• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.314-321
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• 2000

A gap between a $Al_2O_3/Fe$ thermite and lower head vessel is formed in the lower-plenum arrested vessel attack(LAVA) experiment which is the 1st phase study of simulation of naturally arrested vessel attack in vessel(SONATA-IV). The gap measurement using a conventional ultrasonic method would be lack of a reliability due to the structure complexity and the metallurgical grain size change of the lower head HAZ occurred by a thermite $Al_2O_3/Fe$ melt or a $Al_2O_3$ melt at $2300^{\circ}C$. The grain echoes having false signals and lower S/N ratio signals are detected due to a multiple scattering, a mode conversion and an attenuation of a ultrasonic resulted from at the interface of increased grain size zone. In this test, the signals pattern was classified to understand the behavior of the ultrasonic in a multi-layer specimen of solid-liquid-solid of assuming that the thermite and the lower head vessel is immersed. The polarity threshold algorithm of frequency diversity gives us the enhancement about 6dB of the ratio S/N.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.339-344
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• 1999

In this paper, the hardness and wear characteristics of the head hardened rail, which is made by thermite and gas pressure weldings have been presented. In general, the wear rate of the gas pressure welded rail is high and uniform compared with that of thermite welded rail. The results indicate that HH 370 welded rail shows stable in hardness and low wear rate compared with other two welded rails. The hardness of head hardened rails shows uniformly distributed along the welded zone, thermally affected zone and a base matrix.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.832-838
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• 1996

Thermite reaction products of MgO and Al were added to MgO-C refractory to improve the properties of corrosion against the attack of slag, oxidation and mechanical spalling. Corrosion rate of MgO-C-MgAl2O4 spinel refractory at the ratio of 3.3(CaO/SiO2) slag was smaller than that of MgO-C and MgO-C-Al refractory. The excellent corrosion resistance of the MgO-C-MgAl2O4 spinel refractory against the slag attack was appeared by Al and MgAl2O4 spinel with high melting point and corrosion resistance and the high thermal conductivity and low thermal expansion of AIN. Hot M.O.R at 140$0^{\circ}C$ and the resistance of oxidation weight loss at 90$0^{\circ}C$ were 210kg/cm2 and -12% respectively.

• Explosives and Blasting
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.21-28
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• 2015

The objective of this study is to develop a method for monitoring continuously the combustion propagation behavior of commercial thermite reaction mixtures using conventional continuous VOD (velocity of detonation) system. In order to monitor the combustion front propagation with elapsed time during thermite reaction, the VOD system employs two types of commercial VOD probes and one self-made probe: VOD PROBEROD-OS, VOD PROBEROD-HS and VOD PROBEROD-ES, respectively. Among the probes, the only self made VOD PROBEROD-ES successfully demonstrates the velocity of combustion propagation (VOC) with elapsed time. It was found that VOC of the thermite reaction mixture inside a steel tube has been reached around 200m/s within 100mm distance from the ignition and dramatically increased up to about twice the speed of sound in the range between 100mm and 300mm distance. Finally the VOC reached up to around 800m/s. This results imply that it is necessary to use over 300mm long cartridge of thermite reaction mixture in order to achieve normal VOC of the mixture.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.2101-2106
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• 2011

It is reported that about more than 45% of damage shown in railroad rails include breakage of rail end which cross the center of Thermit welded zone. Thermite welding is always accompanied by numerous aluminum oxide and secondary inclusions, which may have a negative influence on the ductility and toughness of the weld metal. In this study the aluminum powder recycled by waste aluminum can was used for iron oxide generated after the process of welding rod and the remain aluminum was reduced by minimizing the quantity of aluminum. And complete dissolution was induced by using ferro Mn powder as the additive element. This study reviewed the applicability of heat treatment in the welded zone of rail using ceramic heating pad by carrying it out. This study could observe the improvement of the mechanical characteristics (UTS and elongation) and the changes of failure mechanism from brittleness to ductility. It could be found that improved strength and elongation result from pearilte fine structure.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.135-139
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• 2011

In order to make high-purity ferro-manganese from $Mn_3O_4$ waste dust, the application of aluminothermite process to the reduction of the waste dust was investigated. The mixture from $Mn_3O_4$ dust as metallic source and Al metal powder as the reductant ignited, and reduced with an extremely intense exothermic reaction. The rapid propagation of the aluminothermite reaction occurred spontaneously and stably by ignition of the mixture. The Manganese having some alloy elements emerged as liquids due to the high temperatures reached up to about $2,500^{\circ}C$ and separated from the liquid by their differences of specific gravity. The result of thermite reaction showed the fact that can be obtained high purity ferro-manganese which have over about 90% of manganese content and lower impurities such as C, P, S than those of KS D3712 specification. The recovery of manganese from $Mn_3O_4$ dust was lower level of about 65% than about 75% from manganese ore by electric furnace process, that is due to spatter loss because of its extremely intense thermite reaction. But it will be improved by the process designed to provide CaO as the cooler or to use the Al metal powder having larger particle size distribution.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.40-50
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• 2016

Energetic plasticizers containing explosophore groups such as $-NO_2$, $-ONO_2$, and $-N_3$ group are susceptible to impact, shock, heat, etc, finally deteriorating the insensitivity of PBXs. In this study, in an attempt to investigate the feasibility of replacing sensitive explosophore groups to fundamentally inactive but potentially (latent) energetic fluorine group which was known to have an exothermic thermite reaction with aluminum, nano-aluminum/fluorinated polyurethane binders were prepared by simultaneous polyurethane and catalyst-free azide-alkyne click reaction in the presence of nano-aluminum. Thermal characteristics of nano-aluminum/fluorinated polyurethane binders were monitored by using DSC with high pressure crucible pan.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05b
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• pp.461-466
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• 1996

원전에서 가상적인 중대사고 발생시 격납용기 하부 캐비티에서 고온의 노심용융물과 콘크리트와의 반응시 생성되는 기체의 종류 및 양, 콘크리트 침식율 및 주변 열전달 특성은 중대사고 연구의 쟁점으로 이에 대한 많은 연구가 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 용융 유사물로 고온의 금속 용융물(SS304) 및 Thermite (Fe＋A1$_2$O$_3$)를 영광 3,4호기 원전에 사용한 콘크리트 시편에 부어 침식율, 생성가스 종류 및 주변 열전달 계수를 측정하였고 후에 MELCOR 로드내 MCCI 해석 부분인 CORCON MOD-3 코드와 비교할 계획이다. 본 논문에서는 MCCI scoping test의 실험 장치, 실험 방법 및 곁과를 소개하였다. 약 1$600^{\circ}C$ 의 SUS 304 용융물(10kg)은 충분치 않은 melt superheat와 용융물 이송과정시 열손실로 인해 침식이 거의 일어나지 않았으나, Thermite 실험에서는 측면 및 하부 방향으로 최대 2.7cm/min 의 침식율을 보였으며 하부방향으로의 최대 열유속은 약 3.1MW/$m^2$로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과 및 실험 기술은 차세대 원전의 중대사고 완화를 위한 원자로 캐비티 설계 실증실험에 응용될 예정이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.336-347
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• 1997

During postulated severe accidents in Light water Reactors, molten corium which was ejected from the reactor vessel bottom, may erode the concrete basemat of the containment and there by threaten the containment integrity. This study experimentally examines the molten core-concrete interaction (MCC) using 20kg of thermite melt (Fe + $Al_2$O$_3$) and the concrete, used in Yonggwang Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4 (YGN 3 & 4) in Korea. The measured data are the downward heat fluxes, concrete erosion rate, gases and particle generation rates during MCCI. Transient results ore compared with those of TURCIT experiment conducted by SNL in USA. The peak downward heat flux to the concrete was measured to be about 2.1㎿/$m^2$. The initial concrete erosion rate was 175cm per hour, decreasing to 30cm per hour. It was shown from the post-test that the erosion was progressed downward up to 18mm in the concrete slug.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1997.10a
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• pp.669-674
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• 1997

LAVA(Lower-plenum Arrested Vessel Attack) 실험은 중대사고시 고온의 노심 용융물이 냉각수가 존재하는 원자로 용기 하부 반구내로 재배치되는 경우 노심 용융물과 하부반구의 열적 거동 모사와 노심용융물과 하부 반구 사이의 구조 분석 및 고화 후의 용융물형상에 대한 관측을 통하여 노심용융물의 자연 냉각 현상을 규명하고자 하는 실험 연구이다. 원자로 용기 하부 반구를 1/8로 선형 축소한 반구형 반응 용기 내부로 $Al_2$O$_3$/Fe Thermite 용융물을 주입하여 용융물과 하부 반구 사이의 구조 및 하부 반구의 열적 거동을 분석하는 실험을 2회 수행하였다. 각각 20, 40kg의 $Al_2$O$_3$/Fe Thermite 용융물을 주입시 킨 LAVA_PRE, LAVA-1 실험 결과 용융물 주입에 따른 하부 반구의 파손은 발생하지 않았으며, 유사한 실험조건에서 수행된 일본 ALPHA실험에 비해서는 하부 반구의 최대 온도가 500 K 이상 높게 측정되었고 냉각율 또한 현저히 낮게 나타났다. 이는 $Al_2$O$_3$/Fe Thermit 용융물중 과열상태의 Fe성분이 하부 반구와 용접되었기 때문으로 판단되며 보다 정확한 하부 반구의 열적거동을 모사하기 위하여 반구 시편에 대한 재료, 조직 검사를 수행하고 있다. 추후의 실험에서는 하부 반구 내외부의 압력 부하에 따른 반응 양상 및 Fe 용융물(금속용융물) 성분을 제거하고 순수한 $Al_2$O$_3$용융물(산화용융물) 만을 주입하여 용융물 성분에 따른 하부 반구의 열적거동을 분선 할 예정이다.