• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.523-532
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• 2010

Co-application of organic coating and cathodic protection has not provided enough durability to low-alloyed steels inseawater ballast tank (SBT) environments. An attempt has made to study the effect of alloy elements (Al, Cr, Cu, Mo, Ni, Si, W) on general and localized corrosion resistance of steels as basic research to develop new low-allowed steels resistive to corrosion in SBT environments. For this study, we measured the corrosion rate by the weigh loss method after periodic immersion in synthetic seawater at $60^{\circ}C$, evaluated the localized corrosion resistance by an immersion test in concentrated chloride solution with the critical pH depending on the alloy element (Fe, Cr, Al, Ni), determined the permeability of chloride ion across the rust layer by measuring the membrane potential, and finally, we analyzed the rust layer by EPMA mapping and compared the result with the E-pH diagram calculated in the study. The immersion test of up to 55 days in the synthetic seawater showed that chromium, aluminium, and nickel are beneficial but the other elements are detrimental to corrosion resistance. Among the beneficial elements, chromium and aluminium effectively decreased the corrosion rate of the steels during the initial immersion, while nickel effectively decreased the corrosion rate in a longer than 30-day immersion. The low corrosion rate of Cr- or Al-alloyed steel in the initial period was due to the formation of $Cr_2FeO_4$ or $Al_2FeO_4$, respectively -the predicted oxide in the E-pH diagram- which is known as a more protective oxide than $Fe_3O_4$. The increased corrosion rate of Cr-alloyed steels with alonger than 30-day exposure was due to low localized corrosion resistance, which is explained bythe effect of the alloying element on a critical pH. In the meantime, the low corrosion rate of Ni-alloyed steel with a longer than 30-day exposure wasdue to an Ni enriched layer containing $Fe_2NiO_4$, the predicted oxide in the E-pH diagram. Finally, the measurement of the membrane potential depending on the alloying element showed that a lower permeability of chloride ion does not always result in higher corrosion resistance in seawater.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.153-162
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• 2020

Objectives: 3D printing technologies have become widely developed and are increasingly being used for a variety of purposes. Recently, the evaluation of 3D printing operations has been conducted through chamber test studies, and actual workplace studies have yet to be completed. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the emission of volatile organic compounds(VOCs), metals, and particles from printing operations at a workplace. This included monitoring conducted at a commercial 3D printing service workplace where the processes involved material extrusion, material jetting, binder jetting, vat photo polymerization, and powder bed fusion. Methods: Area samples were collected with using a Tenax TA tube for VOC emission and MCE filter for metals in the workplace. For particle monitoring, Mini Particle Samplers(MPS) were also placed in the printer, indoor work area, and outdoor area. The objective was to analyze and identify particles' size, morphology, and chemical composition using transmission electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy(TEM-EDS) in the workplace. Results: The monitoring revealed that the concentration of VOCs and metals generated during the 3D printing process was low. However, it also revealed that within the 3D printing area, the highest concentration of total volatile organic compounds(TVOC) was 4,164 ppb at the vat photopolymerization 3D printing workplace, and the lowest was 148 ppb at the material extrusion 3D printing workplace. For the metals monitoring, chromium, which, is carcinogenic for humans, was detected in the workplace. As a characteristic of the particles, nano-sized particles were also found during the monitoring, but most of them were agglomerated with large and small particles. Conclusions: Based on the monitoring conducted at the commercial 3D printing operation, the results revealed that the concentration of VOCs and metals in the workplace were within Korea's occupational exposure limits. However, due to the emission of nano-sized particles during 3D printing operations, it was recommended that the exposure to VOCs and metals in the workplace should be minimized out of concern for workers' health. It was also shown that the characteristics of particles emitted from 3D printing operations may spread widely within an indoor workplace.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.54-64
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• 2006

목재 방부제인 chromated copper arsenate(CCA)는 박테리아, 곰팡이 및 곤충에 의한 공격으로부터 목재 제품을 보호할 목적으로 널리 사용되어 왔다. 그렇지만, CCA의 유해 성분인 크롬, 구리 및 비소가 사용 중에 목재로부터 환경으로 배출되어 인간 및 생태계에 영향을 줄 수 있기 때문에 많은 나라에서 사용을 금지하거나 제한된 용도로만 사용하도록 하고 있다. 이 연구는 두 개의 목재 시설물에 인접한 토양에서 크롬, 구리 및 비소의 분포를 알아보고자 실시하였다 연못 진입시설물에 대해서는 계단 바로 인접한 지점에서부터 0, 0.5 및 1m의 수평 거리에서 10개의 표토(0-2.5 cm) 시료를, 그리고 데크 바로 아래 지점에서는 9개의 표토 시료를 채취하였다. 방음벽에서는 시설물로부터 0, 1 및 2 m 거리에서 9개의 표토를 채취하였다. 각 구조물에 대해 배경농도를 측정하기 위한 토양시료도 채취하였다. 토양시료는 pH, 전기전도도, 유기물 함량, 입도 등의 물리화학적 성질에 대해 분석하였다. 시료는 microwave oven을 사용하여 추출한 후에 크롬, 구리 및 비소에 대해 분석하였다. 세 성분 모두 구조물과 인접한 지역에서 배경 지역에 비해 농도가 증가하여 사용 중에 목재로부터 용출되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 용출된 성분은 계단과 방음벽 시설물에서 모두 1m 이내의 거리까지 수평 이동하였다. 약 7개윌 된 데크 시설물에서 세 성분의 용출된 양은 서로 비슷하였으나 (배경 보정 농도: 크롬, 5.01 mg/kg; 구리 5.50 mg/kg; 비소 4.19 mg/kg), 방음벽 바로 아래(0 m)에서는 데크에 비해 더 높은 농도로 비소(49.7 mg/kg)>구리(44.7 mg/kg)>크롬(52.5 mg/kg)의 순서로 측정되었다. 이 때 배경농도는 비소, 구리 및 크롬에 대해 각각 9.88, 30.8 및 46.5 mg/kg이었다. 이 연구 결과를 통해 CCA 구성 성분은 방부목재로부터 환경 중으로 용출되는 것을 알 수 있었으며 그 성분들이 인간과 생태계에 미칠 악영향을 평가할 필요가 있음을 시사하였다.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.25-56
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• 2000

Trace element are involved in enzymatic activities, immunological reactions. physiological mechanisms. Deficiency in some trace elements, such as iron and iodine. is still an important health problem, The role of trace elements deficiency is suspected in various clinical situations and is now confirmed by well designed supplementation studies. However, the importance of trace elements as chinese herbal constituents is not sufficiently appreciated by the oriental medical profession, although in recent years a significant increase of new finding on their essential character in chinese herbal medicine occurred. It is well known that herbal medicine contains a variety of trace elements which would show therapeutic effects with active components in herbal medicine . In china, recent work showed some positive correlation between trace element and traditional chinese medicine (TCM) in terms of therapeutic effects even if their role in therapeutic effects is still obscure. In korea, not much attention has been on the therapeutic importance of trace element contained in herbal medicine Here, the therapeutic effects of trace element in TCM were reviewed and summarized. 1. Iron, copper, zinc and manganese are mainly contained in TCM. In addtion, chromium, magnesium, molybdenum, nickel, alminium, cobalt, arsenic and selenium has been studied for their therapeutic effects 2. Zinc, is decreased in patients who have deficiency of kindney(腎虛) and chronic disease. Fe is decreased in patients who have deficiency of blood(血虛). However copper is increased in patients who have chronic disease and hepatic disease.3 Iron concentration is high in herbs used for tonifying and nourishing yin or blood(補陰補血藥) Zinc concentration is high also in herb used for tonifying kidiney and vital essence(補腎補精藥). In addition. copper concentration Is high in herb used for replenishing qi(補氣藥) 4 In herbal drugs, the therapeutic substances in TCM are not only organic but also inorganic. It seems that trace elements would be one of components in herb for its therapeutic effects. This indicates that therapeutic effects of TCM should be extended not only to herb itself, bur also to trace elements contained in herb.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.901-908
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• 2002

The relationship between the layered structure of granules in UASB reactors and microbial resistance to toxicity was investigated using disintegrated granules. When no toxic materials were added to the media, the intact and disintegrated granules exhibited almost the same ability to decrease COD and to produce methane. However, when metal ions and organic toxic chemicals were added to a synthetic wastewater, he intact granules were found to be more resistant to toxicity than the disintegrated granules, as determined by the methane production. The difference in resistance between the intact and disintegrated granules was maximal, with toxicant concentrations ranging from 0.5 mM to 2 mM for trichloroethylene with toluene and 5 mM to 20 mM for metal ions (copper, nickel, zinc. chromium, and cadmium ions). The augmented COD removal rate by granulation compared to disintegrated granules was also measured in the treatment of synthetic and real wastewaters; synthetic wastewater, $-2.6\%$; municipal wastewater, $2.8\%$; swine wastewater, $6.4\%$; food wastewater, $25.0\%$; dye works wastewater, $42.9\%$; and landfill leachate, $61.8\%$. Continuous reactor operation also demonstrated that the granules in the UASB reactor were helpful in treating toxic wastewater, such as landfill leachate.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 1998

유리질산 및 불산이 제거된 산세폐액으로부터 Ni을 회수하기 위하여 컬럼식 연속추출장치에 의한 연속실험을 수행하였다. 먼저 Ni 회수 실험에 앞서 폐액중 다량 함유되어 있는 Fe나 Cr을 효과적으로 침전 제거하기 위해서는 중화제로 $CaCO_3$가 적절하며 이대 Ni은 전혀 침전되지 않는다. 한편 컬럼식 연속추출장치에 의한 No의 추출특성을 살펴보면 pulse velosity(Amplitude$\times$Frequency)가 증가함에 따라 수상과 유기상의 혼합효과가 증대되어 Ni의 추출율이 높아지고 이에 딸 HETS도 감소하고 있으나, pulse velosity가 임계치 이상으로 증가하게 되면 수상과 유기상의 강력한 혼합에 의해 원판과 원판사이에 분리층이 형성되지 못하고 컬럼 전체가 완전한 혼합 형태로 되어 추출율이 낮아지고 HETS도 길어지게 된다. 유기상에 추출된 Ni은 탈거시 탈거액으로 2M ${H}_{2}{SO}_{4}$액을 사용하면 효과적으로 농축 회수할 수 있다. 그리고 ${H}_{2}{SO}_{4}$용액중 $NiSO_4$의 용해도는 ${H}_{2}{SO}_{4}$ 농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하여 2M ${H}_{2}{SO}_{4}$ 용액에서는 55 gr/$\ell$ 정도로 나타나고 있으며, 이같은 $NiSO_4$의 과포화특성을 이용하면 탈거액의 증발과정을 거치지 않고 $NiSO_4$결정을 얻을 수 있다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.95-111
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• 2017

The valorization of swine manure samples, i.e., de-watered cake (SMc) and solid digestate (SMd), in products with beneficial value, i.e., low cost activated carbons (ACs), is studied. For this purpose slow pyrolysis and steam activation at three different duration times are applied. Additionally, the obtained ACs are characterized and tested towards removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions. It is revealed that BET surface area varies in the range of $236-267m^2/g$ for ACs prepared from SMc sample and in the range of $411-432m^2/g$ for ACs prepared from SMd sample. Despite the low determined surface area of prepared ACs, a high total Cr removal capacity is observed occurring through a "coupled adsorption-reduction" mechanism. Higher Cr(VI) removal capacity is demonstrated for ACs having higher surface area ($q_m$ is 140.9 mg/g according Langmuir modelling). Cr(VI) removal is found to be pH dependent with a maximum at pH 1. However at that pH significant amounts of Cr remain in the solution as Cr(III). At pH 2 lower amount of Cr(VI) is removed compensated by a higher removal of Cr(III) resulting in a higher amount of adsorbed $Cr_{tot}$. Therefore adsorption at pH 2 is found to be appropriate. The removal capacity of the studied ACs towards Cr(VI) is almost independent of activation time.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.127-143
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• 2005

The taxonomic sufficiency approach has been proposed as a surrogate for the typical analysis of species-abundance data, especially in conditions involving prominent pollution gradients. Here, we evaluate the use of taxonomic sufficiency with infralittoral macrobenthic data derived from samples taken in a moderate polluted subtropical environment in southeastern Brazil, analysing five taxonomic levels and including two functional levels throughout polychaete feeding guilds and trophic groups. The data were collected seasonally at nine stations and studied for two abundance data series (0.5 and 1.0 mm sieve mesh-size). The results showed a similar ordination pattern between the two sieve mesh-size, but with the 0.5 mm sieve data a different pattern was observed during austral summer. A slight loss of information was detected using genus, family, polychaete species and their feeding guilds as taxonomic/functional units. These results together with those of the cost! benefit ratio, suggested that the family level seemed to be sufficient to detect the impact caused by moderate pollution in this shallow-water, subtropical environment. In additional, through the use of feeding guilds, similar patterns are obtained. Correlation analysis showed that chlorophyll a, total organic matter, zinc, and chromium sediment content were the variables that best explained the biological pattern observed and not always the best correlation coefficient occurring at the species level. The feeding guild approach seems to be useful and generates interpretable results similar to those obtained with the species level of the whole macroinfauna. The results showed an important cost reduction in the sample processing, suggesting that it is possible to adopt a coarser taxonomic level monitoring program even in species-rich communities.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.47-56
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• 1997

피혁 제조시 발생되는 크롬을 함유한 피혁 고형폐기물인 shaving scraps의 단백질 자원화 가능성을 검토하기 위하여 알카리제로 MgO를 농도별로 처리하여 가수분해시켜 회수한 hydrolyzed protein의 특성은 다음과 같다. MgO 처리에 의한 shaving scrap의 알카리 가수분해방법에서 크롬이 불용화 되는 pH 8.0 이상을 유지하기 위해서는 MgO를 5% 이상 처리해야 하는 것으로 나타났으며, MgO 처리에 따른 alkaline condition하에서 shaving scrap의 용해도는 약 60% 수준으로서 낮았다. MgO 처리에 의해 shaving scraps으로 부터 회수한 hydrolyzed protein의 평균 분자량은 약 80~100 KD이었고, collagen protein을 구성하고 있는 glycine, alanine 및 proline이 대부분을 차지하고 있었으며, 산성 아미노산인 aspartic acid와 glutamic acid도 상당량 함유되어 있는 것으로 나타났다. 무기성분중 Mg, Ca 및 Na는 액체비료의 무기양분으로서는 다소 많은 양이 함유되어 있었으며, Cr은 약 30~40ppm으로서 원시료 (40,000~42,000ppm)에 비해 크게 감소되었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2012

According to the agreement on WTO/TBT, we are under the situation to adopt international standard (ISO standard) as a national standard if it exists. However, in case of environmental area, it is a domestic legal obligation to use Korean environmental standard method(KESM) for analyzing various contaminants. Therefore it is necessary to assess the comparability between KEM and ISO standard prior to apply ISO standard to soil conservation law in Korea. The main purpose of this study is to assess the comparability of both methods for analyzing heavy metals in soil. We looked over various aspects like pre-treatment, calibration curve range, detection wavelength, soil organic matter content and so on. Apparently, the procedure of both methods is almost same. However in details, both methods are different in stationary time before aqua-regia extraction using reflux system, calibration curve range for Cu, Pb, Ni and measuring wavelength for Pb. According to the results of comparison test, the results were significantly different when the different calibration range was used. In case that all the extracts independent of methods were reanalyzed with the same calibration range of each method, both methods showed statistically same results. Other conditions like different stationary time, measuring wavelength of AAS and soil organic matter content did not have any influence on the analytical result. Therefore, we suggest to extend the calibration curve range to 0~8 mg/L which is used in KS I ISO standard(Korean standard related with environment which is translation version of ISO standard without any technical change). In case of $Cr^{6+}$, the results showed no significant differences between two methods even though the pretreatment, instrumentation and other analysis conditions were different. In addition to UV/Visble spectrometry of KESM for soil contamination, we suggest to adopt ion chromatography of ISO 15192(US EPA method 7199) for analyzing $Cr^{6+}$ with the consideration of laboratory work efficiency.