• Resources Recycling
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• v.14 no.4 s.66
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• pp.47-52
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• 2005

Carbonate species in aqueous solution play an important role in the determination of chemical properties of water in relation with alkalinity, buffer capacity, biological productivity, and so on. These compounds also have reactive characteristics such as interphasal reactions between solid, liquid, and gas phases. In the absence of solid materials, the total amount and relative abundance of each carbonate species are directly influenced by the partial pressure of $CO_2$ gas in the atmosphere, which in turn significantly affects the properties of aquatic system. In the water/wastewater treatment process along with the wastes treatment and recycling process which occurring in aquatic environment, it is essential to figure out its characteristics for their optimization and one of its most influential features upon these processes is determined by carbonate species. To understand the fundamental aspect of the relationship between the partial pressure of $CO_2$ gas and chemical features of water, especially pH, the working partial pressure of pure $CO_2$ gas that produced by contacting the dry ice with water has been estimated based on equilibrium calculation. The equilibrium constants for the dissociation ot carbonic acid were determined using van't Hoff equation and the distribution diagram of carbonate species according to the pH has been constructed to substantiate the results of equilibrium calculation. The estimated working partial pressure of pure $CO_2$ gas was found to be a function of the concentration of carbonates in solution, which suggesting that Prior evaluation of the working partial pressure of gas is essential for a better understanding of aquatic interactions.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.401-405
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• 2011

The efficient removal of bromate ($BrO_3^-$) from aqueous solutions was investigated using activated alumina. Bromate is a disinfection by-product, generally formed by the reaction of ozone and bromide in drinking water during ozonation process. The removal efficiency was about 90% for bromate (500 ng/mL) ion with acidic activated alumina but over 95% with silver or aluminum treated acidic activated alumina without any treatments of neutral water within 1~2 min.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.519-523
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• 2009

$^{129}I$ is especially one of the most harmful radioactive elements because of its long half-life ($t_{1/2}$=$1.7{\times}10^7$ yr). The efficient removal of iodide ($I^-$) and iodate (${IO_3}^-$) in a aqueous solution by adsorption using activated alumina and activated carbon was studied. The removal efficiency was over 99% for iodide ion with silver treated basic alumina and iodate ion with acidic alumina or silver treated acidic alumina without any chemical addition or physical treatments.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.57 no.2
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• pp.279-288
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• 2013

In this study, we analyzed the values of ionization and ionization constants in the chemistry textbooks developed during 1945-2009 year. The chemistry teachers compared strength of strong acids in aqueous solution by questionnaire. In the questionnaire, we searched chemistry teachers' cognitions about the discordance reason of ionization constant formulation and the values in the textbooks. The subjects were 46 chemistry teachers. As results, the teachers compared the strength of strong acids in aqueous solution based on the ionization and ionization constant values in the textbooks. They didn't notice the problem of discordance of ionization constant formulation and the values in the textbooks. Even though they recognized the problem, they could not find the solution, and thought the problem arrived by experiment error or measurement error.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.38-45
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• 2009

In this study, interfacial properties were measured for imidazoline type cationic surfactant system which has been widely used as a fabric softener, a dispersant, an anti-static agent, a bleach activator, and an emulsifier. The CMC of imidazoline surfactant was near $6{\times}10^{-5}mol/L$ and the surface tension at CMC was about 32 mN/m. It was found that surface tension was not affected by surfactant concentration but decreased with an increase in pH. The interfacial tension between 1 wt% aqueous solution and n-dodecane was shown to be about 0.01 mN/m and equilibration time was not affected by pH. Phase behavior experiment in a binary aqueous surfactant system showed that only micellar solution of $L_1$ phase was found under conditions of temperature and pH investigated during this study. Only a two-phase region consisting of lower-phase microemulsion in equilibrium with excess oil phase existed under the same conditions, when oil was added to the binary surfactant system. The foam stability measured with 1 wt% surfactant solution increased with pH, which is consistent with surface tension measurement result. QCM(quartz crystal microbalance) measurement showed that surfactant adsorption increased with surfactant concentration but decreased with pH. According to the friction measurement, best fabric softening effect by imidazoline surfactant system was found under alkali conditions.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.266-272
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• 1992

Azacrownoalkyl phenylphosphinic acids were synthesized and their competitive solvent extraction characteristics from water to chloroform layer were investigated. Phosphinic acids were synthesized in good yields by one step reaction of phenylphosphinate, aldehyde, and monoazacrown ether and then basic hydrolysis of the resulting phosphinate dsters. These complexing agents revealed a wide effective pH range in extraction of alkali metal ions from water to the organic phase and total metal ion loading at pH 11 was about 75%. The selectivity of the cation extraction was determined mainly by the cavity size of the azacrown ethers, showing $Na^+$ >> $K^+$ > $Rb^+$ > $Li^+$ > $Cs^+$ for the alkyl phenylphosphinic acid ${\underline{2}}$, containing monoaza-15-crown-5 and $K^+$ >> $Rb^+$ > $Na^+$ > $Cs^+$ > $Li^+$ for the alkyl phenylphosphinic acid, ${\underline{3}}$, containing monoaza-18-crown-6 moiety. Applicable pH range of these azacrown ether phosphinic acids in solvent extraction of alkali metal cations was wider than a crownether carboxylic acid with similar selectivity, showing considerable amount of metal ion loading in slightly acidic or neutral media.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.211-216
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• 2001

수용액상에서 게 껍질에 의한 납 이온 제거시 납 이온 메카니즘을 규명하기 위하여 납이온 제거에 미치는 pH의 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 게 껍질에 의한 납 이온의 제거는 게껍질 내에 함유되어 있는 CaC $O_{3(S)}$의 용해에 따른 미세침전에 의한 제거가 대부분인 것으로 나타났다. pH가 증가하면 납 이온 제거량도 증가하였고 이온교환에 의해 발생되는 칼슘 이온의 유출은 납 이온 제거를 더욱 증가시키고 게 껍질 내의 $CO_{3}^{2-}$는 납 이온의 침투로 게 껍질 내부에 $PbCO_{3(S)}$ 형태의 복합체를 형성하는 것으로 판단되었다. 납 이온의 제거는 대부분 게 껍질 내 $PbCO_{3(S)}$의 용해로 인해 발생되는 $Pb_{3}(CO_{3}){2}(OH)_{2(S)}$와 $PbCO_{3(S)}$의 침전으로 이루어졌다. 수용액 중의 납 이온은 게 껍질 내 CaC $O_{3(S)}$의 용해를 가속화시키며 게 껍질 내부에서도 납 이온의 침전물이 발생하는 것으로 관찰되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.198-199
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• 1999

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.91-96
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• 1970

Formation of the complexes of manganese, zinc and cobaltous ions with citrate ions in aqueous, ethanol-water (20% by volume) and acetone-water (20% by volume) solutions was studied at room temperature by the equilibrium exchange technique. The pH of the solutions was controlled to 7.0-7.4, and the ionic strength of the solutions was kept at approximately 0.10. The results of the present study indicated that both $Mn^{++}\;and\;Zn^{++}$ formed one to one citrate-compexes, [M Cit]$^-$, in all the solvent systems examined, and that $Co^{++}$ formed one to one citrate-complex in aqueous solution but formed both one to one citrate-complex, [Co Cit]$^-$, and one to two citrate-complex, $[Co\;Cit_2]^{4-}$, in the mixed solvent systems mentioned above. It was also observed that the citrate-complexes of the transition metals examined were more stable in the mixed solvent systems than in water.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.31-39
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• 1974

Solutions of $Mn^{++}, Co^{++} and Zn^{++}$ were mixed with various dibasic organic acids in the presence of cation exchange resin at room temperature. The distribution ratios of the metal ions between resin and solution were measured, using radioactive metal ions as tracer. From the observed variation of the distribution ratios with acid anion concentrations, it was concluded that $Mn^{++}, Co^{++}$ and $Zn^{++}$ formed one-to-one complexes with succinate, malonate, o-phthalate and tartrate ions in aqueous, 20 % ethanol-water and 20 % acetone-water solutions. The results of the present investigation indicated that the relative stabilities of the complexes increased in the order: $Mn^{++} < Co^{++} < Zn^{++} complexes, Succinate < malonate < o-phthalate < tartrate complexes, Aqueous < mixed solvent systems.$