• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.515-521
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• 2000

The effect of precipitates on the high temperature tensile properties of cast alloy 718 was investigated by phase extraction method and microstructural observation. The value of tensile strength and elongation gradually decreased with increasing testing temperature up to $760^{\circ}C$. Elongation of the alloy increased, while tensile strength decreased above 76$0^{\circ}C$. The amount of precipitates in the specimen that tensile tested at $760^{\circ}C$ showed maximum owing to stress assisted precipitation. Therefore, the alloy exhibited the lowest value of the elongation and the degree of decrease in yield strength at this temperature due to high flow stress of precipitates. Little amount of precipitate, especially $\gamma$' and $\gamma$＂, resulted in softening of the alloy at the temperature above $760^{\circ}C$.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.494-503
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• 2000

A 21-residue peptide corresponding to amino acids 84-104 of $p16^{INK4A}$, the tumor suppressor, has been synthesized and its structure was studied by Circular Dichroism, $^1H$ NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. A p16-derived peptide (84-104 amino acids) forming stable complex with CDK4 and CDK6 inhibits the ability of CDK4/6 to phosphorylate pRb in vitro, and blocks cell-cycle progression through G1/S phase as shown in the function of the full-length p16. Its NMR spectral data including NOEs, $^3J_{NH-H{\alpha}}$ coupling constants, $C_{\alpha}H$ chemical shift, the average amplitude of amide chemical shift oscillation and temperature coefficients indicate that the secondary structure of a p16-derived peptide is similar to that of the same region of full-length p16, which consists of helix-turn-helix structure. The 3-D distance geometry structure based on NOE-hased distance and torsion angle restraints is characterized by ${\gamma}$-turn conformation between residues $Gly^{89}-Leu^{91}$(${\varphi}_{i+1}=-79.8^{\circ}$, ${\varphi}_{i+1}=60.2^{\circ}$) as evidenced in a single crystal structure for the corresponding region of p18 or p19, but is undefined at both the N and C termini. This compact and rigid ${\gamma}$-turn region is considered to stabilize the structure of p16-derived peptide and serve as a site recognizing cyelin dependent kinase, and this well-defined ${\gamma}$-turn structure could be utilized for the design of anti-cancer drug candidates.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.493-499
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• 2010

Steam reforming (SR) of glycerol, a main by-product of manufacturing process of bio-diesel, for the production of hydrogen was investigated over the Ni-based catalysts. The Ni-based catalysts were prepared by an impregnation method, and characterized by $N_2$ physisorption, CO chemisorption, XRD and TEM techniques. It was found that the Ni/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalyst showed higher conversion and catalytic stability for the carbon formation than the other catalysts in the steam reforming of glycerol under the tested conditions. The results suggest that the steam reforming of glycerol over modified Ni/${\gamma}-Al_2O_3$ catalyst minimized carbon formation can be applied in hydrogen station for fuel-cell powered vehicles and fuel processor for stationary and portable fuel cells.

• Proceedings of the Membrane Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.53-54
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• 1996

비대칭 분리막의 제조에 있어서는 용매와 비용매의 교환에 의한 상분리 현상을 이용하기 때문에 용매와 비용매의 성질이 막 제조 공정에 중요한 변수가 된다. 고분자 용액에 공용매를 첨가할 경우 용액의 점도, 용매와 비용매의 상호 작용 정도 등의 용액의 성질을 변화시킬 수 있다. 따라서 이들의 변화에 따른 분리막의 구조 변화를 관찰하여 그 상관 관계를 규명하면 분리막의 미세 구조 조절 및 제어가 가능할 것이다. 본 실험에서는 폴리이미드(PI)를 고분자로 사용하였고, 용매로는 NMP, 공용매로는 $\gamma$-butyrolactone($\gamma$-BL)을 사용하여 고분자의 농도가 15 wt%인 용액을 제조하였다. 제조한 용액을 유리판에 균일한 두께로 casting 한 후 물을 비용매로 사용하여 immersion precipitation 방법으로 막을 제조하였다. 제조한 막은 24시간 동안 물 속에 방치하여 용매를 충분히 제거한 후 상온에서 24시간 이상 건조시켰다. 투과도 측정은 soap bubble flow 방법으로 시행하였으며 단면 구조는 주사전자 현미경을 사용하여 관찰하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.18-20
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• 1984

The detection limit of boron has been lowered further in the capture gamma-ray measurement after preconcentration of boron by placing natural lithium brick in front of Ge(Li) detector. The experimental detection limit is found to be 0.30ppm, 0.18ppm, 0.045ppm and 0.090ppm for the samples of aluminum, steel, uranium dioxide and graphite, respectively. An alternate counting technique kas been also used for neglecting the error caused by the fluctuation of neutron flux during counting.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.276-288
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• 1989

Interpretation of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of defects and complex structures such as found in ceramics generally requires matching of the images with compound image simulations for reliable interpretation. A transmission electron microscopy study of the aluminum oxide was carried out at high-resolution, so that the crystal structure of the aluminum oxide could be modelled on an atomic level. In conjunction with computer simulation comparisons, the images reveal directly the atomic structure of the oxide. Results show that comparison between experimental high-resolution electron microscopy images and simulated images leads to a one to one correspondence of the image to the atomic model of the aluminum oxide. The aluminum atoms are disordered in the octahedral sites and the tetrahedral sites in the spinel aluminum oxide.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.435-442
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• 1993

For the generalized gamma distribution, exact inferences about quantiles need many computations involving complicated numerical integrations. This paper suggests approximate confidence intervals which are easily obtained by considering the alternative location-scale model. Also, these intervals are very accurate even for small sample size. Approximate confidence intervals about quantiles in the lognormal distribution are also considered. With type 2 censoring data, approximate confidence intervals can also be obtained directly by the suggested methods.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.312-317
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• 2002

This paper presents a graphical design method for a low noise amplifier using the match circles plotted in the ${\Gamma}_{IN}$ plane on the smith chart. Each circle would be useful for reducing some trial and error efforts resulting from making a trade-off for an optimized performance of a single stage amplifier. A design example is presented to illustrate the design procedure.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.7-12
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• 1993

The effects of Mn, Cr or Co addItion on the magnetic properties of Fe-Ni Invar alloys were investigated. The composition range of the three additives is up to 5wt%. In the temperature range of room temperature-$250^{\circ}C$, the variation of specific magnetization with the addition of Mn, Cr or Co in the Fe-Ni alloys except for 5wt% Co shows the phenomenon characteristics of the Invar effect, viz., the specific magnetization decreases very abrubtly with the temperature and the dependence of temperature on the specific magnetization is in the mixed form of $T^{3/2}$ and $T^{2}$. In the room temperature, the amount of increase in the specific magnetization, Curie temperature and coercivity is in order of Co > Cr > Mn. In the case of 5wt% Co an anomalous phenomena were observed due to the occurrance of ferromagnetic $\alpha$ phase which reduces the invar effect.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.540-546
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• 1999

Solution conformation of cyclo-($Gln^1-Trp^2-Phe^3-{\beta}Ala^4-Leu^5-Met^6$), new NK-2 antagonist in dimethyl sulfoxide solution, has been determined by the use of two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy combined with simulated annealing calculations. The peptide exhibited converged structures with the atomic root-mean-square difference for the backbone atoms ($N,\;C^{\alpha},\;C'$) of all residues being 0.02${\AA}$ in the 25 annealed structures. The analysis of the structures indicated that the cyclic peptide has three intramolecular hydrogen bonds between $Met^6NH$ and ${\beta}Ala^4CO$, ${\beta}Ala^4NH$ and $Met^6CO$, $Phe^3NH$ and $Met^6CO$, and contain a type-I ${\beta}$-turn with Gln and Trp and ${\gamma}$-turn with Leu. The addition of an extra methylene group to Gly, i.e. P-Ala residue, may relax some unfavorable restraints in the cyclic backbone structure, hence enabling an additional hydrogen bond, which results in stabilizing one conformation.