• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.40-45
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• 2011

Using the spark plasma sintering process (SPS process), the WC-6wt.%Co hard materials were densified using an ultra fine WC-Co powder. The WC-Co was almost completely dense with a relative density of up to 100% after the simultaneous application of a pressure of 60 MPa and the DC pulse current for 3 min without any significant change in the grain size. The average grain size of WC that was produced through this experiment was about $0.2{\sim}0.8{\mu}m$. The hardness and fracture toughness were about $1816kg/mm^2$ and $15.1MPa{\cdot}m^{1/2}$, respectively, for 60 MPa at $1200^{\circ}C$.

• Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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• v.65 no.4
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• pp.1273-1276
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• 2020

Liquid metal extraction (LME) process results in 100% neodymium (Nd) extraction but the highest extraction efficiency reported for Dysprosium (Dy) so far is 74%. Oxidation of Dy is the major limiting factor for incomplete Dy extraction. In order to enhance the extraction efficiency and to further investigate the limiting factors for incomplete extraction, experiments were carried out on six different particle sizes of under 200 ㎛, 200-300 ㎛, 300-700 ㎛, 700-1000 ㎛, 1000-2000 ㎛ and over 2000 ㎛ at 900℃ with magnesium-to-magnet scrap ratio of 15:1 for 6, 24 and 48 hours, respectively. This research identified Dy₂Fe₁₇ in addition to Dy₂O₃ phase to be responsible for incomplete extraction. The relationship between Dy₂Fe₁₇ and Dy₂O₃ phase was investigated, and the overall extraction efficiency of Dy was enhanced to 97%.

• Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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• v.67 no.4
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• pp.1539-1542
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• 2022

Artificial intelligence operated with machine learning was performed to optimize the amount of metalloid elements (Si, B, and P) subjected to be added to a Fe-based amorphous alloy for enhancement of soft magnetic properties. The effect of metalloid elements on magnetic properties was investigated through correlation analysis. Si and P were investigated as elements that affect saturation magnetization while B was investigated as an element that affect coercivity. The coefficient of determination R²(coefficient of determination) obtained from regression analysis by learning with the Random Forest Algorithm (RFR) was 0.95 In particular, the R² value measured after including phase information of the Fe-Si-B-P ribbon increased to 0.98. The optimal range of metalloid addition was predicted through correlation analysis method and machine learning.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.36
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• pp.45-48
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• 2016

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare wettability and setting time of twelve polyvinylsiloxane impression pastes. For comparing the wettability, the contact angle of a water drop on the impression materials was measured. It is important for impression materials to have higher wettability when trying to make impressions of interproximal spaces and gingival crevices. The higher wettability the better the material will flow into these spaces and the more accurate the impression. An ideal impression material will have adequate working time but a fast intraoral setting time. The clinician needs time to inject material into the sulcus, place the impression material into the tray and position it in the mouth, but the material should set rapidly to reduce time in the patient's mouth. It is considered that the results obtained in this study will provide guideline information for the manufacturing of impression materials and for selecting appropriate impression materials.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.256-262
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• 2012

Direct teaching of the industrial robot is a novel technique to easily teach manipulators. However, teaching data by human hand cannot help having large noise errors ranging from low to high frequency. To use teaching data, post-processing to correct the teaching trajectory is required. Here, a novel shape-based trajectory correction method to rebuild teaching data with the feature information of curvature and velocity is proposed. The proposed method is tested on square and circular objects.

• Korean Journal of Metals and Materials
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• v.46 no.9
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• pp.572-576
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• 2008

Elastostatic compression tests were carried out on amorphous alloys to evaluate their energy absorption capability during homogeneous deformation at room temperature. Experiments demonstrated that a compressive stress below the global yield imposed on amorphous alloys for extended periods causes homogeneous plastic strain associated with the irreversible structural disordering. During the disordering process, free volume was created, dissipating the externally applied strain energy and the rate of creation was found to converge to a saturated value. We evaluated the capability of energy absorption of amorphous alloys during homogeneous deformation using recent theories on the evolution of the structural state.

• Archives of Metallurgy and Materials
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• v.66 no.4
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• pp.1023-1027
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• 2021

This study investigated the effect of flux type and amounts on recovery behavior of aluminum alloy during the melting process of Al can scrap. The heat treatment was conducted to remove the coating layer on the surface of can scrap at 500℃ for 30 min. The molten metal treatment of the scrap was performed at 750℃ in a high-frequency induction furnace with different flux types and amounts. It was observed that the optimum condition for recovery of Al alloy was to add about 3 wt.% flux with a salt and MgCl₂ mixing ratio of 70:30 during melting process. The mechanical properties of recovered Al alloy were about 254.8 MPa, which is similar to that of the virgin Al5083 alloy.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1859-1864
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• 2014

Liquid silicone rubber(LSR) has been applied to various products such as electronic devices owing to its excellent thermal and chemical resistance. Hyperelastic materials, however, have properties distinguished from general metal materials. Hyperelastic materials show elastic behaviors in the range of large deformation in which load has the nonlinear relation with deformation. In addition, they have characteristics of nonlinearity, incompressibility, in large scale. On account of such characteristics, there are many difficulties in design and production using these materials. In this study, the load-deformation relation obtained from tension and compression tests was applied to finite element analysis in order to design waterproof connectors for automobiles. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the finite element analysis was confirmed by comparing the results of analysis with those of performance tests.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.114-118
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• 1999

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.286-287
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• 2009

Elasticoluminescence(ESL) is a kind of mechanoluminescence(ML). ESL materials are novel functional materials that can convert elastic deformation energy into visible light directly. Utilizing the materials, novel sensing devices and various applications are now under development. These materials can allow direct viewing of stress distribution.