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Synthesis of lanthanum oxyfluoride by grinding lanthanum oxide with poly (tetrafluoroethylene)

  • Lee Jaeryeong;Ahn Jonggwan;Kim Dongjin;Shin Heeyoung;Chung Hunsaeng;Saito Fumio
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.624-628
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    • 2003
  • Lanthanum oxyfluoride can be synthesized by mechanochemical (MC) reaction between lanthanum oxide ($La_2O_3$) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, ($({CF_2CF_2}_n)$) in air using a planetary mill. MC reaction between the two materials induced from intensive grinding operation. The MC reaction is almost finished by 240min, and the products ground for 240min or more are composed of LaOF, amorphous $La(CO_3)F$ and amorphous carbon (C). Heating this MC reaction products at $600^{\circ}C$ enables us to eliminate amorphous C and decompose $La(CO_3)F$ into LaOF, so that pure LaOF material can be obtained as the final product. The average particle size of the final product (purified LaOF) is around few ten nanometers.

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Effects of process variables on morphology of palladium metal deposit in hydrochloric acid medium

  • kim Min-Seuk;Lee Jae-Chun;Kim Won-Back;Jeong Jin-Ki;Nam Chul-Woo
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.642-647
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    • 2003
  • Palladium is widely used for several applications and recovery of palladium from secondary sources becomes increasingly important since palladium is one of maldistributed platinum group metals. Electrochemical recovery of dense palladium metal sheet from Pd leaching solution is a simple and easily controlled method. The surface morphology of the recovered Pd metal was significantly affected by current density and temperature. Dense deposit morphology was in higher stress state regardless of preparation condition under $55^{\circ}C$. Rising temperature up to $70^{\circ}C$ had a stress releasing effect besides densification of Pd deposit.

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Mortar Characterization using Electrical Resistivity Method (모르타르의 전기비저항 특성)

  • Farooq, Muhammad;Park, Sam-Gyu;Song, Young-Soo;Kim, Jung-Ho
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2009
  • Cement based mortars are widely used to improve the soft ground of a dam site, highway construction, and karst voids. The mechanical properties of the mortar are well documented in literature, however very limited work is done on their physical properties such as electrical resistivity which is considered as one of the most important physical property known while improving the soft grounds. In this paper, electrical resistivity of the Portland cement mortars is examined by employing the Wenner technique. Cylindrical specimens with various water/cement ratios (w/c) ranges from 0.35, 0.45, 0.50 and 0.65 were cast and tested. The test results showed that the electrical resistivity of the mortar increases with increasing curing time and decreases with increasing water content and w/c. A reasonable, good relation was found between electrical resistivity and compressive strength of mortar.

Analysis on Survey, Exploration and Development Policy and Technology of China : Focused on Shale Gas Resources (셰일가스 자원을 중심으로 한 중국의 에너지·광물자원 조사·탐사·개발 기술 정책분석)

  • Lee, Jae-Wook;Kim, Seong-Yong;Ahn, Eun-Young;Park, Jung-Kyu
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.291-302
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    • 2014
  • The Chinese government and its agencies were trying in order to solve the unstability of resource supply and demand. Ministry of Land and Resources of China(MLR) carried out a lot of national-level policy and planning for estimating the domestic mineral and energy resources potential and recoverable reserves, as the Chinese land and resources survey plan(1999~2010), the Chinese mineral resource survey and exploration plan(2008~2020), announcement for shale gas industry policies of China, the Chinese shale gas resources evaluation and selection project for its development priority areas(2012), and the plan for Chinese shale gas development(2011~2015). The two large sedimentary basins of Chinese shale gas reserves are Sichuan and Tarim basins with excellent potential, accounting for majority of the estimated national reserves. Recoverable gas-bearing shale of China was surveyed to be widespread. The volume of recoverable shale gas reservoirs in China has been estimated to be around 31 trillion cubic meters(1,115 trillion cubic feet). China is one of only three countries with the US and Canada to produce shale gas in commercial quantities. China is concentrating on technology development to enhance commercial production of shale gas, and on survey and exploration activities to increase its recoverable reserves. The trends related to shale gas development and R&D activities in China to respond to changes in international oil market should be actively monitored based on analysis of Chinese policies and technology.

3D gravity inversion with Euler deconvolution as a priori information (오일러 디컨벌루션을 사전정보로 이용한 3 차원 중력 역산)

  • Rim, Hyoung-Rae;Park, Yeong-Sue;Lim, Mu-Taek;Koo, Sung-Bon;Kwon, Byung-Doo
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.44-49
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    • 2007
  • It is difficult to obtain high-resolution images by 3D gravity inversion, because the problem is extremely underdetermined - there are too many model parameters. In order to reduce the number of model parameters we propose a 3D gravity inversion scheme utilising Euler deconvolution as a priori information. The essential point of this scheme is the reduction of the nonuniqueness of solutions by restricting the inversion space with the help of Euler deconvolution. We carry out a systematic exploration of the growing body process, but only in the restricted space within a certain radius of the Euler solutions. We have tested our method with synthetic gravity data, and also applied it to a real dataset, to delineate underground cavities in a limestone area. We found that we obtained a more reasonable subsurface density image by means of this combination between the Euler solution and the inversion process.

REE Mineralization of Quy Hop Area in Nghe An Province, Northern Vietnam (베트남 북부 네안성 뀌홉지역 희토류 광화작용)

  • Lee, Jae-Ho;Jin, Kwang-Min;Heo, Chul-Ho
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.193-213
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    • 2018
  • Soil geochemical exploration to check anomalies related to mineralization was carried out targeting around Quy Hop area within Nghe An province, Northern Vietnam. The interval of sampling are horizontal 250 m with 13 line and longitudinal 300 m with 25 line, resulting in 325 soil samples. Based on the result of soil geochemical exploration, the pitting survey was carried out targeting the grid point with high TREO content, resulting in 73 soil samples within 8 pits. The geology of the survey area are consisted of Ban Chieng biotite granite complex intruding Bu Khang formation comprising of schist, gneiss and limestone. In order to elucidate the source rock of monazite and xenotime confirmed from heavy sand, soil geochemical exploration was carried out. By ICP-MS result of soil samples, total REE oxide content of background amount is about 1.4 times of crustal abundance, depleting the light rare earth (about 0.2 times) and enriching the heavy rare earth (about 1.5 times). By ICP-MS result of pit soil samples, we identified TREO more than 1,000 ppm in 6 pits. It may be considered that REE ore bodies may develop in NE-SW direction, compared with the geochemical results of Quy Chau area.

Swell Effect Correction of Sub-bottom Profiler Data with Weak Sea Bottom Signal (해저면 신호가 약한 천부해저지층 탐사자료의 너울영향 보정)

  • Lee, Ho-Young;Koo, Nam-Hyung;Kim, Wonsik;Kim, Byoung-Yeop;Cheong, Snons;Kim, Young-Jun;Son, Woohyun
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.181-196
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    • 2015
  • A 3.5 kHz or chirp sub-bottom profiling survey is widely used in the marine geological and engineering purpose exploration. However, swells in the sea degrade the quality of the survey data. The horizontal continuity of profiler data can be enhanced and the quality can be improved by correcting the influence of the swell. Accurate detection of sea bottom location is important in correcting the swell effect. In this study, we tried to pick sea bottom locations by finding the position of crossing a threshold of the maximum value for the raw data and transformed data of envelope or energy ratio. However, in case of the low-quality data where the sea bottom signals are not clear due to sea wave noise, automatic sea bottom detection at the individual traces was not successful. We corrected the mispicks for the low quality data and obtained satisfactory results by picking a sea bottom within a range considering the previous average of sea bottom, and excluding unreliable big-difference picks. In case of trace by trace picking, fewest mispicks were found when using energy ratio data. In case of picking considering the previous average, the correction result was relatively satisfactory when using raw data.

An integrated studies for salt-water intrusion in Yeonggwang-gun, Korea

  • Hwang Seho;Chi Sejung;Lee Won-suk;Shin Jehyun;Park Inhwa;Huh Dae-Gee;Lee Sang-kyu
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.455-458
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    • 2003
  • A combination of drilling, hydrogeochemical survey, geophysical survey and the numerical modelling for the flow and transport of groundwater was performed to evaluate the seawater intrusion in Baeksu-eup, Yeonggwang-gun, Korea. The survey area extends to over 24 $km^2$. Twelve wells were also drilled for the collection of geologic, geochemical, hydrologic, and geophysical logging data to delineate the degree and vertical extent of seawater intrusion. To evaluate and map the salinity in a coastal aquifer, geophysical data and hydrogeochemical results were used. Layer parameters derived from VES data, various in situ physical properties from geophysical well loggings, and the estimated equivalent NaCl concentration were used as the useful input parameters for the numerical simulation with density-dependent flow. Our multidisciplinary approach for evaluating the seawater intrusion can be considered as a valuable attempt to enhancing the utilization of various data and the reliability of numerical ground modelling.

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