• Carbon letters
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2014

Double walled carbon nanotubes (DWCNTs) are considered an ideal model for studying the coupling interactions between different concentric shells in multi-walled CNTs. Due to their intrinsic coaxial structures they are mechanically, thermally, and structurally more stable than single walled CNTs. Geometrically, owing to the buffer-like function of the outer tubes in DWCNTs, the inner tubes exhibit exciting transport and optical properties that lend them promise in the fabrication of field-effect transistors, stable field emitters, and lithium ion batteries. In addition, by utilizing the outer tube chemistry, DWCNTs can be useful for anchoring semiconducting quantum dots and also as effective multifunctional fillers in producing tough, conductive transparent polymer films. The inner tubes meanwhile preserve their excitonic transitions. This article reviews the synthesis of DWCNTs, their electronic structure, transport, and mechanical properties, and their potential uses.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.2577-2583
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• 2009

Presented are the formation of iron oxide layers on evaporator tubes in an actual fossil power plant operated under all volatile treatment (AVT) condition and an experimental simulation of iron oxide formation in the presence of ferrous and ferric ions. After actual operations for 12781 and 36326 hr in the power plant, two iron oxide layers of magnetite on the evaporator tubes were found: a continuous inner layer and a porous outer layer. The experimental simulation (i.e., artificial corrosion in the presence of ferrous and ferric ions at 100 ppm level for 100 hr) reveals that ferrous ions turn the continuous inner oxide layer on tube metal to cracks and pores, while ferric ions facilitate the production of porous outer oxide layer consisting of large crystallites. Based on a comparison of the oxide layers produced in the experimental simulation with those observed on the actually used tubes, we propose possible routes for oxid layer formation schematically. In addition, the limits of the proposed corrosion routes are discussed in detail.

• 에너지공학
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2014

원자력발전소의 증기발생기 전열관은 가동 중에 다양한 형태의 부식 손상이 발생한다. 전열관의 외면에 발생하는 응력부식균열은 2차측 응력부식균열이라 불리는데 주로 전열관의 확관천이지역에서 발생한다. 그 원인은 이 지역의 기하학적 특성과 관련된 슬러지의 침적에 의한 불순물의 농축과 증기 발생기 제작과정에서 확관에 의한 잔류응력이다. 특히 잔류응력은 확관방법에 따라 방향성 및 그 크기가 달라지는데 전열관에 발생하는 균열의 방향 및 발생빈도는 이와 관련이 있다. 현장 경험에 따르면, 폭발확관된 전열관은 수압확관된 전열관에 비해 확관천이 부위에서 원주방향 균열이 잘 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 예민화된 증기발생기 전열관에 대한 응력부식균열 시험을 통해 확관법에 따른 특정방향 균열의 발생빈도 및 균열 크기를 비교하였다. 또한 균열이 발생된 전열관의 파단면 검사를 통해 균열 양상과 수화학 환경 중의 특정 성분의 영향을 관찰하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.416-424
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• 2018

Microstructure of oxide formed on Zr-Nb-Sn tube sample was intensively examined by scanning transmission electron microscopy after exposure to simulated primary water chemistry conditions of various concentrations of Zn (0 or 30 ppb) and dissolved hydrogen ($H_2$) (30 or 50 cc/kg) for various durations without applying desirable heat flux. Microstructural analysis indicated that there was no noticeable change in the microstructure of the oxide corresponding to water chemistry changes within the test duration of 100 days (pretransition stage) and no significant difference in the overall thickness of the oxide layer. Equiaxed grains with nano-size pores along the grain boundaries and microcracks were dominant near the water/oxide interface, regardless of water chemistry conditions. As the metal/oxide interface was approached, the number of pores tended to decrease. However, there was no significant effect of $H_2$ concentration between 30 cc/kg and 50 cc/kg on the corrosion of the oxide after free immersion in water at $360^{\circ}C$. The adsorption of Zn on the cladding surface was observed by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and detected as ZnO on the outer oxide surface. From the perspective of $OH^-$ ion diffusion and porosity formation, the absence of noticeable effects was discussed further.