• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1053-1059
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• 1993

The determination of iron(Ⅱ), iron(Ⅲ) and total iron was studied by differential-pulse and Tast polarography in 0.1 M acetate buffer solution at pH 4.60, Half wave potentials of iron(Ⅱ)-DTPA and iron(Ⅲ)-DTPA complexes were -0.150V vs. SCE reference electrode. In the presence of DTPA the redox process of iron(Ⅱ) and iron(Ⅲ) was reversible. Linear calibration plots were obtained for iron(Ⅱ) and iron(Ⅲ) concentration of 0.2∼1.0 mM. The detection limits of iron(Ⅱ) and iron(Ⅲ)by Tast polarographic method were 0.05 mM and 0.07 mM, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 1998.11a
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• pp.52-56
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• 1998

최근 들어 국외에서는 오염된 지하수의 정화기술로써 0가 금속을 이용한 방법이 높은 잠재력을 가진 신기술로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서는 0가 금속중 나노크기(1-100nm)를 가진 0가 철입자를 이용하여 수중의 NO$_3$￣를 탈질처리하는 실험을 행하였다. 본 실험에서 제조한 나노크기 0가 철입자는 상온상압의 환원적 조건에서 50, 100, 200, 400mg/$\ell$의 NO$_3$￣와 반응하여 반응시간 30분안에 95%이상 제거되는 높은 반응성을 보여주었다. 기존의 상업용 철입자(10-100$\mu\textrm{m}$)를 이용한 NO$_3$￣의 제거결과에서 보여주는 다량의 철사용, 낮은 적용 오염농도, 그리고 낮은 반응속도등의 문제점에 비하여 나노크기 철 입자는 높은 오염농도범위에서도 적은 철 주입량과 짧은 반응시간 내에 매우 높은 제거효율(10-100배)을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과로 수중의 NO$_3$￣의 고속 탈질반응속도에 영향을 주는 중요한 변수는 반응에 참여하는 철 입자의 비표면적임을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 얻은 batch실험 결과를 바탕으로 NO$_3$￣로 오염된 지하수의 정화를 위한 현장 적용을 목표로 연속처리 공정의 설계를 위한 토대를 마련하고자 하였다.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.560-565
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• 2010

Perchlorate ion ($ClO_4^-$) has been widely used as oxidizing agent in military weapon system such as rocket and missile fuel propellant. So it has been challenging to remove the pollutant of perchlorate ion. nanoscale zero valence iron (nZVI) particles are widely employing reduction catalyst for decomposition of perchlorate ion. nZVI particles has increasingly been utilized in groundwater purification and waste water treatment. But it have strong tendency of aggregation, rapid sedimentation and limited mobility. In this study, we focused on reduction of perchlorate ion using nZVI particles immobilized in alginate polymer bead for stabilization. The stabilized nZVI particles displayed much greater surface area, and much faster reaction rates of reduction of perchlorate ion. In this study, an efficient way to immobilize nZVI particles in a support material, alginate bead, was developed by using $Ca^{2+}$ as the cross-linking cations. The efficiency and reusability of the immobilized Fe-alginate beads on the reduction of perchlorate was tested at various temperature conditions.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.30 no.11
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• pp.1146-1153
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• 2008

Numerical simulation was carried out to study the trichloroethylene (TCE) degradation by permeable reactive barrier (PRB), and revealed the effect of concentration of TCE, iron medium mass, and concentration of iron-reducing bacteria (IRB). Newly developed model was based on axial dispersion reactor model with chemical and biological reaction terms and was implemented using MATLAB ver R2006A for the numerical solutions of dispersion, convection, and reactions over column length and elapsed time. The reaction terms include reactions of TCE degradation by zero-valent iron (ZVI, Fe$^0$) and ferrous iron (Fe$^{2+}$). TCE concentration in the column inlet was maintained as 10 mg/L. Equation for Fe$^0$ degradation includes only TCE reaction term, while one for Fe$^{2+}$ has chemical and biological reaction terms with TCE and IRB, respectively. Two coupled equations eventually modeled the change of TCE concentration in a column. At Fe$^0$ column, TCE degradation rate was found to be more than 99% from 60 hours to 235 hours, and declined to less than 1% in 1,365 hours. At the Fe$^{2+}$ and IRB mixed column, TCE degradation rate was equilibrated at 85.3% after 210 hours and kept it constant. These results imply that the ferrous iron produced by IRB has lowered the TCE degradation efficiency than ZVI but it can have higher longevity.http://kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/contents/ciConnReprerSearchPopup.kci#

• Journal of Korea Soil Environment Society
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.85-93
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• 1999

The destruction of hazardous chemicals such as chlorinated organic compounds(COCs) and nitroaromatic compounds(NACs) by zero-valent iron powder is one of the latest innovative technologies. In this paper. the rapid dechlorination of chlorinated compounds as well as transformation of nitro functional group to amine functional group in the nitroaromatic compounds using synthesized zero-valent iron powder with nanoscale were studied in anaerobic batch system. Nanoscale iron, characterized by high surface area to mass ratios(31.4$\textrm{m}^2$/g) and high reactivity, could quickly reacts with compounds such as TCE, chloroform, nitrobenzene, nitrotoluene, dinitrobenzene and dinitrotoluene, at concentration of 10mg/L in aqueous solution at room temperature and pressure. In this study, the TCE was dechlorinated to ethane and chloroform to methane and nitro groups in NACs were transformed to amino groups in less than 30min. These results indicated that this chemical method using nanoscale iron powder has the high potential for the remediation of soils and groundwater contaminated with hazardous toxic chemicals including chlorinated organic compounds and nitro aromatic compounds.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.39-50
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• 2013

The study area is located on the western coastal region of Korea, partly had been reclaimed lands. Groundwaters of the coastal area show lower Eh and DO values (Eh: 0.57 V ${\rightarrow}$ 0.13 V, DO; 9.7 mg/l ${\rightarrow}$ 1.3 mg/l), and higher Fe concentrations (> 20 mg/l) than those of the inner land (< 0.3 mg/l), indicating that the redox condition of groundwater changes from oxic into suboxic/anoxic conditions as it flows from the inland toward the coastal area. In addition, Fe speciation of groundwater from the coastal area demonstrates that the most dissolved Fe exist as $Fe^{2+}$, reflecting that groundwater is under the anoxic condition to sufficiently occur Fe reduction. According to the result of Fe extraction with the sediment samples from three wells (A, B, C), the sediments provide enough $Fe^{3+}$ to occur the Fe reduction in the groundwater. Integrated all results of the groundwater and sediment, we infer that the Fe reduction to occur in groundwater is associated with the reclamation processes of the study area.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.1
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• pp.12-20
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• 1960

고위생산답(高位生産畓) 22개(個)와 매년(每年) 호마엽고병(胡麻葉枯病)을 발생(發生)시키는 저위생산답(低位生産畓) 18개토양(個土壤)을 분석(分析)하고 활성철(活性鐵)과 열염산(熱鹽酸)에 녹는 철(鐵)의 분포상태(分布狀態)를 조사(調査)하였으며 그 결과(結果)는 아래와 같다. 1. 작토중(作土中)의 활성철(活性鐵)의 함량(含量)과 청취(聽取)한 정조수량간(正粗收量間)에는 밀접(密接)한 정상관(正相關) (${\gamma}=0.68$, 고등(高等)의 유의성(有意性)이 있음)이 있다. 2. 고위생산답(高位生産畓) 토양(土壤)의 활성철(活性鐵) 및 열염산가용철(熱鹽酸可溶鐵)은 저위생산답(低位生産畓) 토양(土壤)에서의 그것보다 현저(顯著)히 많았으며 각(各) 토양별(土壤別) I 층(層)의 그 평균함량(平均含量)과 열염산가용철(熱鹽酸可溶鐵)에 대(對)한 활성철(活性鐵)의 비율(比率)은 아래와 같다. 고위생산답(高位生産畓) 조사점수(調査點數) 활성철(活性鐵)% 활성철(活性鐵)/염산가용철(鹽酸可溶鐵) 잔적토(殘積土) 6 1.313 0.374 하성토(河成土) 9 1.334 0.335 해성토(海成土) 5 1.120 0.382 평균(平均) 20 1.224 0.359 저위생산답(低位生産畓) 조사점수(調査點數) 활성철(活性鐵)% 활성철(活性鐵)/염산가용철(鹽酸可溶鐵) 잔적토(殘積土) 5 1.15 0.370 하성토(河成土) 8 0.472 0.191 해성토(海成土) 5 1.068 0.362 평균(平均) 18 0.808 0.288 그러나 표(表)에서와 같이 잔적토(殘積土) 저위생산답(低位生産畓) 각층(各層)의 철(鐵)은 고위생산답(高位生産畓)에서 보다 낮지 않았다. 3. 해수(海水)의 영향(影響)을 받지 않은 고위생산답(高位生産畓)에서는 표층토(表層土)의 세탈(洗脫)이 적었으나 동(同) 저위생산답(低位生産畓) 및 해성토(海成土)에서는 그 세탈(洗脫)이 크고 동세탈물(同洗脫物)은 심층(心層)에 집적(集積)되여 있다. 4. 해성토(海成土)에서는 고위생산답(高位生産畓)이나 저위생산답(低位生産畓)을 막론(莫論)하고 집적층직하(集積層直下)에 활성철량(活性鐵量)이 심(甚)히 적은 층(層)이 있다. 그리고 집적층(集積層)은 고위생산답(高位生産畓)에서는 II-III층(層)(지표면(地表面)으로부터 60cm이내(以內))에 저위생산답(低位生産畓)에서는 I-II층(層)(지표면(地表面)으로부터 대개(大槪) 30cm이내(以內))에 위치(位置)한다. 5. 같은 고위생산답(高位生産畓) 및 저위생산답(低位生産畓)에서는 토성간(土性間)의 활성철함량(活性鐵含量)에 큰 차이(差異)가 없다. 6. 내산씨(內山氏)의 4개(個)기본(基本)토양형별(土壤型別)로는 동일(同一)토양형((土壤型)이라도 고위(高位) 저위생산답별(低位生産畓別)로 활성철(活性鐵)의 함량(含量)에는 차이(差異)가 크다.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.23-31
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• 2004

Trichloroethylene(TCE), Cr(VI), and nitrate removal efficiency of a novel reactive barrier were experimented, and the types of corrosion species that form on the surface of the iron and bentonite as a result of reaction were investigated with Raman spectrophotometer. The reactive barrier is composed of bentonite and zero valent iron(ZVI), and this can substitute conventional geosynthetic clay liners for landfill leachate. Tests were performed in batch reactors for various ZVI content (0, 3, 6, 10, 13, 16, 20, 30, 100 w/w %) and pH. The reduction rates and removal efficiencies of TCE, Cr(VI) and nitrate increase at pH 7 buffered solution. As ZVI content increases, TCE, Cr(VI) and nitrate removal efficiencies increase. From the result of analysis with Raman spectrophotometer, Fe-oxides were observed, which are strong adsorbers of cantaminants. Magnetite can be also beneficial to the long term performance of the iron metal.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.173-177
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• 2006

Pesticides from diffuse pollution sources adsorbed in suspended particles flow into surface water and threats to the public health. In this research, dechlorination constants of Atrazine by zero valent iron were measured with addition of buffer solution for simulating buffer capacity of sediment. When initial concentration of Atrazine was 10, 30, and 50 mg/L, their dechlorination was explained using the pseudo-first order reaction. Dechlorination constants $K_{obs}$ were $3.21{\times}10^{-2}/d$ in average.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.307-313
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• 2001

Reactive medium including zero-valent metals such as zero-valent iron ($Fe^0$) degrades chlorinated solvents as a contaminant plume flows through the treatment medium. Although the Feo based reactive barrier has been demonstnlted to be a cost effective for trichloroethenc (TCE)-contaminaled plume remediation, current approach is limited by low process eftlciency and uncertain, effective life of the medium. The objective of this study is to develop an enhanced treatment method of TeE-contaminated groundwater using Feo and direct current. The bench-scale test using flow-through $Fe^0$ reactor column confirmed that the application of direct current with $Fe^0$ is highly effective in enhancing the rate of TeE dechlorination. The dechlorination mechanism appears to be reductive, with the electrons supplied by the iron oxidation and external power supply serving as the additional source of electrons.