• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권12호
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• pp.4664-4670
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• 2023

Radiation is the main safety issue for almost all nuclear applications, which must be controlled to protect living organisms and the surrounding materials. In this context, radiation shielding materials have been investigated and used in nuclear technologies. The choice of materials depends on the radiation usage area, type, and energy. Polymer materials are preferred in radiation shielding applications due to their superior characteristics such as chemical inertness, resistivity, low weight, flexibility, strength, and low cost. In the presented work, ABS polymer material, which is possibly the most commonly used material in 3D printers, is mixed with Gd₂O₃ and Er₂O₃ nanoparticles. ABS filaments containing these rare-earth elements are then produced using a filament extruder. These produced filaments are used in a 3D printer to create shielding samples. Following the production of shielding samples, SEM, EDS, and gamma-ray shielding analyses (including experiments, WinXCOM, GEANT4, and FLUKA) are performed. The results show that 3D printing technology offers significant enhancements in creating homogeneous and well-structured materials that can be effectively used in gamma-ray shielding applications.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.232-237
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• 1989

$NH_4^+,\;Zn^{2+}$ 및 $Al^{3+}$ 를 retining이온으로 치환시킨 양이온 교환수지관에 희토류를 직접 흡착시키거나 EDTA와 착물을 만들어 흡착시킨 후 0.0269M EDTA로 용리하여 각 분액에 포함된 화학종을 분석하여 이온교환 mechanism을 규명하였다. $Zn^{2+}$나 $Al^{3+}$으로 치환된 수지층에 희토류-EDTA 착물을 흡착시키면 retaining 이온과 EDTA가 착물을 형성하고 유리된 희토류가 수지에 흡착된 후 용리액인 EDTA 용액을 가하면 수지에 흡착되었던 희토류가 EDTA와 착물을 이루어 교환반응을 통해 용리된다. $NH_4^+$형 수지관에 희토류-EDTA 착물을 가하면 retaining 이온인 $NH_4^+$가 EDTA와 착물을 형성하지 못하므로 음의 전하를 띤 희토류-EDTA 화학종이 수지에 흡착되지 못하고 40ml이내에서 유출되었다. $Zn^{2+}$과 $Al^{3+}$형 수지관에 희토류 이온을 흡착시키면 희토류는 수지에 흡착되고 $Zn^{2+}$과 $Al^{3+}$이 유리된다.수지에 흡착된 희토류는 용리액인 EDTA용액과 반응하여 희토류-EDTA 착물을 이루어 교환반응을 하며 용리된다. $NH_4^+$형 수지관에 희토류 이온을 흡착시키면 희토류가 $NH_4^+$와 치환되어 흡착되어 EDTA를 가하면 희토류-EDTA 착물이 형성되어 교환반응 없이 그대로 유출되어 희토류가 빨리 용출된다. 이때에는 희토류 이외의 금속이 용출되지 않기 때문에 희토류의 분리에 대단히 유리하다. $Zn^{2+}$과 $Al^{3+}$으로 치환시킨 수지에서는 각 용출액의 pH는 용리액의 pH에 비해 대단히 감소하였다. 그 이유는 금속이온이 EDTA와 착물을 이룰때 EDTA에서 수소이온이 유리되기 때문이었다.

• 청정기술
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2022

Nd-Fe-B 폐영구자석 스크랩에는 희토류가 약 20~30% 함유되어 있고 철이 약 60~70% 함유되어 있으며, 황산침출 및 분별결정법을 통하여 희토류 및 철 성분을 회수하고자 하였다. 희토류와 철을 분리·회수하기 위하여 산화배소를 하지 않고 황산농도 및 광액농도비를 변수로 하여 침출특성을 확인하였다. 황산침출은 농도별로 3시간 동안 침출을 진행하였고 침출된 고상을 X-ray diffraction (XRD) 및 XRF (X-ray florescence spectrometry) 분석으로 결정상 및 조성 및 정량적 성분을 확인하였으며, 여액은 ICP 분석을 시행하였다. 3M 황산농도에서 침출했을 경우 네오디뮴 황산화물로 형성되었고 철 성분이 가장 적으며 회수율이 높았다. 남은 여액은 증발농축을 통하여 분별결정법을 하였으며 네오디뮴 성분은 7.0배 농축되었고 철 성분은 2.8배 농축되었다. 본 논문에서 폐영구자석의 산화배소 공정단계 없이 황산침출 및 분별결정법을 통한 희토류 성분의 회수율은 약 99.4%로 확인되었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.277-284
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• 1994

Xylenol orange(XO)와 희토류 원소들간에 이루어진 착물에 cetylpyridium chloride (CPC), dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide(DTMAB), cetyltrimetylammonium bromide(CTMAB), Triton X-100 등의 계면활성제를 가했을 대의 흡광도 변화로부터 이들 원소를 정량하는 방법과 조성비를 연구하였다. 양이온성 계면활성제인 CTMAB가 있을 때 XO와 희토류 원소들간의 착물의 흡광도가 다른 계면활성제에서보다 더 컸다. 따라서 희토류 정량에는 이를 선택하였다. REE-XO-CTMAB 삼성분 착물은 618nm에서 최대 흡광도를 갖고 0~0.5ppm 범위에서 Beer 법칙에 따르고 몰흡광계수는 $1.5{\times}10^5mol^{-1}cm^{-1}l$이다.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.49.1-49.1
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• 2010

The particle generation during the plasma enhanced process is highly considered as serious problem in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The material for the plasma processing chamber requires the plasma etching characteristics which are homogeneously etched surface and low plasma etching depth for preventing particulate contamination and high durability. We found that the materials without grain boundaries can prevent the particle generation. Therefore, the amorphous material with the low plasma etching rate may be the best candidate for the plasma processing chamber instead of the polycrystalline materials such as yttria and alumina. Three glasses based on $SiO_2$ and $Al_2O_3$ were prepared with various rare-earth elements (Gd, Y and La) which are same content in the glass. The glasses were plasma etched in the same condition and their plasma etching rate was compared including reference materials such as Si-wafer, quartz, yttria and alumina. The mechanical and thermal properties of the glasses were highly related with cationic field strength (CFS) of the rare-earth elements. We assumed that the plasma etching resistance may highly contributed by the thermal properties of the fluorine byproducts generated during the plasma exposure and it is expected that the Gd containing glass may have the highest plasma etching resistance due to the highest sublimation temperature of $GdF_3$ among three rare-earth elements (Gd, Y and La). However, it is found that the plasma etching results is highly related with the mechanical property of the glasses which indicates the cationic field strength. From the result, we conclude that the glass structure should be analyzed and the plasma etching test should be conducted with different condition in the future to understand the plasma etching behavior of the glasses perfectly.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2013년도 자성 및 자성재료 국제학술대회
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• pp.89-89
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• 2013

Rare earth (RE) - transition metal based high energy density magnets are of immense significance in various engineering applications. $Nd_2Fe_{14}B$ magnets possess the highest energy product and are widely used in whole industries. Simultaneously, composite alloys that are cheap, cost effective and strong commercially available have drawn great attention, because rare-earth metals are costly, less abundant and strategic shortage. We designed rare-earth free alloys and fabrication process and developed novel route to prepare $Nd_2Fe_{14}B$ powders by wet process employing spray drying and reduction-diffusion (R-D) without the use of high purity metals as raw material. MnAl-base permanent magnetic powders are potentially important material for rare-earth free magnets. We have prepared the nano-sized MnAl powders by plasma arc discharge and micron-sized MnAl powders by gas atomization. They showed good magnetic property, compared with that from conventional processes. $Nd_2Fe_{14}B$ powders with high coercivity of more than 10 kOe were successfully synthesized by adjusting R-D step, followed by precise washing system. It is considered that this process can be applied for the recycling of RE-elements extracted from ewaste including motors.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2010

Pyroprocessing에 의한 사용후핵연료 처리 과정에서 방사성 희토류 염화물이 포함된 폐용융염이 발생된다. 이러한 폐 용융염 내에 존재하는 방사성 희토류 염화물을 산화물로 침전시켜 회수함으로서 용융염을 재생할 수 있다. 최종적으로 발생되는 방사성 희토류 산화물의 저장과 처분에 적합한 monolithic 고화체를 제조하기 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 고상 소결에 의해 붕규산 유리에 의한 고화체 제조, 희토류 산화물을 모나자이트로 합성한 후 붕규산 유리에 의한 고화체 제조를 수행하였다. 또한 zinc titanate 세라믹이 주요성분인 고화 매질(ZIT)을 개발하여 고화체를 제조하였으며 각각의 고화체에 대한 침출 및 물리화학적 특성을 비교 평가하였다. 고상 소결에 의해 제조된 ZIT 매질 고화체는 내 침출성이 크며 밀도가 크고 열전도도가 우수한 특성을 나타내었다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.63-67
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• 1992

This paper reports the effects of rare earth nitrate (REN) on the growth of internal organs and mineral elements in serums of broiler chickens. The REN used is mixture of light RE containing mainly La, Ce, Pr and Nd 4 elements. 40 eight-week old AA broiler chickens were divided randomly into four groups that their treatments were respectively 0, 20, 200 and 2000 mg REN/kg feed and the duration of the experiment was 60 days. Responses were measured in terms of internal organic weight and tissue, contents of mineral elements in serums. There were no significant differences between the organ ratios and tissue changes of the 20, 200 mg REN/kg groups and the control group. The organs included the heart, liver, kidneys, lungs, testicles, thyroids, adrenal glands, pancreas, tonsies of caecum, stomachus glandularis, duodenum, ileum and bursa of Fabricius. The liver and thyroid indices of 2000 mg REN/kg group were significantly higher than those of the control group (p < 0.01, p < 0.05) and the adrenal gland index lower (p < 0.05). The pathlolgic changes in the heart, kidney and thyroid were more serious than that of the control group. No significant differences occurred between the contents of K, Na, Mg elements in the serum of all groups, with the exception of the content of Ca, which was higher in the 2000 mg/kg group (p < 0.05). The contents of all trace elements including Mn, Zn and Cu, but except Fe, in the serums of all the treated groups were significantly higher than those of the control group (p < 0.01).

• 대한화학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.692-696
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• 1992

$NH_4^+형 양이온 교환수지와 희토류-EDTA 용리액을 사용하여 희토류 원소 혼합물에서 원하는 한 원소를 분리 회수하는 연구를 하였다. NH_4^+형 양이온 교환수지에 희토류 혼합물을 흡착시키고, La-EDTA 용액으로 용리하면 수지에 흡착된 희토류 원소중 La^{3+} 이온 외의 희토류 원소는 용리된다. 수지에 남아있는 La^{3+}은 EDTA 용리액으로 용리하여 분리한다. Ce^{4+}만 선택적으로 분리하고자 할때는 La-EDTA 대신 Ce-EDTA로 용리하고 수지에 남은 Ce^{4+}을 EDTA로 용리하면 된다. 이때 분리 구조는 다음과 같다. 흡착과정 : 3RNH_4 ＋ Ln^{3+} = R_3Ln ＋ 3NH^{4+}, La-EDTA 용리 : R_3Ln ＋ La-Y- = R_3La ＋ Ln-Y^-, EDTA 용리 : R_3La ＋ HY^3- = La-Y ＋ RH ＋ 2R-.$

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.365-369
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• 2013

Coal ash is known to contain a noticeable amount of valuable elements, including transition metals and lanthanides. Therefore it is quite actual problem to extract them for metallurgy and other applications. This paper presents the results of high gradient magnetic and mechanical separation, microscopy, element analyses and optical spectroscopy of brown coal ash taken from the combustion camera and chimney-stalk of Angren thermal power station. The separated magnetic fraction was 3.4 wt.%, where the content of Fe in ferrospheres increased to 58 wt.%. The highest contents of Fe and rare earth elements were found in the fine fractions of $50-100{\mu}m$. Optical absorption spectroscopy of water solutions of the magnetic fractions revealed $Fe^{2+}$ and $Fe^{3+}$ ions in the ratio of ~1:1. The separated coal ash could be used for cleaning of technological liquid waste by means of the high gradient magnetic field.