• Carbon letters
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2008

Batch sorption experiments were carried out for the removal of metylene blue from its aqueous solution using $H_3PO_4$ activated Acacia arabica carbon (AAC). The prepared activated carbon was characterized and was found as an effective adsorbent material. The operating variables studied were initial metylene blue concentration, AAC concentration and solution pH. AAC activated carbon posses a maximum sorption capacity for the range of initial dye concentrations studied (60~100 mg $L^{-1}$). The sorption kinetics were analyzed using reversible first order kinetics, second order, reversible first order, pseudo-first order, and pseudo-second order model. The sorption data tend to fit very well in pseudo-second order model for the entire sorption time. The average pseudo-second order rate constant, $K_{II}$ and regression coefficient value were determined to be 0.0174 mg $g^{-1}$ $min^{-1}$ and 0.9977. The biosorption process also fit well to reversible I order kinetics with a regression coefficient of 0.9878.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.1920-1926
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• 2010

Yoon et $al.^1$ presented an approximate mathmatical model to describe ammonia removal from an experimental batch reactor system with gaseous headspace. The development of the model was initially based on assuming instantaneous equilibrium between ammonia in the aqueous and gas phases. In the model, a "saturation factor, $\beta$" was defined as a constant and used to check whether the equilibrium assumption was appropriate. The authors used the trends established by the estimated $\beta$ values to conclude that the equilibrium assumption was not valid. The authors presented valuable experimental results obtained using a carefully designed system and the model used to analyze the results accounted for the following effects: speciation of ammonia between $NH_3$ and $NH^+_4$ as a function of pH; temperature dependence of the reactions constants; and air flow rate. In this article, an alternative model based on the exact solution of the governing mass-balance differential equations was developed and used to describe ammonia removal without relying on the use of the saturation factor. The modified model was also extended to mathematically describe the pH dependence of the ammonia removal rate, in addition to accounting for the speciation of ammonia, temperature dependence of reactions constants, and air flow rate. The modified model was used to extend the analysis of the original experimental data presented by Yoon et $al.^1$ and the results matched the theory in an excellent manner.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.535-541
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 피트모스(Canadian Sphagnum peat moss)로부터 추출한 피트-휴민 (p-Humin)입자를 충전한 칼럼의 연속흐름 조건하에서의 중금속 이온(Cd, Cu, Pb)의 흡착 및 탈착효율을 조사하였다. p-Humin 충전 칼럼은 단일 성분 및 혼합 중금속 용액 모두에서 높은 중금속 제거효율을 보였으며, 실험 결과는 Thomas 모델식을 적용하여 p-Humin의 중금속 흡착특성에 대한 기초 자료를 산출하였다. 단일 성분 중금속 용액을 대상으로 한 실험 결과, p-Humin 단위 그램당 Cd, Cu 및 Pb의 최대 흡착량($q_0$)은 각각 138.8, 44.66 및 41.61 mg/g으로 나타났다. 혼합 중금속 용액을 대상으로 각 중금속 이온의 경쟁흡착 반응실험 결과, p-Humin에 대한 중금속 이온의 친화력 세기는 Pb $\gg$ Cu > Cd이었다. 흡착된 금속이온은 0.05 N $HNO_3$ 용액을 사용하여 쉽게 탈착시켜 회수할 수 있었으며, 회수율은 약 95% 이상을 나타냈다. 본 연구를 통해 p-Humin은 친환경적이고 경제적인 생흡착제로서 폐수 중 중금속 이온의 제거에 활용 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2018

The removal characteristics of As and Se ions from aqueous solution by hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (HTMAB) modified anthracite (HTMAB-AT) were investigated under various conditions of contact time, pH and temperature. When the pH is 6, the zeta potential value of anthracite (AT) is -24 mV and on the other hand, the zeta potential value of the HTMAB-AT is +44 mV. It can be seen that the overall increase of about 60 mV. Increasing the (+) potential value indicates that the surface of the adsorbent had a stronger positive charge, so adsorption for the anion metal was increased. The isotherm data was well described by Langmuir and Temkin isotherm model. The maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 7.81 and 6.89 mg/g for As and Se ions from the Langmuir isotherm model at 298 K, respectively. The kinetic data was tested using pseudo first and pseudo second order models. The results indicated that adsorption fitted well with the pseudo second order kinetic model. The mechanism of the adsorption process showed that adsorption was dependent on intra particle diffusion model according to two step diffusion. The thermodynamic parameters(${\Delta}G^{\circ}$, ${\Delta}H^{\circ}$, and ${\Delta}S^{\circ}$) were also determined using the equilibrium constant value obtained at different temperatures. The thermodynamic parameters indicated that the adsorption process was physisorption, and also an endothermic and spontaneous process.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1991년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.83-89
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• 1991

The partial discharge properties of interface layer in Mica-Epoxy composite, which has been mainly used for the coil insulating material of high voltage machinery, are different from those of resins due to the abnormal interface layer to be presented between inorganic material and resin. Accordingly, the study on discharge of interface in composite insulting system is strongly requsted for not only an increasing of insulating strength, but also the basical information of diagnosis system for high voltage equipment. As a result, it has been confirmed that the interface is an abnormal resin layer and the contact states at interface is depended upon the density of silane aqueous solution. Pulse frequency at abnormal interface shows a linear increasing with enlargement of discharge quantity. Whereas, in case of normal interface, pulse frequency property represents exponential increasing at the point of saturating. A life model can be diagramed from results of time dependance of skewness, and a survival life time can be quantified from the life model suggested.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.1006-1011
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• 2004

Carbon nanotubes have outstanding properties which make them useful for a number of high-technology applications. Especially, single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT), working under physical conditions (in aqueous solution) and converting electrical energy into mechanical energy directly, can be a good substitute for artificial muscle. The carbon nanotube structure simulated in this paper is an isotropic cantilever type with an adhesive tape which is sandwiched between two SWNTs. For predicting the geometrical and physical parameters such as deflection, slope, bending moment and induced force with various applied voltages, the analytical model for a 3 layer bimorph nanotube actuator is developed by applying Euler-Bernoulli beam theory. The governing equation and boundary conditions are derived from energy Principles. Also, the brief history of carbon nonotube is overviewed and its properties are compared with other functional materials. Moreover, an electro-mechanical coupling coefficient of the carbon nanotube actuator is discussed to identify the electro-mechanical energy efficiency.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1199-1203
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• 2009

Melamine is a chemical intermediate to manufacture amino resins and plastics, which cannot be used as food additive since it can cause kidney stones. A qualitative determination method of melamine residue in powdered and liquid milk was developed using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic technique. The calibration sets consisted of 21 standard melamine solutions, in which 1% trichloroacetic acid aqueous solution and acetonitrile (3:1, v/v) were used as solvent. The model was validated using 10 standard melamine solutions which were unused to build up the calibration set. Infrared (IR) absorbance peaks specific to almost all chemical groups in melamine molecule were shown in the spectral range between 1,100 and 1,800/cm. Combined partial least squares (PLS)-$2^{nd}$ derivative calibration model coupled with mean centering (MC) mathematical enhancement showed the highest correlation coefficients ($R^2$>0.99). In brief, the FTIR technique can be used for quantitative analysis of melamine in milk samples.

• Carbon letters
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2010

Coconut shell activated carbon (CSAC) was investigated for its ability in the removal of two neutral chlorinated organic compounds, namely trichloroethylene (TCE) and dichloromethane (DCM) from aqueous solution using a packed bed column. The efficiency of the prepared activated carbon was also compared with a commercial activated carbon (CAC). The important design parameters such as flow rate and bed height were studied. In all the cases the lowest flow rate (5 mL/min) and the highest bed height (25 cm) resulted in maximum uptake and per cent removal. The experimental data were analysed using bed depth service time model (BDST) and Thomas model. The regeneration experiments including about five adsorption-desorption cycles were conducted. The suitable elutant selected from batch regeneration experiments (25% isopropyl alcohol) was used to desorb the loaded activated carbon in each cycle.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.736-740
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• 2008

The interaction of myelin basic protein (MBP) from bovine central nervous system with divalent calcium ion was studied by isothermal titration calorimetry at 27 ${^{\circ}C}$ in aqueous solution. The extended solvation model was used to reproduce the enthalpies of $Co^{2+}$-MBP interaction over the whole $Co^{2+}$ concentrations. The solvation parameters recovered from the solvation model were attributed to the structural change of MBP due to the metal ion interaction. It was found that there is a set of three identical and noninteracting binding sites for $Co^{2+}$ ions. The association equilibrium constant is 0.015 ${\mu}M^{-1}$. The molar enthalpy of binding is $\Delta$H = −14.60 kJ $mol^{-1}$.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.418-423
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• 2008

Poly[(R)-3-hydroxy butyrate] (PHB) and methoxy poly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG) were conjugated by the transesterification reaction with tin(II)-ethylhexanoate (Sn(Oct)-II) as a catalyst. Hydrophobic PHB and hydrophilic mPEG formed an amphiphilic block copolymer which was formed with the self-assembled polymeric micelle in aqueous solution. In this study, we tried to determine the optimum ratio of hydrophobic/hydrophilic segments for controlled drug delivery. The particle size and shape of the polymeric micelle were measured by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Their size were 61-102 nm with various block ratios. Griseofulvin was loaded in the polymeric micelle as a hydrophobic model drug. The loading efficiency and release profile were measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The model drug in our system was constantly released for 48 h.