• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.45-50
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• 2014

Effects of wet chemical treatment and thermal cycle conditions on the quantitative interfacial adhesion energy of $Cu/SiN_x$ thin film interfaces were evaluated by 4-point bending test method. The test samples were cleaned by chemical treatment after Cu chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP). The thermal cycle test between Cu and $SiN_x$ capping layer was experimented at the temperature, -45 to $175^{\circ}C$ for 250 cycles. The measured interfacial adhesion energy increased from 10.57 to $14.87J/m^2$ after surface chemical treatment. After 250 thermal cycles, the interfacial adhesion energy decreased to $5.64J/m^2$ and $7.34J/m^2$ for without chemical treatment and with chemical treatment, respectively. The delaminated interfaces were confirmed as $Cu/SiN_x$ interface by using the scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectroscopy. From X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis results, the relative Cu oxide amounts between $SiN_x$ and Cu decreased by chemical treatment and increased after thermal cycle. The thermal stress due to the mismatch of thermal expansion coefficient during thermal cycle seemed to weaken the $Cu/SiN_x$ interface adhesion, which led to increased CuO amounts at Cu film surface.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.216-221
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• 2001

In this study, the effects of nitriding methods and times on the fatigue strength of SACM 645 steel were investigated. The rotary bending tests were carried out to obtain and compare the fatigue strengths of plasma ion nitrided specimens and gas nitride specimen. The 70 hr. gas nitrided specimen had the highest fatigue strength of 1.05$\times$$10^3$ MPa over the 40 hr., 70 hr. and 90 hr. plasma ion nitrided specimens, which had the fatigue strength of 3.48$\times$$10^2$, 4.57$\times$$10^2$ and 4.64$\times$$10^2$ respectively. Also, the microhardness tests were conducted to measure the effective case depths. The plasma ion nitrided specimens showed much higher surface hardness values than the gas nitrided specimen overall.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2014.11a
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• pp.209-210
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• 2014

사출금형은 자동차의 경량화 요구에 따라 일반 엔지니어링 플라스틱에서 고강도 플라스틱 성형을 위한 사용 환경으로 변해가고 있다. 이에, 사출금형의 표면은 마모에 대한 내력을 갖는 고경도 특성과 수지의 유동성을 양호하게 하기 위한 저마찰 특성의 요구가 점차 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 사출금형 소재 표면의 고경도 저마찰 특성 부여를 위하여 대형 플라즈마 표면처리 공정을 이용하여 각각 질화처리와 비정질 탄소 코팅 공정기술에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 각각의 플라즈마 처리된 샘플은 표면처리 공정 변수에 따른 경도 및 마찰계수 평가를 통하여 사출금형 소재 표면의 물리적 특성 변화를 관찰하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.100-101
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• 2011

사출금형은 자동차의 경량화 요구에 따라 일반 엔지니어링 플라스틱에서 고강도 플라스틱 성형을 위한 사용 환경으로 변해가고 있다. 이에, 사출금형의 표면은 마모에 대한 내력을 갖는 고경도 특성과 수지의 유동성을 양호하게 하기 위한 저마찰 특성의 요구가 점차 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 사출금형 소재 표면의 고경도 저마찰 특성 부여를 위하여 대형 플라즈마 표면처리 공정을 이용하여 각각 질화처리와 비정질 탄소 코팅 공정기술에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 각각의 플라즈마 처리된 샘플은 표면처리 공정 변수에 따른 경도 및 마찰계수 평가를 통하여 사출금형 소재 표면의 물리적 특성 변화를 관찰하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.11
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• pp.987-992
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• 2001

A refractory grade low-cost silicon nitride powder was chemically analyzed, purified, and gas pressure sintered with the sintering additives. As-received powder contained a significant amount of free-Si, 0.72 wt% of Fe, 0.5 wt% of al and 0.31 wt% of Ca. Oxygen and carbon contents of the powder were 3.3 wt% and 0.4 wt%, respectively, and it consisted of 96% of $\beta$-phase and 4% of $\alpha$-phase. After lowering the Fe content and nitriding treatment, the powder was sintered with 6 wt% yttria and 2 wt% alumina for 1 h between 1823 K and 2123 K in order to examine the sintering behavior. Fully dense samples were obtained by sintering at 2123k for 2h. For comparison, a commercially available high-grade powder was also sintered at the same time. The low-cost powder showed much slower densification rate than the high-grade powder. Fully dense sample prepared from the low-cost powder contained a number of coarse grains with a low aspect ratio, and its hardness, fracture toughness, flexural strength and thermal shock resistance were not as good as those of the sample prepared with the high-grade powder.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.858-863
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• 1995

The nitrogenation process and magnetic properties of $Sm_{2}Fe_{17}N_{x}\;(0{\leq}x{\leq}3)$ were investigated. During the initial nitrogenation process, the nitrogen content had linear relation with the square root of nitrogenation time, and the activation energy for the process was calculated to be 102.4 kJ/mol. The magnetic properties of $Sm_{2}Fe_{17}N_{x}$ were strongly dependent on the nitrogen content and the composition having $Sm_{2}Fe_{17}N_{2.8}$ showed optimum magnetic properties with a Curie temperature of 450 oC. The intrinsic magnetic properties of the nitride at room temperature were $M_{s}=1147\;emu/cm^{3},\;K_{1}=4.6{\times}10^{7}erg/cm^{3},\;K_{2}=6.0{\times}10^{7}erg/cm^{3}\;and\;H_{A}=290\;kOe$, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.722-727
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• 2004

This paper includes the comparative study between Cr plating and nitriding process with an aim at improving corrosion, wear and maintainability for KNR(Korean Next Generation Rifle) 5.56mm barrel. The endurance test was conducted to compare the performance of standard barrel, Cr plating barrel and nitriding barrel. Main activities are described as follows; optimal Cr plating and nitriding process set-up for KNR 5.56mm barrel; durability test of each barrel(20,000 rounds); salt water immersion test; dispersion, initial velocity, inner diameter data acquisition. According to the results of this firing test, Cr plating barrel is superior to standard barrel and nitriding barrel in view of corrosion, wear and maintainability

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.5-12
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• 2004

This paper includes the comparative study between Cr plating and nitriding process with an aim at improving corrosion, wear and maintainability for KNR(Korean Next Generation Rifle) 5.5mm barrel. The endurance test was conducted to compare the performance of standard barrel, Cr plating barrel and nitriding barrel. Main activities are described as follows; optimal Cr plating and nitriding process set-up for KNR 5.56mm barrel; durability test of each barrel(20,000 rounds); salt water immersion test; dispersion, initial velocity, inner diameter data acquisition. According to the results of this firing test, Cr plating barrel is superior to standard barrel and nitriding barrel in view of corrosion, wear and maintainability.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.265-273
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.296-301
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• 2004