• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2016.02a
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• pp.195.2-195.2
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• 2016

대기압 플라즈마는 공기중에서 방전이 가능하고, 이때 생성되는 활성산소종(ROS)과 활성질소종(RNS)을 적절히 이용하면 살균은 물론 제독이 가능하다. 특히 신경작용제나 수포작용제 등의 화학물질은 박테리아 포자, 세균, 바이러스 등의 생물작용제에 비해 더 많은 에너지와 시간이 요구된다. 현재 군이나 의료 시설에서는 과산화수소를 이용한 제독이나 염소계 표백제 성분으로 구성된 수용성 제독제를 이용하지만, 플라즈마의 경우는 단순히 기체를 방전하여 제독에 이용할 수 있으므로 보다 제독 시스템을 간단하게 구성할 수 있다. 하지만 대기압 방전시 방전전압을 낮추기 위해 헬륨과 알곤등의 기체를 공급하여 사용할 경우 부가적인 시스템의 규모가 커져 활용에 제한이 따른다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대기중에 존재하는 질소, 산소 등을 이온화시키기 위해 10-25kHz의 주파수에서 4.5kV의 8us 펄스전원을 인가하여 공기 플라즈마를 얻고, 열에 의한 분해효과를 제거하기 위해 플라즈마의 기체온도를 20도로 유지시켰다. 플라즈마의 특성은 방출광 분석법을 이용하여 떨림온도를 계산하였고, 질소와 오존의 농도를 동시에 관찰하였다. 분해된 화학작용제는 기체분석기(Gas Chromatography)를 통해 표준 오염농도대비 잔류한 양을 측정함으로써 제독효율을 계산하였다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.52 no.3
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• pp.360-365
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• 2014

Vapor-phase hydrogen peroxide(VPHP) has been used as a sterilant in the field of medical and pharmaceutical application due to low corrosive than chlorine contained sterilant. In addition, it is well known that VPHP is effective for decontamination of chemical warfare agents by adding ammonia gas. In this study, the decontamination efficiency was confirmed about CEPS, DFP and dimethoate as simulants of HD, GD and VX using VPHP respectively. For this purpose, VPHP generated from self configured device was injected into decontamination chamber and maintained for reaction time. After the decontamination, the residues are analyzed by GC/MS and decontamination efficiency was calculated. Through by-product for each simulants, the similarities in reaction mechanism of chemical warfare agents were confirmed. CEPS was completely decontaminated at 30% relative humidity within 60 min. By adding ammonia gas, DFP and dimethoate were completely decontaminated within 30 and 150 min respectively.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.1051-1059
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• 2007

Bioterrorism intends to cause mass casualties and social panic by means of malicious pathogenic microorganisms. Environmental decontamination becomes very important as a follow-up measure if that happens. Conventional methods for decontamination is that aqueous disinfectants are being sprayed for killing or not spreading microorganisms with the purpose of preventing infection. However, these procedures are not enough to perfectly sterilize space or surface inside of building, requiring additional measures such as surface disinfection or gas treatment methods. This article deals with the issues about the present decontamination procedures, global trends, in order to formulate suggestion for advanced environmental decontamination.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.48-54
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• 2008

Biochemical weapons, called as a poor nation's nuclear-weapon, are most favorable Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD). At the beginning of war, these biochemical weapons, which can threaten the operations of our forces and cause the anxiety and chaos of people, should be used to attack our principle facilities. And these attacks might be conducted as a long term scenario over the war. Consequentially, our military training as well as civilian-military joint training have been focused on these circumstances to improve defense capability against the invasion of biochemical weapons. Add to these efforts, there have been a lot of researches to develop advanced decontaminations that can secure our troops and equipments. In this study, applicability of the water-soluble decontaminant for the contaminated aircraft was evaluated. The water-soluble decontaminant has been applied to the military stations and ground weapon systems only. According to the theoretical analyses and published papers, the water-soluble decontaminant has been shown better decontamination capability than commercial cleaner by roughly 50%. Furthermore, as a result of experiment efforts in this study, it was showed that the water-soluble decontaminant can reduce corrosion risk which is primary concern for the aircraft structures.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.649-656
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• 2024

This report describes the test results of decontamination of Bacillus atrophaeus spores. The spore solution at 10⁹ cfu/mL concentration was treated with chemical decontaminants, hydrogen peroxide, DF-200, sodium dichloroisocyanurate(NaDCC), and perasasfe. DF-200 was not suitable for decontamination of the spore solution. Among them, the optimal decontamination reaction conditions of perasafe and NaDCC were established from test tube experiments in a mL-scale, and they were validated in a bio-reaction system in a L-scale. The optimal conditions of perasafe and NaDCC were 1.0 % of concentration with 5 minutes of reaction time and 0.3 % of concentration with 10 minutes of reaction time, respectively. Also, both decontaminants required adequate agitation for decontamination. The results in the bio-reaction system were similar with the results from the smaller scale using test tubes, showing that the optimal conditions from the smaller scale experiments can be applied to the larger scale.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.642-648
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• 2024

If a nation or a terrorist organization produced biological agents, they are likely stored in a form of liquid concentrate. In the present study, four chemical reagents, hydrogen peroxide, sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC), Perasafe, and DF200, were investigated on their potentials as safe, efficient and eco-friendly decontaminants for biological agents. Escherichia coli, α-amylase, and bacteriophage T4 were used as surrogate strains for biological agents. Hydrogen peroxide and DF200 showed drawbacks of a rapid heat evolution upon neutralization and thick foam building up, respectively. Perasafe was effective against E. coli and T4, but it did not inactivate α-amylase while the others were able to inactivate all three types of the surrogates. NaDCC was the most suitable decontaminant for its effectiveness against all three types of surrogates at low concentrations and being able to be neutralized without aforementioned problems.

• Proceedings of the Costume Culture Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.103-104
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• 2003

황토는 주로 가는 모래로 되어 있어서 다량의 석영, 장석, 운모 등 다양한 광물 입자로 구성되어 있고 탄산칼슘(CaCO₃), 철(Fe), 마그네슘(Mg), 나트륨(Na), 칼리(K) 등의 성분으로 되어 있다. 황토는 다양한 약성원소를 포함하고 있다. 그것은 특히 제독 능력을 높여줄 뿐 아니라 항균 작용도 하며, 지혈제인 동시에 응고제로 매우 뛰어난 치료효과를 보여준다. 황토의 효능은 숯의 효능과 다를 바가 없으며, 어느 것이 더 우월한 지에 대한 비교를 할 수 없을 정도로 그 약성에 있어서 유사하다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.32 no.7
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• pp.1126-1131
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• 2003

In this study, we investigated the effects of detoxified puffer liver (PL) oil on fatigue, hepatotoxicity and hyperlipidemia. There are no toxicities in both raw and purified PL oil. The test of swimming time was extended in detoxified PL oil pretreated group compared to the non-treated group. When rats treated with PL oil, the hepatic injuries induced by carbon tetrachloride or DL-galactosamine were reduced. The increased serum triglyceride and total cholesterol by poloxamer-407 were lowered by treating with PL oil remarkably. Also the bleeding time of hyperlipidemic animals was extended and plasma clotting time was delayed by PL oil.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.78-81
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• 1964

In this report, some practical problems that are concerned with the infected barley were examined. Most of the toxic substance is present in the bran. It was almost impossible to remove the toxic substance with water or methanol completly, however, we found it is effectively eliminated by soaking the whole grain with 2%, calcium hydroxide suspension for 24 hours. As a detoxifying agent, kieselguhr was very effective; the grain mixed with little amounts (0.4-0.5%) of kieselguhr may be used as an animal feed.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.140-147
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• 1999

A gene expressing organophosphorus acid (OPA) anhydrolases have been cloned from Alteromonas haloplanktis strain and expressed in bacterial strain BL21. Crude extract was prepared from the transformed bacterial strain BL2l and used in testing its degrading capability of real nerve gas, soman and sarin. Within 1 minute after the start of the reaction, nearly 65% of the soman added to the reactant(3mM) was degraded by adding 1 mg of the crude extract enzyme(20.0 Unit $mg^-{1}$ crude protein). In 6 minutes, the reaction reached at its steady state, which indicates that soman was completely degraded by that time. In the case of sarin, the degradation efficiency was observed to be about 0.7 times of that of soman. If the specific activity of OPAA is enhanced by both increased expression efficiency and purification, OPAA seems to be applied for the development of decontaminant of skin, especially of eye.