• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 1992.10a
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• pp.22-22
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• 1992

식쌍성 Algo1과 44i Boo에 대해 각각 두 개의 비교성을 이용하여 광전관측을 수행하여 광도곡선을 얻었다. 색효과는 목적성과 비교성의 색의 차이에 기인한 효과로서 광도곡선상에 체계적인 오차로 남게 된다. 따라서, 자료보정 과정에서 전체 소과계수인 k만으로 보정하게 디면 색효과에 의한 체계적인 오차는 광도곡선상에 그대로 남게 된다. 즉, 쌍성관측에서는 비교성을 목적성과 거의 같은 위치의 것을 택하여 관측하기 때문에 투과 대기량의 차이와 곱해져 등급에 영향을 주는 1차 소광계수에 의한 효과보다는 색의 차에 기인한 2차 소광계수에 의한 효과가 더 크다는 의미이다. 물론 투과 대기량의 크기가 큰 곳에서는 1차 소광계수에 의한 효과도 커지게 된다. Algo1의 경우, 비교성과 점검성을 이용하여 얻은 광도걱선들은 평탄영역에서 이들의 색의 차이 때문에 다르게 나타났으며, 색항을 보정한 결과 두 광도곡선이 거의 유사하게 나타났다. 44i Boo의 경우는 평탄 영역이 거의 보이지 않고, 색에 의한 효과는 광도곡선의 전 영역에 걸쳐 나타났으며, 비교성이 점검성에 비하여 목적성으로부터 더 멀리 떨어진 관계로 k1,k2항이 모두 중요하게 나타났다. 한편, 1,2차 소광 보정 이후에도 날짜에 따라 다른 그림을 보여 준 것은 기기 효과에 기인한 것으로 보여졌으며, 자료에 가장 큰 오차로 기여하는 것은 시간에 따른 대기 상태의 변화이기 때무에 보다 정확한 자료보정을 하기 위해서는 동-서쪽으로 나누어 소광보정을 하는 것이 바람직 할것으로 보여졌다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.236-237
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2006.06a
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• pp.238-239
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• 2006

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.53-59
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• 2007

Optimal quenching curves have been studied for the accurate analysis of $^{14}C$ in groundwater polluted by reducing efficiency of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in liquid scintillation counter (LSC). The quenching parameters (SQP(E)) were measured for ten VOCs such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, o-(m-,p-)xylene, trichloroethylene (TCE), tetrachloroethylene(PCE), carbon tetrachloride and chloroform. The quenching curves were plotted using $^{14}C$ standard solution and chloroform as a quenching agent. Optimal plotting conditions were determined for standard solution, LSC measuring time and the concentration of chloroform. The quenching effects of chlorinated organic compounds such as TCE, PCE, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform were greater than those of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene). Optimum measuring time was 100 minutes far 7,000 dpm/mL standard solution. A few mL of chloroform should be added for good quenching curves. These quenching curves have good correlation coefficients (> 0.99) and the curves could be applied to accurate analysis of $^{14}C$ in groundwater and tap water.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.32-32
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• 2011

파묻힌 성단 NGC1333은 광학영역에서는 성운이 별을 가리고 있어서 관측 연구가 힘든 천체이다. 이 연구에서는 광학영역이 아닌 근적외선영역의 관측 자료를 이용하여 NGC1333 내 전주계열(pre-main sequence) 변광성을 찾아내었다. 관측 자료는 2005년11월부터 2007년 10월까지 미국 버지니아대학 Fan mountain 관측소의 31인치 반사망원경에 부착된 근적외선 카메라 Fancam에서 얻어졌다. Stetson 변광 지수(Stetson, 1996)를 이용해 변광 여부를 정하였다. 별 탄생 지역에서의 등연령곡선 모형을 적용한 색-등급도를 그리고 등연령곡선과 소광 현상 보정을 이용해 각 별들의 질량을 추정하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.329-330
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• 2006

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.27-33
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• 1987

The environment and biological studies of tritium have been carried out in the advanced countries since the mid 1950's. In the case of a potential tritium exposure, the usual procedure is trifium bioassay (as HTO) in human urine in order to determine the amount of tritium deposited in the body called tritium body burden. The maximum permissible body burden(MPBB) of tritium in total body is about $30{\mu}Ci/{\ell}$ for body tissue. In the bioassay, the most common investigation level for detection of tritium in urine is 1/10th of MPBB. For this bioassay project, the first priority is given to obtaining a quench correction curve. This consideration is necessary because of the variability in color of human urine specimens. Quenching effect in this case mainly is caused by the absorption of scintillation light flashes by the urine sample. By the least squares method on the statistical basis, an estimated formula for quench correction curve was determined to be Y = 0.771 + 1.836 ${\tmes}10^{-4}$X, where the efficiency(Y) was ranged from about 12% to 31% in the liquid scientillation counting. In this paper, a brief theory concerning the biological half-life of tritium and the retention formula to apply to systematically distributed tritium are described.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.237-242
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• 1998

The goal of this work was to optimize the liquid scintillation counting techniques for the determination of C-14 in environmental samples such as biological and air samples. Carbon-14 activities in most environmental samples were measured with direct $CO_2$ absorption method. The highest figure of merit was found through the variation of Carbosorb $E^{TM}$ and Permatluor $V^{TM}$ ratio, in the measurement windows. The best condition was 1:1 volume ratio. Average 2.35 g of $CO_2$ was reproducibly absorbed in the 20 ml mixture within 40 min. The counting efficiency determined by repeated analysis of NIST oxalic acid standard and the background count rate were measured to be $58.8{\pm}1.4%$ and $1.88{\pm}0.06\;cpm$, respectively in case of saturated solution. The correction curves of counting efficiency for partially saturated solutions and for saturated solutions with quenching were prepared, respectively. The overall uncertainty of the sample specific activity for near background levels was estimated to be about 7 % for 4 hours counting at 95 % confidence level. The long-term stability of samples has been checked for all the counting techniques over a two week periods, and no apparent change in counting efficiency and background level was found at that time.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.186-190
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• 2009

The oxidation studies of a sulfur to a sulfate ion by various oxyhalide oxidants in organic (thiourea, methionine) and inorganic (sulfate, thiophosphate) compounds were carried out in an acidic solution. The optimized result of the oxidation reaction was obtained when a bromate compound (${BrO_3}^-$) as an oxidant and a 3 M $HNO_3$ solvent were used. The chemical yield for the oxidation of the organic and inorganic sulfur compounds to a sulfate ion was monitored as 80% for thiophosphate, 87% for methionine, and 100% for thiourea and sulfate within 5% RSD. The oxidations of thiourea required at least 1.6 equivalents of the bromate in an acidic solution. In the case of the oxidation of methionine and thiophosphate, the oxidation yields were above 80% if the bromate was used at 20 times higher than that of the substrates. The sulfate ion was quantitatively measured by using a GPC counting of $^{35}S$ followed by precipitates of $BaSO_4$. A quenching correction curve for the $^{35}S$ counting was obtained to use the difference via the precipitate weight result.

• Proceedings of the Korean Radioactive Waste Society Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.284-289
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• 2005

According to the nuclear safety regulation policy including the administration of radionuclides in low level radwastes, the evaporator bottoms were mixed with cement to form a stable solidification for identifying the recovery possibility of the C-14. The chemical oxidation method was applied for the extraction of C-14 from the cement waste form. The emitting beta ray of the C-14 extracted from the radwastes was measured with the liquid scintillation counter and calculated by using the quenching correction curves. Only the beta emitting radioactive nuclides of the C-14 in the radwastes was showed the radioactivities with the range of $2.7E+00\;{\sim}\;3.07E+02$ Bq/g.