• 한국분말재료학회지
• /
• 제29권2호
• /
• pp.118-122
• /
• 2022

The synthesis of porous W by freeze-casting and vacuum drying is investigated. Ball-milled WO₃ powders and tert-butyl alcohol were used as the starting materials. The tert-butyl alcohol slurry is frozen at -25℃ and dried under vacuum at -25 and -10℃. The dried bodies are hydrogen-reduced at 800℃ and sintered at 1000℃. The XRD analysis shows that WO₃ is completely reduced to W without any reaction phases. SEM observations reveal that the struts and pores aligned in the tert-butyl alcohol growth direction, and the change in the powder content and drying temperature affects the pore structure. Furthermore, the struts of the porous body fabricated under vacuum are thinner than those fabricated under atmospheric pressure. This behavior is explained by the growth mechanism of tert-butyl alcohol and rearrangement of the powders during solidification. These results suggest that the pore structure of a porous body can be controlled by the powder content, drying temperature, and pressure.

• 한국분말재료학회지
• /
• 제28권4호
• /
• pp.331-335
• /
• 2021

The effects of drying temperature on the microstructure of porous W fabricated by the freeze-casting process of tert-butyl alcohol slurry with WO₃ powder was investigated. Green bodies were hydrogen-reduced at 800℃ for 1 h and sintered at 1000℃ for 6 h. X-ray diffraction analysis revealed that WO₃ powders were completely converted to W without any reaction phases by hydrogen reduction. The sintered body showed pores aligned in the direction of tert-butyl alcohol growth, and the porosity and pore size decreased as the amount of WO₃ increased from 5 to 10vol%. As the drying temperature of the frozen body increased from -25℃ to -10℃, the pore size and thickness of the struts increased. The change in microstructural characteristics based on the amount of powder added and the drying temperature was explained by the growth behavior of the freezing agent and the degree of rearrangement of the solid powder during the solidification of the slurry.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
• /
• 제31권3호
• /
• pp.276-283
• /
• 2020

Alcohol-based solvents including ethanol (EtOH) and tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) are investigated instead of isopropanol (IPA), which is a common solvent for polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), as an alternative solvent for preparing the catalyst slurry with PTFE binder. As a result, the performance at 0.2 A/㎠ from the single cells from using catalyst slurries based on EtOH and TBA showed very similar value to that from the slurry using IPA, which implies the EtOH and TBA can be used as a solvent for the catalyst slurry. It is also confirmed by the very close values of the total resistance of the membrane electrode assemblies from the slurries using different solvents. In the energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS) image, the shape of crack and dispersion of PTFE are changed according to the vapor pressure of the solvent.

• 한국토양환경학회지
• /
• 제1권1호
• /
• pp.67-79
• /
• 1996

점토는 물과 같이 극성이 큰 유체가 존재할 때 매우 낯은 투수계수를 갖게된다. 따라서 극성이 매우 낮은 탄화수소계연료나 할로겐화 유기용제등은 간극수(pore water)를 밀어내지 못하기 때문에 점토공극내로 이동할 수 없다. 최근들어 대기오염 저감대책의 하나로 알콜이나 MTBE(methyl-tert-butyl ether)등과 같은 가솔린 산소첨가제의 사용량이 늘어나고 있는 추세에 있다. 이들 산소첨가제는 극성을 띠고 있으며 물에 대한 용해도가 매우 높기 때문에 간극수를 교체하여 가솔린이나 유기용제등의 점토층내 이동을 촉진시킬 가능성을 갖고 있다. 본 연구에서는 가솔린-알콜 혼합연료(gasohol)의 압밀점토층 내에서의 이동을 실험적으로 살펴보았다. 카올린슬러리를 압밀시켜 제조한 점토층에 가솔린, 알콜, 그리고 물의 혼합액을 152 Pa하에서 접촉시켰다. 점토층내로의 유체이동은 교체된 간극유체유량을 측정함으로써, 그리고 현상학적인 관찰은 핵자기 공명상(magnetic resonance image; MRI)을 측정해봄으로 추적하였다. 또한 점토시료의 구조는 environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM)를 이용하여 분석하였다. 연구결과를 볼 때 가솔린만 존재시 접촉 14일 이후에도 물로 포화된 점토층내로 가솔린이 이동하지 못한 반면 gasohol 혼합체는 접촉후 단 20분이내에 점토층을 완전 통과하여 탄화수소계연료에 첨가된 알콜이 점토층내로의 이동을 한층 강화하는 것으로 나타났다. Gasohol과 접촉시 이러한 점토의 투수계수 증가는 알콜로 인해 점토의 공극구조가 붕괴되어 더 큰 공극을 형성시켰기 때문인 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 공극직경(pore diameter)이 증가함으로 gasohol이 간극수를 교체하는데 필요한 모세압력이 감소되어 gasohol이 쉽게 점토증을 이동하게 되는 것이다.