• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.1611-1616
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• 2002

The alkanes in plant materials can potentially be used as markers to estimate composition and digestibility of diet of deer for the development of feeding strategies, but the analysis of alkanes in plant materials and deer faeces is time-consuming and expensive. In this study, 242 faecal samples and 119 pasture samples were scanned using near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) and the concentrations of alkanes in these samples were analysed to develop calibrations for predicting alkane concentrations in pastures and deer faeces. The $R^2$ values for NIR calibrations were <0.6 for $C_{24}$, $C_{26}$, $C_{32}$ and $C_{36}$, but were >0.8 for other alkanes for faecal samples. The $R^2$ values were >0.87 for alkanes with chains from $C_{27}$ to C35 for pasture samples. However, NIR was unable to predict concentrations of alkanes with chains of $C_{24}$, $C_{26}$, $C_{32}$ and $C_{36}$ in faecal samples and $C_{24}$, C25, $C_{26}$ and $C_{36}$ in pasture samples. While the use of these NIR calibrations will accelerate the estimation of diet digestibility, dietary components and botanical composition of pastures, the influence of the type of pasture on NIR calibration will require further examination.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.185-194
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• 2011

꽃매미의 발육단계별 표피탄화수소를 비교하기 위하여 GC와 GC-MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석된 꽃매미의 표피탄화수소의 종류는 알이 32종, 약충은 령별로 각각 33, 28, 38, 37종이었고 2령 약충에서 가장 적게 나타났다. 반면 성충은 암 수 모두 46종으로 동일하였으며, 꽃매미의 충태 중 가장 많은 종류의 탄화수소를 함유하고 있었다. 발육단계별 물질 함량을 분석한 결과, 알은 메틸기를 갖고 있는 9-methylheptacosane을 가장 많이 함유하고 있었으며(15.11%), 령기별 약충은 n-heptacosane을 가장 많이 함유하고 있었다(15.75, 22.42, 25.04, 23.11%). 반면 성충은 암 수 모두 n-nonacosane을 가장 많이 함유하고 있었다(13.42, 16.55%). 표피탄화수소의 구성물질을 5개 그룹(n-alkanes, monomethylalkanes, dimethylalkanes, trimethylalkanes, olefins)으로 나누고 물질 함량을 꽃매미 발육단계별로 비교하였다. 꽃매미의 알 표피는 대부분이 monomethylalkanes인 포화탄화수소로 이루어져 있고(45.39%), 약충은 포화탄화수소의 기본구조인 n-alkanes이 대부분이었다(37.63-46.12%). 또한 성충은 암 수에 따라 차이가 있었지만, n-alkanes과 monomethylalkanes을 고루 함유하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 모든 충태에서, 3개이상의 메틸기를 갖거나 이중 결합을 포함하는 구조는 극히 적었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권8호
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• pp.1207-1210
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• 2003

The effect of solvent structure on the slope in the plot of ln K vs. solute carbon number was examined. It was found that the free energy of methylene group transfer from the gas phase into a solvent was always negative and that the absolute magnitude of interaction free energy between the methylene group and the solvent was always larger than the absolute magnitude of cavity formation free energy of the methylene group in the solvent. Thus, the slope in the plot of ln K vs. solute carbon number was always positive and its value decreases with increase of solvent polarity since the cavity formation energy of the CH₂ unit increases with increase of solvent polarity while the dispersive interaction energy of the CH₂ unit is virtually invariant. We also examined the effect of sequential addition of CH₂ unit to a solvent molecule upon ln K for three homologous series of solvents: n-alkanes, n-alcohols, and n-nitriles. Characteristic trends in the plots of ln K vs. solvent carbon number were observed for individual solvent groups. A decrease of ln K with solvent carbon number was observed for n-alkanes. An abrupt increase in ln K followed by levelling off was observed for n-alcohols while a final slight decrease in ln K after an abrupt increase followed by rapid levelling off was noted for n-nitriles. All of theses phenomena were found related to variation in cavity formation energy. It was clearly shown that a structural change of a polar solvent by sequential addition of CH₂ units causes an abrupt polarity decrease initially, then gradual levelling off, and finally, conversion to a virtually nonpolar solvent if enough CH₂ units are added.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2009

The development of a variety of methods like AM1, PM3, PM5 and DFT now allows the calculation of atomic and molecular properties with high precision as well as the treatment of large molecules with predictive power. In this paper, these methods have been used to calculate a number of quantum chemical descriptors (like Klopman atomic softness in terms of $E_n^{\ddag}\;and\;E_m^{\ddag}$, chemical hardness, global softness, electronegativity, chemical potential, electrophilicity index, heat of formation, total energy etc.) for 75 alkanes to predict their boiling point values. The 3D modeling, geometry optimization and semiempirical & DFT calculations of all the alkanes have been made with the help of CAChe software. The calculated quantum chemical descriptors have been correlated with observed boiling point by using multiple linear regression (MLR) analysis. The predicted values of boiling point are very close to the observed values. The values of correlation coefficient ($r^2$) and cross validation coefficient ($r_{cv}^2$) also indicates the generated QSPR models are valuable and the comparison of all the methods indicate that the DFT method is most reliable while the addition of Klopman atomic softness $E_n^{\ddag}$ in DFT method improves the result and provides best correlation.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제19권E3호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2003

Effects of inorganic aerosols on the kinetics of the hydroxyl radical reactions with selected aliphatic alkanes have been investigated using the relative rate technique. The relative rates in the absence and presence of aerosols were determined for n-butane, n-pentane, n-hexane, n-octane, and n-decane. P-xylene was used as a reference compound. Inorganic aerosols including (NH$_4$)$_2$SO$_4$, NH$_4$NO$_3$, and NaCl aerosols at two different aerosol concentrations that are typical of polluted urban conditions were tested. Total surface areas of aerosols were 1400 (Condition I) and 3400 $\mu$$m^2$ cm$^{-3}$ (Condition II). Significant changes in the relative rates in the presence of the inorganic aerosols were not observed for the n-butanel/$.$OH, n-pentanel/$.$OH, n-hexanel/$.$OH, n-octanel/$.$OH, and n-decanel/$.$OH reactions versus p-xylenel/$.$OH reaction. These results suggest that the promoting effects depend on the semiconducting property of the aerosols and the nature of the organic compounds.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.265-276
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• 2017

The $PM_{2.5}$ samples were obtained from coal combustion with the four different combustion temperatures (550, 700, 900 and $1100^{\circ}C$) to understand chemical composition in carbonaceous aerosol. OC concentration was the highest when the combustion temperature was $550^{\circ}C$, while, the highest concentration for EC was shown at $700^{\circ}C$ of the coal combustion temperature. However, OC concentrations were very low and EC was not detected when the temperature was over $900^{\circ}C$. It indicates complete combustion was achieved when the combustion temperature was over $900^{\circ}C$. For six groups of organic compounds, n-alkanes and n-alkanoic acids were predominant at all of the combustion temperature in smoke of coal combustion, while, PAHs was only detected at $550^{\circ}C$. The diagnostic ratios of PAHs calculated in this study were 0.59 for Fluoranthene/(Fluoranthene+Pyrene), reflecting the characteristics of coal combustion. The Carbon number Preference Index (CPI) values of n-alkanes which ranged from 0.9 to 1.3 also showed the characteristics of coal combustion.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.208-215
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• 2016

Pinic acid (PA) and cis-pinonic acid (CPA) in the atmospheric particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than or equal to a nominal $10{\mu}m$ ($PM_{10}$) were analyzed for the samples collected during the period of April 2010 to April 2011 at Jongro in Seoul. Both pinic acid and cis-pinonic acid showed higher seasonal average concentrations in summer (PA; $18.9ng/m^3$, CPA; $16.0ng/m^3$) than winter (PA; $5.3ng/m^3$, CPA; $5.9ng/m^3$). They displayed a seasonal pattern associated with temperature reflecting the influence on emissions of ${\alpha}-pinene$ and ${\beta}-pinene$ from conifers and their photochemical reaction. These results were confirmed through Pearson correlation coefficient between CPA, PA and $O_3+NO_2$, temperature. CPA was only correlated with n-alkanes ($C_{29}$, $C_{31}$, $C_{33}$) from biogenic source. PA was correlated with n-alkanes ($C_{29}$, $C_{31}$, $C_{33}$), n-alkanoic acid ($C_{20}$, $C_{22}$, $C_{24}$) from biogenic source and n-alkanes ($C_{28}$, $C_{30}$, $C_{32}$), and n-alkanoic acid ($C_{16}$, $C_{18}$) from anthropogenic source. These results showed that the formation of PA and CPA from ${\alpha}-pinene$ and ${\beta}-pinene$ is related to organic compounds from biogenic source. And it is possible for PA to be effected by organic compounds from anthropogenic source.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.95-104
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• 1999

소수성 오염물질인 원유성분의 분해메카니즘을 규명하기 위하여 원유중 알칸성분의 동시분해능을 지닌 Acinetobacter sp. 를 단리하여 액체/고체알칸, 서로다른 고체알칸을 단일 또는 복합기질로 하여 비교분해연구를 행하였다. 또한 비분해성 유기액상성분인 pristane을 원유매체, 고체알칸인 heneicosane을 유효기질로 하는 실험계를 확립하여 원유성분의 분해모델로서 연구를 행하였다. 본 연구에 이용된 Acinetobacter sp. 는 기질의 물리적 상태가 다른 액체/고체 성분의 분해특성에 차이를 보이지 않고 소수성기질의 표면에 직접접촉하여 분해할수 있음을 시사하였으며, 서로 다른 고체알칸의 단일 또는 복합 분해연구와 탄화수소에 대한 미생물의 부착성 결과가 이를 믿바침하였다. 또한 고체성분이 원유중에서는 유기상내에 용존상태로 존재함에 착안한 heneicosane/pristane계의 연구결과 원유매체는 미생물로의 유효기질 전달을 억제함을 밝혔으며, 단일성분으로 존재할때에 비하여 분해가 일어나기 위한 미생물과의 접촉면적을 감소시키는 유효기질의 비표면적 저하가 주요 원인임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.56-75
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• 2018

Korean Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations (PAMS) have been established since the late 2001 to monitor ambient air concentrations of VOC species, which would enhance understanding photo-chemical formation of ozone and subsequently contribute to developing efficient ozone control strategies. The present study aims at identifying major VOC species and examining their trends by analyzing PAMS monitoring data collected from the year 2006 to 2016. All the 18 PAMS sites operated by the Ministry of Environment were included in the study. PAMS monitored the 56 target VOC species, which are classified into four groups, alkenes, lower alkanes ($C{\leq}3$), higher alkanes ($C{\geq}4$), aromatics. The higher alkanes and aromatics dominated over the lower alkanes and alkenes in the type 2 and 3 PAMS sites except Joongheung site. N-butane was a major alkane species, toluene was a major aromatic species and most of VOCs showed decreasing trends in these sites. On the other hand, only the alkenes showed decreasing trends at the Joongheung site in Yeosu. Major sources of abundant species such as ethane, propane, n-butane, toluene were estimated by analyzing seasonal variations, correlation with other VOC species, and emission profiles. A major source of n-butane was identified as LPG cars, while major sources of toluene varied considerably from one site to another. The lower alkanes were composed of ethane and propane, both of which showed a strong seasonal variation, low in the summer and high in the winter, indicating that a major source might be the heating by gaseous fuels. Ozone formation potentials of VOC species were evaluated by applying MIR and POCP to the measured VOC species concentrations. Toluene contributed the most to total ozone forming potentials followed by m,p-xylene for all the type 2 and 3 PAMS sites except for two sites in Yeosu-Gwangyang. Ethylene and propylene were the first and second contributors to total ozone forming potentials at Joongheung site in Yeosu.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.193-198
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• 1997

본 연구에서는 유류로 오염된 환경을 생물학적으로 정화하는 방법의 확립을 위하여 생물계면활성제를 생산하는 세균을 유류오염지역으로부터 분리한 후, 생물계면활성제의 생산에 미치는 각종 환경요인과 분리세균의 hydrocarbon 이용능 등을 조사하였다. 유류로 오염된 해수 및 토양시료로부터 crude oil을 기질로 하여 생물계면활성제를 생산하는 172개의 균주를 순수분리하였다. 이들중에서 표면장력 감소능이 가장 우수한 SW1을 공시균주로 선정한 후, 형태학적, 배양적 및 생화학적 제반 특성을 조사하여 그 분류학적 위치를 검토한 결과 Pseudomonas속으로 판명되어, 편의상 Pseudomonas sp. SW1로 명명하였다. 각종 탄소원을 이용하여 유화활성 및 표면장력 감소능을 조사한 결과, crude oil과 n-hexadecane에서 비슷한 유화활성 및 표면장력 감소능을 나타내었다. 생물계면활성제 생산을 위한 배지 및 배양조건은 n-hexadecane 2.0%, yeast extract 0.04%, $K_{2}HPO_4$ 0.02%$KH_2PO_4$ 0.03%, $MgSO_4$ center dot $7H_2O$ 0.04%, 30^{\circ}C.$ 및 pH 7.0이었다. 상기실험에서 결정된 조건하에서 공시균을 배양한 결과, 배양 2일 후인 정지기 초기에 생물계면활성제가 가장 많이 생산되었으며, 이때 minimum surface tension은 32mN/m이었다. 또한 본 공시균은 Bunker oils, n-alkanes, branched alkanes등을 기질로 하여 생육할 수 있었다.