• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2024

The ability of Zizyphus lotus stem powder (ZLSP) to remove Pb (II) and Cd (II) ions from an aqueous solution was evaluated. The present phenomenon of biosorption was revealed to depend on pH, biosorbent dosage, temperature, initial ionic concentration, time of contact and biosorbent's particle size. The sorption process was exothermic (∆H°<0), and showing a strong Pb(II)/Cd(II)-ZLSP affinity (∆S°>0). Gibbs free energy data (∆G°<0, and decreases as temperature increase) reveals that the process studied is characterized by its feasibility and spontaneous nature. The best fits of the equilibrium data were obtained by the Temkin model and the Langmuir model. The maximum Pb(II)/Cd(II)-ZLSP biosorption capacities were 33.02 mg/g for Pb (II) and 20.73 mg/g for Cd (II). The pseudo-second order model was the most appropriate for fitting the kinetic data. The characterization of the biochemical groups essentially involved in the sorption phenomenon was made possible by FTIR spectral analysis. The capacity of ZLSP as an effective and ecofriendly biosorbent is confirmed through this study.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2022

The objective of the study, to develop adsorbent based purifier for removal of radiological and nuclear contaminants from contaminated water. In this regard, 3-aminopropyl silica functionalized with ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (APS-EDTA) adsorbent prepared and characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). Prepared APS-EDTA used for adsorptive studies of Cs(I), Co(II), Sr(II), Ni(II) and Cd(II) from contaminated water. The effect on adsorption of various parameters viz. contact time, initial concentration of metal ions and pH were also analyzed. The batch method has been employed using metal ions in solution from 1000-10000 ㎍/L, contact time 5-60 min., pH 4-10 and material quantities 50-200 mg at room temperature. The obtained adsorption data were used for drawing Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms model and both models were found suitable for explaining the metal ions adsorption on APS-EDTA. The adsorption data were followed pseudo second order reaction kinetics. The maximum adsorption capacity obtained 1.3037-1.4974 mg/g for above said metal ions. The results show that APS-EDTA have great potential to remove Cd(II), Co(II), Cs(I), Ni(II) and Sr(II) from aqueous solutions through chemisorption and physio-sorption.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 창립총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.133-136
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• 2000

Soil decontamination process was conducted to study adsorption and modeling characteristic of Sr$^{2+}$ ion using citric acid and water system with TRIGA soil. When the concentration of citric acid was increased, the BTC of Sr$^{2+}$ ion was to be closed to the BTC of $^3$$H_2O$ at experiments of soil adsorption. Beside, when the concentration of citric acid was under 0.01M Sr$^{2+}$ ion, BTLs was asymmetry. It was characteristic of nonequilibrium adsorption. R and $K_{p}$ , were decreased to be increased the concentration of citric acid. Asymmetry modeling was nearly the same to be compare with symmetry modeling in decontamination process, when the concentration of citric acid was decreased. Result of experiment was agree with asymmetry and symmetry model, when the concentration of citric acid was increased.eased.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.367-388
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• 2016

In this paper, a simple practical method is introduced in which a simple weight measurement of concrete and finite element numerical analysis are used to determine the moisture transfer coefficient of concrete with a satisfactory accuracy. Six concrete mixtures with different water-to-cementitious material (w/cm) ratios and two pozzolanic materials including silica fume and zeolite were examined to validate the proposed method. The comparison between the distribution of the moisture content obtained from the model and the one from the experimental data during both the wetting and drying process properly validated the performance of the method.With the proposed method, it was also shown that the concrete moisture transfer coefficient considerably depends on the pore water saturation degree. The use of pozzolanic materials and also lowering w/cm ratio increased the moisture transfer coefficient during the initial sorption, and then, it significantly decreased with an increase in the water saturation degree.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.277-280
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• 2020

In this study, mesoporous hollow silica spheres were synthesized using a polystyrene core and cetyltriammonium chloride (CTACl) as a pore template, and a low-cost water glass instead of expensive tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as a precursor. In addition, the material was synthesized by varying the concentration of polystyrene. Later, the polystyrene core and CTACl were removed by firing in a high-temperature heat-treatment process. The synthesized product was analyzed by various methods, such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), and N2-sorption analysis. It was confirmed that the hollow silica sphere had a hexagonal structure with a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific area of 1623 ㎡/g.

• 대한자원환경지질학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한자원환경지질학회 2004년도 International Symposium
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• pp.9-28
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• 2004

Concern about arsenic is increasing throughout the world, including areas of the United States. Elevated levels of arsenic above current drinking-water regulations in ground and surface water can be the result of purely natural phenomena, but often are due to anthropogenic activities, such as mining and agriculture. The current study correlates arsenic speciation in acid mine drainage and mining influenced water with the important water-chemistry properties Eh, pH, and iron(III) concentration. The results show that arsenic speciation is generally in equilibrium with iron chemistry in low pH AMD, which is often not the case in other natural-water matrices. High pH mine waters and groundwater do not 짐ways hold to the redox predictions as well as low pH AMD samples. The oxidation and precipitation of oxyhydroxides depletes iron from some systems, and this also affects arsenite and arsenate concentrations differently through sorption processes.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.171-176
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• 2003

다환방향족 탄화수소(PAHs)와 중금속의 거동은 주로 토양 및 퇴적물내의 다양한 성분과의 상호 반응에 의해 결정된다. 토양구성 성분중 스멕타이트는 양적으로 풍부하고 큰 표면적을 가지고 있어서 오염물의 거동에 커다란 영향을 끼친다. 본 실험에서, 헥사데실트리메틸암모니움(HDTMA)으로 표면개질된 스멕타이트로 다환방향족 탄화수소에 대한 흡착 실험을 실시하였을 때, 헥사데실트리메틸암모니움의 첨가량에 따라 선형적으로 오염물의 흡착량이 증가하였다. 그러나, 트리메틸암모니움(TMA)으로 표면개질된 스멕타이트는 헥사데실트리메틸암모니움이나 도데실트리메틸암모니움(DTMA)으로 표면개질된 스멕타이트보다 다환방향족 탄화수소의 흡착능력이 떨어졌다. 한편, 동일한 스멕타이트로 물속에 존재하는 카드뮴을 제거하는 실험에서 계면활성제의 첨가량이 많지 않을 때는 카드뮴 흡착량이 높았으나, 계면활성제의 첨가량이 증가하면서 반대로 카드뮴의 흡착량은 감소하였다. 이러한 결과는 유기점토에 의한 유기 혹은 무기오염물 흡착 경향성이 점토에 첨가되는 계면활성제의 크기와 첨가량에 의해 크게 좌우됨을 보여준다. 이것은 다시 말해, 계면활성제의 첨가량에 따라 점토광물 층간에 형성되는 양이온성 계면활성제의 안정성과 배열 구조가 환경 오염물들의 효과적인 제거를 결정하는 중요한 요소임을 의미한다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2018

체르노빌과 후쿠시마와 같은 원자력 사고를 통해 환경으로 방출되는 방사성 세슘($^{137}Cs$)은 화학적 독성과 ${\gamma}$ 선 방출, 그리고 긴 반감기($t_{1/2}=30.2$ 년) 때문에 주된 감시대상 방사성 핵종 가운데 하나이다. 1족 알칼리 금속인 세슘은 점토광물에 잘 흡착되며, 특히 운모류 광물인 일라이트와 특이적 흡착을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이는 일라이트의 frayed edge sites 에 세슘이 선택적 흡착을 일으키기 때문이며, 이러한 흡착 지점은 일라이트의 풍화 정도 및 결정도에 따라 달라질 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 인공 풍화 실험(pH=2.0 at $50^{\circ}C$)을 통해 일라이트 표면을 개질함으로써 세슘의 흡착 성능을 증가시키기 위해 수행되었다. 일라이트의 층간 양이온들(K, Ca)은 반응 1일 이내에 다량 용출되는 반면, 결정 구조를 구성하는 Si와 Al은 점진적으로 용출되었다. 또한 일라이트 시료의 결정도가 감소하여 인위적인 화학적 풍화가 발생하였음을 지시하였다. 저농도의 세슘과 흡착 실험을 진행한 결과, 흡착분배계수가 기존에 비해 약 2배 증가하였다. 이러한 결과는 비교적 저온에서 손쉽게 일라이트의 흡착 성능을 개선할 수 있음을 암시한다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.61-68
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 팽창질석을 이용하여 중금속 흡착 제거능을 평가 하고자 하였다. 먼저 XRF를 사용하여 질석의 화학적 조성을 분석하였고, 시료중의 중금속 농도분석은 ICP-AES를 사용하여 이루어졌다. 수용액 상의 중금속 제거 특성을 살펴보기 위해 Batch kinetic test와 batch sorption test가 실시되었으며 그 결과, 시료용액의 pH가 증가하는 양상을 보이다가 약 5시간 경과 후 pH가 평형상태에 도달함을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 $3mg\;L^{-1}$의 초기농도로 실시된 실험에서 평형농도(1680분 후)에서의 제거율이 각각 Pb: 98.54%, Cd: 96.82%, Cu: 96.08%, Zn: 96.71%, Cr: 36.23%로 크롬을 제외한 모든 중금속 성분이 90% 이상의 높은 제거율을 나타내어 선별적이지만 중금속이 효과적으로 제거됨을 확인 할 수 있었다. 최종적으로 batch sorption test를 통해 얻은 결과를 각각 Freundlich와 Langmuir 등온흡착식에 대입한 결과 두 가지 등온흡착식 모두에서 흡착용량이 Pb>Cd>Cu>Zn>Cr의 순서로 나타났으며, Langmuir model을 통해 알아낸 최대흡착용량(Qmax)은 Pb $725.4mg\;kg^{-1}$, Cd $568.8mg\;kg^{-1}$, Zn $540.2mg\;kg^{-1}$, Cu $457.2mg\;kg^{-1}$ Cr $0.9mg\;kg^{-1}$로 나타나 크롬을 제외한 나머지 중금속에 대한 높은 흡착 제거능을 보임으로써 흡착제로써의 적용이 가능하다는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• The Journal of Advanced Prosthodontics
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.241-247
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• 2013

PURPOSE. To evaluate the effect of various metal oxides on impact strength (IS), fracture toughness (FT), water sorption (WSP) and solubility (WSL) of heat-cured acrylic resin. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Fifty acrylic resin specimens were fabricated for each test and divided into five groups. Group 1 was the control group and Group 2, 3, 4 and 5 (test groups) included a mixture of 1% $TiO_2$ and 1% $ZrO_2$, 2% $Al_2O_3$, 2% $TiO_2$, and 2% $ZrO_2$ by volume, respectively. Rectangular unnotched specimens ($50mm{\times}6.0mm{\times}4.0mm$) were fabricated and drop-tower impact testing machine was used to determine IS. For FT, compact test specimens were fabricated and tests were done with a universal testing machine with a cross-head speed of 5 mm/min. For WSP and WSL, disc-shaped specimens were fabricated and tests were performed in accordance to ISO 1567. ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used for statistical analyses. RESULTS. IS and FT values were significantly higher and WSP and WSL values were significantly lower in test groups than in control group (P<.05). Group 5 had significantly higher IS and FT values and significantly lower WSP values than other groups (P<.05) and provided 40% and 30% increase in IS and FT, respectively, compared to control group. Significantly lower WSL values were detected for Group 2 and 5 (P<.05). CONCLUSION. Modification of heat-cured acrylic resin with metal oxides, especially with $ZrO_2$, may be useful in preventing denture fractures and undesirable physical changes resulting from oral fluids clinically.