• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.314-317
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• 2003

Plants may enhance the remediation of munitions at contaminated soils using various natural processes. A computer model can be used as a valuable tool for assisting phytoremediation by predicting the transport and fate of target contaminants at remediation sites. For this research, modeling of phytoremediation and bioremediation of soil contaminated with 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) was studied. Indian mallow (Abutilion avicennae) was grown in columns packed with 126mg TNT/kg contaminated soils for 50 days and a simulation model was developed to simulate the transport and fate of TNT and its breakdown products interacting with plant roots in a partially saturated soil. The column test showed the substantially enhanced reduction of TNT and greater soil microbial activity in Indian mallow planted soil compared to unplanted soil. The model successfully simulated the fate of TNT and by-products in phytoremediation. The results suggested that plants could provide favorable environments for reduction of TNT.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.223-229
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• 2003

2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT)을 분해할 수 있는 Stenotrophomonas sp. OK-5에서 분리한 NAD(P)H-nitroreductase의 특성을 조사하였다. 먼저 ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-sepharose, 그리고 Q-sepharose 등의 일련의 정제 과정을 통하여 NAD(P)H-nitroreductase을 분리정제하였다. 분취기로부터 얻어진 시료로부터 NAD(P)H-nitroreductase의 효소활성을 가지는 3개의 다른 fractions (I, II 및 III)이 탐침되었다. NAD(P)H-nitroreductase의 fractions I, II, 그리고 III의 비활성(specific activity)은 각각 5.06 unit/mg, 4.95 unit/mg, and 4.86 unit/mg이었으며, crude extract와 비교하여 각각 10.5배, 9.8배, 8.9배 이상 농축되었다. 이 실험에서 이들 3개의 fractions 가운데, fraction I이 가장 높은 비활성을 나타내었다. NAD(P)H-nitroreductase (fractions I, II 및 III)의 효소활성에 영향을 미치는 몇 가지 요인을 조사하였다. 모든 NAD(P)H-nitroreductase (fractions I, II 및 III)의 최적 온도는 30$^{\circ}C$이었으며, 최적 pH는 약 7.5이었다. 4Ag^+, Cu_2^+, Hg_2^+$ 등의 금속이온은 약 80%의 효소활성을 저해하였으나, $Mn_2^+ 이나 Ca_2^+$의 첨가 시에는 약 30~40% 정도의 활성이 감소되었다. 그러나 $Fe_3^+$은 이들 효소의 활성을 증진시켰다. SDS-PAGE에 의해 측정된 NAD(P)H-nitroreductase의 fractions I, II 및 III의 분자량은 모두 약 27 kDa임이 확인되었다.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.37-40
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• 2009

Synthesis and characterization of alkyl-capped nanocrystalline silicon (R-n-Si) have been achieved from the reaction of silicontetrachloride with magnesiumsilicide. Surface of silicon nanocrystal has been derivatized with various alkyl groups (R=methyl, n-butyl, etc.). Silicon nanoparticles have been also obtained by the sonication of luminescent porous silicon. Former exhibits an emission band at 360 nm, but latter exhibits an emission band at 680 nm. In this study very sensitive detection of TNT (2,4,6-trinitrotoluene), DNT (2,4-dinitrotoluene), NB (nitrobenzene), and PA (picric acid) has been achieved in gas phase with porous silicon using photoluminescence quenching of the silicon crystallites as a transduction mode. Porous silicon are electrochemically etched from crystalline silicon wafers in an aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid. We have characterized these silicon nanoparticles by Luminescence Spectrometer (LS 55).

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.3-11
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• 2001

TNT를 제거하기 위한 식물종을 선정하기 위해 8종의 대표적인 야초류를 이용하여 TNT 식물독성 임계점을 측정하였다. 독성 임계점은 TNT 농도변화에 대한 발아율, 유식물의 뿌리와 지상부의 생장율, 생체량 및 수분 흡수 능력 등을 비교하여 결정하였다. TNT가 식물에게 미치는 독성효과는 오염물의 농도와 식물종에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 60-80mgTNT/L 농도는 어저귀, 식용피, 자귀풀 종자의 발아율에 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 발아 후 14일동안 어저귀, 식용피, 자귀풀의 뿌리 생장에 있어 식물 독성 임계점(50%) 농도는 5-40 mgTNT/L이며 지상부 생장은 50-73mgTNT/L, 생체량은 68-99mgTNT/L이다. 뿌리와 지상부의 길이, 생체량은 TNT농도가 증가함에 따라 감소하였으며 수분 흡수량도 감소하였다. 야초류의 서로 다른 독성 임계점을 비교해 보면 뿌리 길이 > 지상부 길이 > 생체량 > 발아율 순으로 TNT에 대해 민감하게 반응하였다. 실험 결과, 8종의 식물 중에서 어저귀와 자귀풀은 TNT에 대해 내성을 지닌 종으로 판명되었다.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 2010

A simple and rapid method is described for detecting nitroaromatic explosives in air or seawater with the use of photoluminescent organosilicon compounds. The synthesis, spectroscopic characterization, and fluorescence quenching efficiency of silafluorenes are reported. Silafluorenes were synthesized from the reduction of dilithiobiphenyl with dichlorosilanes. Two silafluorenes were used for the detection of nitroaromatic compounds. Detection of nitroaromatic molecules, such as 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), and picric acid (PA), has been explored. A linear Stern-Volmer relationship was observed for the first three analytes. Fluorescence spectra of silafluorenes obtained in either toluene solutions or thin films displayed no shift in the maximum of the emission wavelength. The photoluminescence quenching occurs by a static mechanism.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.578-584
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• 2006

This research was conducted to estimate the effect of C/N ratio control on composting of TNT (2,4,6 trinitrotoluene)-contaminated soil. Glucose or acetone was selected to control C/N ratio of the contaminated soil. The C/N ratios of the controlled experiment and no controlled one were 26.0 and 6.6, respectively. During 45days, the degradation efficiency (96.0 or 91.8%) of acetone or glucose C/N ratio controlled soil was higher than that (78.4%) of no C/N ratio controlled case. The first order degradation rate constant of glucose or acetone C/N ratio control was 0.0641 or 0.0820/day. This constant was over twice 0.0356/day of no C/N ratio control. The C/N ratio control with glucose or acetone also showed a rather high $CO_2$ evolution than that without C/N ratio control. It was proven that C/N ratio control for composting of TNT-contaminated soil improved the treatment efficiency.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.556-562
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• 2009

본 연구는 TNT 분해능이 우수한 세균인 S. maltophilia OK-5를 이용하여 TNT 함유 폐수인 pink water의 미생물학적 처리 가능성에 대한 연구를 하였다. Pink water에 함유된 TNT 제거를 위해 S. maltophilia OK-5를 교반탱크 반응조에서 배양한 결과 pink water 내에 존재하는 100 mg/L의 TNT를 배양 6일 만에 완전 분해하였다. Hydride-Meisenheimer complex에서 유래하는 진한 적갈색은 배양기간 내에 증가하였으며, 이를 정량적으로 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 pink water에 잔류하는 TNT 뿐만 아니라 2,4-dinitrotoluene, 2,6-dinitrotoluene, 2,4-dinitro-6-hydroxytoluene 등의 대사산물도 HPLC 분석방법으로 측정하였으며, GC-MS를 사용하여 확인하였다. 또한 pink water에서 배양된 S. maltophilia OK-5에서 발현되는 nitroreductase (pnrB)의 유전자 발현 정량을 real time PCR로 측정하였다. 그 결과 배양 5일째 pnrB copy 수가 $10^3$ 이상 증가하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.127-143
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• 2016

Over the decades, TNT has been produced indiscriminately to be utilized in many fields owing to its ability to manipulate the explosion. Yet, the proper technique for disposal of TNT and the waste residues had not been developed so that the large amount of TNT waste was being piled up. Upon the agreement to demilitarization of old weapon, a study on the disposal methods for TNT and the waste treatment have been raised for their dangerous nature. Since then, from burying in landfill to utilizing supercritical fluid-based oxidation, a lot of research is actively ongoing, but little progress has been made in Korea compared to developed countries. This review paper covers all the technologies developed for TNT and its waste disposal including the concept, advantage, and disadvantage of those technologies. Also, suggested here are the future research directions.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.43-46
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• 2004

Explosive chemicals have been major soil and groundwater contaminants especially in the nations with active military activities. Of these explosives, 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) is the most refractory one due to its structural characteristics. Although its efficient reduction by Fe(0) is well-known, the reduction products - mainly aminotoluenes - still possess toxicities to terrestrial biota, and are resistant to biological degradation. In this study, therefore, abiotic transformation of TNT reduction products via oxidative-coupling reaction was evaluated using Mn oxide which is ubiquitous in natural soils. The transformation efficiency is increased with the number of amino groups. Considering the very efficient reduction rate of TNT by Fe(0), Mn oxide can be successfully used for the removal of TNT reduction products.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2000년도 창립총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.52-55
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• 2000

The effects of environmental conditions, initial dissolved oxygen concentrations, pH, and the presence of electron carrier vitamin B$_{12}$ , on the reduction rate of TNT by Fe$^{0}$ was Quantitatively analyzed using a batch reactor. In all experiments, TNT reduction was best described with a first order reaction and the reduction rate decreased with the increase in the initial DO concentration. However, the specific reaction rate did not decrease linearly with the increase in the initial DO concentration. In the presence of HEPES buffer 0.2 and 2.0 mM(pH 5.7$\pm$0.2), the specific reaction rate increased more than 5.8 times, which showed reduction rate is rather significantly influenced by the pH of the solution. To test the possibility of reaction rate enhancement, well-known electron carrier(or mediator), vitamin B$_{12}$ has augmented besides Fe$^{0}$ . In the presence of 8.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L of vitamin B$_{12}$ , the specific reaction rate increased as much as 14.6 times. The results indicate that the addition of trace amount of vitamin B$_{12}$ can be a promising rate controlling option for the removal of organics using a Fe$^{0}$ filled permeable reactive barrier.