• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제54권12호
• /
• pp.4514-4521
• /
• 2022

In this study, the effects of heat and radiation on the degradation behaviour of fluoroelastomer under simulated normal operation and a severe accident environment were investigated using sequential testing of gamma irradiation and thermal degradation. Tensile properties and Shore A hardness were measured, and thermogravimetric analysis was used to evaluate the degradation behaviour of fluoroelastomer. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to characterize the structural changes of the fluoroelastomer. Heat and radiation generated in nuclear power plant break and deform the chemical bonds, and fluoroelastomer exposed to these environments have decreased C-H and functional groups that contain oxygen and double bonds such as C-O, C=O and C=C were generated. These functional groups were formed by auto oxidation by reacting free radicals generated from the cleaved bond with oxygen in the atmosphere. In this auto oxidation reaction, crosslinks were generated where bonded to each other, and the mobility of molecules was decreased, and as a result, the fluoroelastomer was hardened. This hardening behaviour occurred more significantly in the severe accident environment than in the normal operation condition, and it was found that thermal stability decreased with the generation of unstable structures by crosslinking.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국신재생에너지학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
• /
• pp.253-253
• /
• 2009

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
• /
• 제15권4호
• /
• pp.173-178
• /
• 2003

Boron nitride is a new processing aid that is capable of eliminating gross melt fracture in several polymer processing operations. Its combinations with other processing aids i.e. fluoropolymers offer additional possibilities of obtaining enhanced processing aids that may take the processes to rates not realized before. A variety of different such combinations are discussed in this paper. The essential componenets are (1) boron nitride capable of eliminating gross melt fracture and (2) suitable lubricant capable of eliminating surface melt fracture such as stearates for the polyolefin processing and polyethylenes for the processing of fluoropolymers.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
• /
• 제24권2호
• /
• pp.21-30
• /
• 2010

본 연구는 화학보호복 원단들에 대하여 내화학성 및 난연성을 조사하기 위하여 ASTM 및 ISO의 방법을 이용하여 내화학성 및 화재위험성시험을 실시하였다. 시험결과 폴리에틸렌의 경우 전혀 난연성이 없는 것으로 분석되었지만 고무에 데카브롬 등 난연성 물질이 첨가된 불소고무 원단이 뛰어난 난연성을 보였다. 특히 현재 소방용 방열복으로도 사용되고 있는 알루미늄 필름에 아라미드원단을 라미네이팅한 원단이 가장 뛰어난 난연성을 보였다. 하지만 내화학성에 있어 알루미늄은 4% NaOH에 부식되는 결과를 보이고 있어 이를 극복하기 위한 방안으로는 다층의 베리어성 필름을 사용하는 것이 좋을 것으로 사료된다. 아울러 난연성 시험결과 알루미늄필름과 폴리머 베리어성 필름을 소재로 만든 Dual skin과 불소고무에 난연성 물질이 포함된 것을 소재로 만든 Single skin이 화학보호복으로 적합한 것으로 판단된다. 또한 열방호실험과 열전달지수실험결과 두께의 증가와 다층구조일수록 TPP와 HTI 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 향후 화학 보호복 원단의 화재위험성 및 내화학성시험 등 지속적 연구와 보완이 적절한 화학보호복 원단 성능개선에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.