{3}(H_{2}O)_{2}$] was synthesized by Sonochemical technique and used to deposit thin $ZrO_{2}$ film on quartz and ceramic substrate via ultrasonic aerosol assisted chemical vapour deposition (UAACVD) at 300 ${^{\circ}C}$ in oxygen environment followed by annealing of the sample for 2-3 minutes at 500 ${^{\circ}C}$ in nitrogen ambient. The molecular structure of the precursor determined by single crystal X-ray analysis revealed that the molecules are linked through intermolecular hydrogen bonds forming pseudo six and eight membered rings. DSC and TGA/FTIR techniques were used to determine thermal behavior and decomposition temperature of the precursor and nature of evolved gas products. The optical measurement of annealed $ZrO_{2}$ film with tetragonal phase shows optical energy band gap of 5.01 eV. The particle size, morphology, surface structure and composition of deposited films were investigated by XRD, SEM and EDX.

Characteristics of Refractive Index Profiles at Different Temperatures in $LiNbO_3$ and $KTiOPO_4$ Waveguide Formed by 350 keV Light Ions

  • Wang, Ke-Ming;Feng Chen;Hui Hu;Xia, Hui-Hao;Wang, Xue-Lin;Shi, Bo-Rong;Lu, Qing-Ming
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.12 no.S1
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    • pp.28-32
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    • 2003
  • Both $LiNbO_3$ and $KTiOPO_4$ samples were implanted with 350 keY $H^+$ and $He^+$ ions at different doses ranging from $1 ${\times}$\times10^{16}$ to of $5 ${\times}$\times10^{16}$ ions/$\textrm{cm}^2$. Single and multi-energy implantations were performed at room temperature. Mono-mode or a few modes in both $LiNbO_3$ and $KTiOPO_4$ waveguides were observed. The effect of temperature on the refractive index profiles of $LiNbO_3$ and $KTiOPO_4$ waveguids was studied. The temperature covered from room temperature, $200^{\circ}C$, 194.5 K (dry ice) and 77K (liquid nitrogen). Different mechanisms are needed to interpret the observed behavior. A n, increased mono-mode $LiNbO_3$ waveguide was formed by multi-energy keV $He^+$ ions.

Electrical Insulation Characteristics of Insulators in Cryogenic Liquid for a HTS Apparatus (고온초전도 기기를 위한 극저온 액체 중 절연물의 전기적 특성)

  • Baek, Seung-Myeong;Kwag, Dong-Soon;Cheon, Hyeon-Gweon;Choi, Jae-Hyeong;Kim, Sang-Hyun;Kim, Hyun-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.263-264
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    • 2006
  • For practical electrical insulation design of high temperature superconducting (HTS) power apparatuses, knowledge of the dielectric behavior of insulators in cryogenic liquid such as liquid nitrogen ($LN_2$) is essential. So in this paper, we discussed experimental investigations of breakdown and V-t characteristics of several insulators such as Kapton and glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) that are candidates of insulator for HTS apparatus in cryogenic liquid. And we investigated the degradation of these insulation samples after breakdown with the microscope and SEM photograph. Moreover, survival and hazard analysis were performed.

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The effects of post nitriding on the AISI 316 stainless steel after Plasma carburizing at various gas compositions (저온 플라즈마침탄처리된 316L 스테인레스 스틸의 플라즈마 후질화 처리시 표면특성에 미치는 가스조성의 영향)

  • Lee, In-Seop;Debnath, Sanket
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.177-178
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    • 2012
  • In this experiment, post-nitriding treatment has been performed at $400^{\circ}C$ on AISI 316 stainless steel which is plasma carburized previously at $430^{\circ}C$ for 15 hours. Plasma nitriding was implemented on AISI 316 stainless steel at various gas compositions (25% N2, 50% N2 and 75% N2) for 4 hours. Additionally, during post nitriding Ar gas was used with H2 and N2 to observe the improvement of treatment. After treatment, the behavior of the hybrid layer was investigated by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and micro-hardness testing. Potentiodynamic polarization test was also used to evaluate the corrosion resistance of the samples. Meanwhile, it was found that the surface hardness increased with increasing the nitrogen gas content. Also small percentage of Ar gas was introduced in the post nitriding process which improved the hardness of the hardened layer but reduces the corrosion resistance compared with the carburized sample. The experiment revealed that AISI 316L stainless steel showed better hardness and excellent corrosion resistance compared with the carburized sample, when 75% N2 gas was used during the post nitriding treatment. Also addition of Ar gas during post nitriding treatment were degraded the corrosion resistance of the sample compared with the carburized sample.

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Preparation and Characterization of Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Poly(acrylic acid) Hydrogel by Radiation (방사선을 이용하여 제조한 poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(acrylic acid) 하이드로젤의 제조 및 특성)

  • Park, Jong-Seok;Kim, Hyun-A;Choi, Jong-Bae;Gwon, Hui-Jeong;Lim, Youn-Mook;Nho, Young-Chang
    • Journal of Radiation Industry
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.377-382
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    • 2011
  • Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is an interesting material with good biocompatibility, high elasticity and hydrophilic chacrateristics. In this study, crosslinked hydrogels based on PVA, and poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) were prepared by gamma-ray irradiation. PVA and PAAc powders were dissolved in deionized water, and then irradiated by a gamma-ray with a radiation dose of 50 kGy to make hydrogels. The hydrogels were then annealed in an oven at $120^{\circ}C$ for 10 min, 30 min and 50 min under nitrogen atmosphere. The properties of a hydrogel such as gel fraction, swelling behavior, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and adhesive strength as a function of PAAc content and annealing time were investigated. The gel fraction decreases with decreasing PAAc content and increasing annealing time. The thermal behaviors have shown different patterns according to the annealing time. The adhesive strength increases with increasing PAAc content.

A Study of Thermo-Mechanical Behavior and Its Simulation of Silicon Nitride Substrate on EV (Electronic Vehicle)'s Power Module (전기자동차 파워모듈용 질화규소 기판의 열기계적 특성 및 열응력 해석에 대한 연구)

  • Seo, Won;Jung, Cheong-Ha;Ko, Jae-Woong;Kim, Gu-Sung
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.149-153
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    • 2019
  • The technology of electronic packaging among semiconductor technologies is evolving as an axis of the market in its own field beyond the simple assembly process of the past. In the field of electronic packaging technology, the packaging of power modules plays an important role for green electric vehicles. In this power module packaging, the thermal reliability is an important factor, and silicon nitride plays an important part of package substrates, Silicon nitride is a compound that is not found in nature and is made by chemical reaction between silicon and nitrogen. In this study, this core material, silicon nitride, was fabricated by reaction bonded silicon nitride. The fabricated silicon nitride was studied for thermo-mechanical properties, and through this, the structure of power module packaging was made using reaction bonded silicon nitride. And the characteristics of stress were evaluated using finite element analysis conditions. Through this, it was confirmed that reaction bonded silicon nitride could replace the silicon nitride as a package substrate.