• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2011

It is imperative to study the hydrolysis of urea in high saline-sodic condition of a newly reclaimed tidal land in order to overcome the problems associated with use of urea fertilizer. The methodology adopted in this study tried to get a convenient way of estimating rate for N transformation needed in N fate and transport studies by reviewing pH and salt contents which can affect the microbial activity which is closely related to the rate of urea hydrolysis. The hydrolysis of urea over time follows first-order kinetics and soil urease activity in reclaimed soils will be represented by Michaelis-Menten-type kinetics. However, high pH and less microorganisms may delay the hydrolysis of urea due to decrease in urease activity with increasing pH. Therefore, the rate of urea hydrolysis should adopt $V_{max}$ referring enzyme activity ($E_0$) accounting for urease concentration which is indicative for urea hydrolysis, especially in a high saline and sodic soils.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2011

The effect of soil water content on the transformation potential of N compounds derived from hydrolysis of urea applied in a reclaimed tidal soils which was saline-sodic was observed to evaluate nitrification rates of urea. Soil samples were collected from Moonpo series at the newly reclaimed area in Saemanguem. For the transformation potential of N compounds from urea (46% N), newly reclaimed tidal soils (RS) were amended with urea at the rates of 0, 10, and 20 kg $10a^{-1}$. With leachate obtained from the incubated RS in a leaching tube at $25^{\circ}C$, urea hydrolysis and nitrification were measured for a total of 30days. The cumulative amounts of $NO_3{^-}$-N in each of the four soils treated with urea was linear with time of incubation. Results showed that increase in pH occurred with increasing application rate of urea and volumetric water content due to hydrolysis of urea. The total N in the RS was decreased with incubation time, indicating that rates of urea hydrolysis was influenced by soil moisture conditions. Also, the cumulative amount of nitrate in RS gradually increased with increase in time of incubation.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2000

The main form of nitrogen fertilizer applied to lowland rice is urea, but little is known about its transport in waterlogged soil. This study was conducted to investigate the transport of urea in waterlogged soil column using WAVE (simulation of the substances Water and Agrochemicals in the soil, crop and Vadose Environment) model which includes the parameters for urea adsorption and hydrolysis, The adsorption distribution coefficient and hydrolysis rate of urea were measured by batch experiments. A transport experiment was carried out with the soil column which was pre-incubated for 45 days under flooded condition. The urea hydrolysis rate (k) was $0.073h^{-1}$. Only 5% of the applied urea remained in soil column at 4 days after urea application. The distribution coefficient ($K_d$) of urea calculated from adsorption isotherm was $0.21Lkg^{-1}$, so it was assumed that urea that urea was a weak-adsorbing material. The maximum concentration of urea was appeared at the convective water front because transport of mobile and weak-adsorbing chemicals, such as urea, is dependent on water convective flow. The urea moved down to 11 cm depth only for 2 days after application, so there is a possibility that unhydrolyzed urea could move out of the root zone and not be available for crops. A simulated urea concentration distribution in waterlogged soil column using WAVE model was slightly different from the measured concentration distribution. This difference resulted from the same hydrolysis rate applied to all soil depths and overestimated hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient. In spite of these limitations, the transport of urea in waterlogged soil column could be predict with WAVE model using urea hydrolysis rate (k) and distribution coefficient ($K_d$) which could be measured easily from a batch experiment.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2000년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.314-316
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• 2000

Urea is detected as an indicator of renal disease in the human body. For these reasons, many biosensors for urea have been developed based on the enzymatic reaction of urea hydrolysis catalyzed by urease. Potentiometric method is applied reversible reaction system. But urea hydrolysis reaction may not has a reversible reaction mechanism in electrode surface. Therefore we applied to voltammtricmethod to obtain a sensitivity curve. The sensitivity of sensors was 34 ${\mu}$A/decade.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2017

본 연구는 요소비료를 처리할 때 가수분해가 일어나 암모니아로 휘산되어 손실되는 것을 억제하기 위한 목적으로 목초액이 요소분해에 미치는 영향을 규명하고자 하였다. 기존에 수많은 요소분해 합성억제제들이 개발 또는 탐색되어 왔으나, 토양 또는 환경 별로 효과가 일정치 않고 합성물질의 경우 환경에 미치는 영향을 고려해야 한다는 점 등 때문에 그 사용이 제한되고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 친환경 농업자재인 목초액이 토양 중 요소분해에 미치는 영향을 요소분해효소(urease)활성 억제효과를 통해 평가하였다. 목초액은 식물 urease와 미생물 urease 활성저해 효과뿐만 아니라 다양한 urease complex가 존재하는 토양 urease에도 저해효과를 보였다. 이러한 요소분해효소의 저해는 jack bean urease 반응속도를 측정한 결과 non-competitive inhibition으로 판단된다. 또한 목초액을 요소와 함께 토양에 처리하였을 경우 토양 내 요소분해작용을 억제하였다. 이를 통해 목초액을 요소 비료와 같이 처리할 경우 식물에 공급되는 질소의 효율을 증진시킴과 동시에 토양에 공급되는 질소비료의 총량을 절감하여 친환경 농업에 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.225-229
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• 1993

ammonium thiosulfate(ATS)의 urease 활성 억제제로서의 효과를 thiourea와 비교하고, 온도 및 pH가 ATS의 효과에 미치는 영향을 실험한 바, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. ATS의 요소 가수 분해 저해율은 $25^{\circ}C$에서 요소의 5% 수준으로 처리하였을 때에는 1.5~14.3%, 10% 처리시에는 7.6~20.5%였다. 이는 thiourea의 저해율보다 다소 낮은 수준이었다. 2. ATS의 효과는 고온보다는 저온에서 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 즉 요소의 10% 수준으로 처리하였을 때 $10^{\circ}C$와 $15^{\circ}C$에서의 가수 분해 저해율은 각각 62.6%와 41.7%였다. 3. 토양 pH에 따라서 ATS의 효과가 나타나기 시작하는 시간이 달랐다. 즉 pH가 6.0과 6.5에서는 24시간부터 저해 효과가 나타난 반면, 5.0과 7.0, 7.5에서는 48시간부터 효과가 나타났다. 처리후 72시간에 urease 활성 저해율은 pH에 관계없이 비슷하므로, pH와 저해 효과와는 일정한 경향성이 없는 듯하다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.2029-2033
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• 2007

Hydrotalcite, layered double hydroxides (LDH), with hexagonal morphology has been rapidly synthesized by microwave reaction within 1 hour by urea hydrolysis from homogeneous solution. Different synthesis parameters, Mg/Al molar ratio, microwave reaction temperature and microwave power were systematically investigated. Pure hydrotalcite phase was obtained for Mg/Al ratios of 2:1 and 3:1, and higher reaction temperature gave higher crystallinity. The hydrotalcite synthesized at 600W power shows the highest crystallinity and more homogeneous crystal size distribution. The hydrotalcite samples were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), simultaneous thermogravimetric/differential thermal analysis (TG/DTA), Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) and Scanning electron micrograph (SEM).

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.179-186
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• 2011

In an effort to understand the hydrolytic degradation process of cured urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins responsible for the formaldehyde emission of wood-based composite panels, this study analyzed the influence of acid hydrolysis on the morphology of cured UF resins with different formaldehyde/urea (F/U) mole ratios such as 1.6, 1.4, 1.2 and 1.0. Field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) was employed to observe both exterior and fracture surfaces on thin films of cured UF resins before and after the etching with hydrochloric acid as a simulation of the hydrolytic degradation process. FE-SEM images showed that the exterior surface of cured UF resin with the F/U mole ratio of 1.0 had spherical structures after the acid hydrolysis while the other cured UF resins were not the case. However, the fracture surface observation showed that all the samples possessed spherical structures in the cured state of UF resins although their occurrence and size decreased as the F/U mole ratio increased. For the first time, we found the spherical structures in cured UF resins of higher F/U mole ratio of 1.4. After the acid hydrolysis, the spherical structures became a much predominant at the fracture surface. These results indicated that the spherical structures in cured UF resinswere much more resistant to the hydrolytic degradation by the acid than amorphous region.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.605-614
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• 2014

This study investigated microstructural changes of cured urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins mixed with aqueous rubber latex emulsion after intentional acid etching. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used in order to better understand a hydrolytic degradation process of cured UF resins responsible for the formaldehyde emission from wood-based composite panels. A liquid UF resin with a formaldehyde to urea (F/U) molar ratio 1.0 was mixed with a rubber latex emulsion at three different mixing mass ratios (UF resin to latex = 30:70, 50:50, and 70:30). The rate of curing of the liquid modified UF resins decreased with an increase of the rubber latex proportion as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement. Ultrathin sections of modified and cured UF resin films were exposed to hydrochloric acid etching in order to mimic a certain hydrolytic degradation. TEM observation showed spherical particles and various cavities in the cured UF resins after the acid etching, indicating that the acid etching had hydrolytically degraded some part of the cured UF resin by acid hydrolysis, also showing spherical particles of cured UF resin dispersed in the latex matrix. These results suggested that spherical structures of cured UF resin might play an important role in hindering the hydrolysis degradation of cured UF resin.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.672-681
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• 2015

As a part of abating the formaldehyde emission of amino resin-bonded wood-based composite panels, this study was conducted to investigate hydrolytic stability of urea-melamine-formaldehyde (UMF) resin depending on various hydrolysis conditions and hardener types. Commercial UMF resin was cured and ground into a powdered form, and then hydrolyzed with hydrochloric acid. After the acid hydrolysis, the concentration of liberated formaldehyde in the hydrolyzed solution and mass loss of the cured UMF resins were determined to compare their hydrolytic stability. The hydrolysis of cured UMF resin increased with an increase in the acid concentration, time, and temperature and with a decrease in the smaller particle size. An optimum hydrolysis condition for the cured UMF resins was determined as $50^{\circ}C$, 90 minutes, 1.0 M hydrochloric acid and $250{\mu}m$ particle size. Hydrolysis of the UMF resin cured with different hardener types showed different degrees of the hydrolytic stability of cured UMF resins with a descending order of aluminum sulfate, ammonium chloride, and ammonium sulfate. The hydrolytic stability also decreased as the addition level of ammonium chloride increased. These results indicated that hardener types and level also had an impact on the hydrolytic stability of cured UMF resins.