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An ESR Study of Amino Acid and Protein Free Radicals in Solution. Part IV. An ESR study of Gamma-Irradiated Amino Acids in Frozen Aqueous Solutions.

  • Sun-Joo Hong;D. E. Holmes;L. H. Piette.
    • 대한화학회지
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    • 제15권5호
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    • pp.256-265
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    • 1971
  • An ESR study has been made on free radicals produced in frozen aqueous solutions (ices) of glycine, DL-${\alpha}$-alanine, DL-serine, L-cysteine, DL-leucine and DL-isoleucine by gamma-irradiation at dry ice temperature. All free radicals induced were decayed concomitant to the successive annealing but the radical species which is believed to be dominant seems to be stable even near the melting point of the ice. These dominant species were found to be identical to those resulted from direct action of radiation in the solid at room temperature. Small but significant changes in the spectra of glycine and DL-${\alpha}$-alanine were observed by varying the microwave power. These results seem to support the view that the spectra obtained were composite consisting of more than two different resonances having different power saturation characteristics. The relative contribution of unidentified resonances to the composite spectra was greater for solutions of low concentration. These resonances are assumed to be induced by indirect effects, mainly hydrogen abstraction by radiation produced hydroxyl radicals and also C-N bond cleavage by hydrated electrons.

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EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF THE BACKSCATTERING GAMMA-RAY SPECTRA WITH THE MONTE CARLO CODE

  • Hoang, Sy Minh Tuan;Yoo, Sang-Ho;Sun, Gwang-Min
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제43권1호
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 2011
  • In this study, simulations were done of a 661.6 keV line from a point source of $^{137}Cs$ housed in a lead shield. When increasing the scattering angle from 60 to 120 degrees with a 6061 aluminum alloy target placed at angles of 30 and 45 degrees to the incident beam, the spectra showed that the single scattering component increases and that the multiple scattering component decreases. The investigation of the single and multiple scattering components was carried out using a MCNP5 simulation code. The component of the single Compton scattering photons is proportional to the target electron density at the point where the scattering occurs. The single scattering peak increases according to the thickness of the target and saturates at a certain thickness. The signal-to-noise ratio was found to decrease according to the target thickness. The simulation was experimentally validated by measurements. These results will be used to determine the best conditions under which this method can be applied to testing electron densities or to assess the thickness of samples to locate defects in them.

NaI(T1) 섬광검출기를 이용한 공기 및 수중에서의 감마선 에너지스펙트럼 분석 (An Analysis of ${\gamma}-ray$ Energy Spectra Using the NaI(T1) Scintillation Detector in the Air and Water)

  • 김은숙;박재우
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.285-296
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    • 1996
  • NaI(T1) 섬광검출기를 이용하여 감마선원인 Cr-51, Cs-137, Mn-54, Zn-65에 대하여 공기와 깊이가 다른 수중에서 에너지스펙트럼을 조사하였다. 측정한 스펙트럼의 차이와 변화를 정량적으로 비교분석하기 위해서 측정 스펙트럼을 곡선근사할 수 있는 응답함수를 구성하였다. 본 연구에서 밝혀진 바에 의하면 구성된 응답함수는 공기 중 뿐만 아니라 수중에서 측정된 스펙트럼을 거의 완전하게 나타낼 수 있었다. 또한 응답함수에 사용된 계수들을 비교함으로써 공기와 수중에서-물의 깊이에 따른-스펙트럼의 특성 면화를 정량적으로 규정할 수 있었다. 응답함수의 계수 가운데 전에너지 봉우리의 높이 및 비율이 물의 깊이에 가장 민감하게 영향을 받았으며, 그 외에도 전에너지 봉우리의 퍼진 정도, flat continuum의 높이, 1차 콤프턴산란 연속의 높이, Compton edge의 모양을 나타내는 응답함수계수 등에서 미약하나마 물의 깊이에 따라 변화를 보였다.

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하천수 BOD 예측을 위한 용존 자연유기물질의 synchronous 형광 스펙트럼 분석 (Examining Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra of Dissolved Organic Matter for River BOD Prediction)

  • 허진;박민혜
    • 한국물환경학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.236-243
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    • 2007
  • Fluorescence measurements of dissolved organic matter (DOM) have the superior advantages over other analysis tools for the applications to water quality management due to their rapid analysis. It is known that protein-like fluorescence characteristics are well corelated with microbial activities and biodegradable organic matter. In this study, potential biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) predictor were explored using the fluorescence peak intensities and/or the integrated fluorescence intensities derived from synchronous fluorescence spectra and the first derivative spectra of river samples. A preliminary study was conducted using a mixture of a river and a treated sewage to test the feasibility of the approach. It was demonstrated that the better BOD predictor can be derived from synchronous fluorescence spectra and the derivatives when the difference between the emission and the excitation wavelengths (${\Delta}{\gamma}$) was large. The efficacy of several selected fluorescence parameters was rivers in Seoul. The fluorescence parameters exhibited relatively good correlation coefficients with the BOD values, ranging from 0.59 to 0.90. Two parameters were suggested to be the optimum BOD predictors, which were a fluorescence peak at a wavelength of 283 nm from the synchronous spectrum at the ${\Delta}{\gamma}$ value of 75 nm, and the integrated fluorescence intensity of the first derivatives of the spectra at the wavelength range between 245 nm and 280 nm. Each BOD predictor showed the correlation coefficients of 0.89 and 0.90, respectively. It is expected that the results of this study will provide important information to develop a real-time efficient sensor for river BOD in the future.

Identification of Pb-Zn ore under the condition of low count rate detection of slim hole based on PGNAA technology

  • Haolong Huang;Pingkun Cai;Wenbao Jia;Yan Zhang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제55권5호
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    • pp.1708-1717
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    • 2023
  • The grade analysis of lead-zinc ore is the basis for the optimal development and utilization of deposits. In this study, a method combining Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) technology and machine learning is proposed for lead-zinc mine borehole logging, which can identify lead-zinc ores of different grades and gangue in the formation, providing real-time grade information qualitatively and semi-quantitatively. Firstly, Monte Carlo simulation is used to obtain a gamma-ray spectrum data set for training and testing machine learning classification algorithms. These spectra are broadened, normalized and separated into inelastic scattering and capture spectra, and then used to fit different classifier models. When the comprehensive grade boundary of high- and low-grade ores is set to 5%, the evaluation metrics calculated by the 5-fold cross-validation show that the SVM (Support Vector Machine), KNN (K-Nearest Neighbor), GNB (Gaussian Naive Bayes) and RF (Random Forest) models can effectively distinguish lead-zinc ore from gangue. At the same time, the GNB model has achieved the optimal accuracy of 91.45% when identifying high- and low-grade ores, and the F1 score for both types of ores is greater than 0.9.

What we have learned about Gamma-ray bright AGNs using the iMOGABA program

  • Lee, Sang-Sung
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제42권2호
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    • pp.45.1-45.1
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    • 2017
  • A Korean VLBI Network Key Science Program, the Interferometric Monitoring of Gamma-ray Bright AGNs (iMOGABA) program continues to aim at revealing the origins of the gamma-ray flares that are often detected in active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Here in this presentation, we would like to present what we have learned about the Gamma-ray bright AGNs based on the recent results of the Korean VLBI Network Key Science Program: the iMGOABA. The results will include a) the source properties of the whole samples obtained from a single-epoch observation, and b) some of scientific highlights for the iMOGAGBA on specific sources. From those highlighted works, we find that the Gamma-ray bright AGNs become fainter at higher frequencies, yielding optically thin spectra at mm wavelengths. Based on the studies on specific sources, taking into account the synchrotron self-absorption model of the relativistic jet, we estimated the magnetic field strength in the mas emission region during the observing period.

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Thioacetamide 유발 간성뇌장애에서 뇌파 Power Spectra (Electroencephalogram Power Spectra in Thioacetamide-induced Hepatic Encephalopathy)

  • 김지희;최원진;박정숙;이향이;하정희;이만기
    • 대한약리학회지
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    • 제32권3호
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    • pp.293-300
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    • 1996
  • 흰쥐에 thioacetamide(TAA)를 투여하면 간성뇌장애가 유발된다. 두가지 행동 상태(꼬리 접촉자극 및 미자극)와 세 단계의 신경학적 이상의 단계(정상, 약한 운동실조, 심한 운동실조)별로 뇌파를 기록하였고, 뇌파 스펙트럼 및 대역 분석을 통하여 간성뇌장애 진행동안 뇌파의 정량적인 변동을 관찰하였다. 정상 쥐에서 자극은 $theta(3.5{\sim}8\;Hz)$$gamma(30{\sim}50\;Hz)$ 대역의 power을 증가시켰다. 운동실조가 있는 쥐에서 이러한 변화가 일어나지 못하였다. 꼬리 자극을 하는 상태에서 theta 대역의 변화는 gamma 대역의 변화 보다 더욱 일찍 관찰되었다. 신경학적 행동 단계가 심해짐에 따라서 $beta3(21{\sim}30\;Hz)$ 및 gamma 대역에서 power가 점차적으로 감소하였다. 또한 간성뇌장애의 신경학적 증상은 benzodiazepine계 물질에 의하여 야기된다는 가설이 있으므로 beta power의 증가가 관찰될 것으로 기대하였으나 이 연구에서는 관찰하지 못하였다. 이 결과들로 미루어 볼때 이 연구에 사용된 스펙트럼 및 대역 분석이 간성뇌장애동안 신경학적 증상의 정도를 정량화 할 수 있다고 생각된다.

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Fourier Transform Raman Studies of Methyl Red Adsorbed on γ-Alumina and Silica-Alumina

  • Park, Sun-Kyung;Lee, Choong-Keun;Min, Kyung-Chul;Lee, Nam-Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제25권12호
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    • pp.1817-1821
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    • 2004
  • Fourier transform Raman spectra of methyl red adsorbed on untreated and pretreated ${\gamma}$-alumina and silicaalumina calcined at 900 $^{\circ}C$ under 1 atm steam flowing were recorded. Spectral analysis shows that the active species adsorbed on ${\gamma}$-alumina was to be deprotonated methyl red, and on silica-alumina to be di-protonated. This indicates that ${\gamma}$-alumina adapted in this work holds Bronsted basicity, and silica-alumina Bronsted acidity. Raman intensities of methyl red on pretreated ${\gamma}$-alumina are about three times stronger than on untreated ${\gamma}$-alumina, while spectral features are unchanged. For silica-alumina, spectral features show modified vibrational characteristics upon surface hydroxylations generated from pretreatment. Consequently, the acidity loss for silica-alumina and the basicity gain for ${\gamma}$-alumina were observed by increasing the surface hydroxyl groups on the catalysts through pretreatment of the steam calcination.

Calculation and measurement of Al prompt capture gammas above water in a pool-type reactor

  • Czakoj, Tomas;Kostal, Michal;Losa, Evzen;Matej, Zdenek;Simon, Jan;Mravec, Filip;Cvachovec, Frantisek
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제54권10호
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    • pp.3824-3832
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    • 2022
  • Prompt capture gammas are an important part of the fission reactor gamma field. Because some of the structural materials after neutron capture can emit photons with high energies forming the dominant component of the gamma spectrum in the high energy region, the following study of the high energy capture gamma was carried out. High energy gamma radiation may play a major role in areas of the radiation sciences as reactor dosimetry. The HPGe measurements and calculations of the high-energy aluminum capture gamma were performed at two moderator levels in the VR-1 pool-type reactor. The result comparison for nominal levels was within two sigma uncertainties for the major 7.724 MeV peak. A larger discrepancy of 60% was found for the 7.693 MeV peak. The spectra were also measured using a stilbene detector, and a good agreement between HPGe and stilbene was observed. This confirms the validity of stilbene measurements of gamma flux. Additionally, agreement of the wide peak measurement in 7-9.2 MeV by stilbene detector shows the possibility of using the organic scintillators as an independent power monitor. This fact is valid in these reactor types because power is proportional to the thermal neutron flux, which is also proportional to the production of capture gammas forming the wide peak.