• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.29 no.8
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• pp.516-521
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• 2016

Mo-Cu alloys have been widely used for heat sink materials, vacuum technology, automobile, and many other applications due to their excellent physical and electric properties. Especially, Mo-Cu composites with 5 ~ 20 wt.% copper are widely used for the heavy duty service contacts due to their excellent properties like low coefficient of thermal expansion, wear resistance, high temperature strength, and prominent electrical and thermal conductivity. In most of the applications, highly-dense Mo-Cu materials with homogeneous microstructure are required for better performance. In this study, Mo-Cu alloys were prepared by PBM (planetary ball milling) and SPS (spark plasma sintering). The effect of Cu with contents of 5~20 wt.% on the microstructure and thermal properties of Mo-Cu alloys was investigated.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.56 no.5
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• pp.335-340
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• 2023

Quinary component of 3㎛ thick Ti-Al-Si-Cu-N films were deposited onto WC-Co and Si wafer substrates by using an arc ion plating(AIP) system. In this study, the influence of copper(Cu) contents on the mechanical properties and microstructure of the films were investigated. The hardness of the films with 3.1 at.% Cu addition exhibited the hardness value of above 42 GPa due to the microstructural change as well as the solid-solution hardening. The instrumental analyses revealed that the deposited film with Cu content of 3.1 at.% was a nano-composites with nano-sized crystallites (5-7 nm in dia.) and a thin layer of amorphous Si₃N₄ phase.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.203-208
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• 2003

The effect of indium on the microstructure and hardness of a Au-Pt-Cu ternary alloy was investigated using optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimeter, scanning electron microscopy x-ray diffractometry, electron probe microanalizer and vickers hardness tester. A hardness of the solution floated Au-Pt-Cu-0.5In quarternary alloy with 0.5 wt.% was reached a maximum value (162 Hv) in 30 min at 550$^{\circ}C$ in the range of 150 to 950$^{\circ}C$ but that of the alloy was rapidly increased until 30 min with increasing aging time at 550$^{\circ}C$ and after that was remained almost constant value. Also, the microhardness of the matrix Au-Pt-Cu ternary alloy aged at 550$^{\circ}C$ for 30 min was continuously increased with indium contents and the grain size of Au-Pt-Cu ternary alloy decreased as increased indium contents. Analyses of EPMA and XRD revealed that the matrix Au-Pt-Cu-In quarternary alloy is composed of fcc structure and intermetallic InPt$_3$ precipitate with Ll$_2$ structure. Based on this investigation, it can be concluded that an increase in microhardness of Au-Pt-Cu-In quarternary alloy is due to precipitation hardening InPt$_3$ and grain size refinement.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.342-346
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• 1997

Contents of heavy metals in paddy soils and brown rice of near the Kunsan industrial complex area were investigated. Average total heavy metal contents in paddy soils were Pb 34.33, Cd 0.50, Cu 35.49, and Zn 71.67 mg/kg respectively. There are no correlation between distances from industrial complex and contents of heavy metals in paddy soils. Average contents of heavy metals in brown rice grown above paddy soil were Pb 1.74, Cd 0.07, Cu 3.54, and Zn 16.53 mg/kg. Relationships between 0.1N HCl soluble heavy metals in paddy soils and contents of brown rice showed positive significant correlations for Pb at l% $level(r=0.6853^{**})$ and for Zn at 5% $level(r=0.5420^*)$. Relationships between total contents of heavy metals in paddy soils and contents of brown rice showed only positive significant correlation for Pb at 1% $level(r=0.7131^{**})$. Contents of heavy metals in paddy soils and brown rice of near the Kunsan industrial complex was polluted partly by the influence of smoke and dust out from industrial complex but not polluted anxious level

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.85-93
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• 2013

This study is conducted to evaluate the leaching of contaminants from mine tailing by natural water and finally to estimate the leaching and transportation of heavy metal contaminants by rainfall. In order to identify contaminated heavy metal of soil, 17 soil, 2 tailing and 2 waste dump and 2 control samples were taken at mine area and analyzed total metal contents. The leaching experiments were conducted using distilled water. Cu, Pb, Zn was extracted from the reddish mine tailing in a short period time, especially the extraction rate of Cu (45.0%) was highest. The contaminants were leached from the yellowish mine tailing within an hour and the leaching rate of Cd (42.0%) and Zn (17.2%) were relatively high. The reddish soil from the waste dump showed leaching of Cu (5.1%), Pb (4.0%) and Zn (3.3%), however the leaching rate was low except Mi (14.2%). From the yellowish soil sampled from the dumping site, the leaching of Cu (8.2%) and Ni (9.7%) was high while the leaching of Zn (0.2%) were relatively low.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.305-311
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• 2005

Effect of Cr contents(Cr: 0.27, 0.45 and 0.65wt.%) on precipitation process has been studied by electrical resistivity measurements, hardness and scanning electron microscope. The first stage of the process consists of the formation of Cr-rich particles, the second stage consists of the competitive growth of these particles. The kinetics of precipitation could be described by Johnson-Mehl-Avrami equation, $f(t)=1-\exp(-kt^n)$. The values of n were found to be in the range from 0.17 to 0.39 at the first stage and from 1.0 to 1.5 at the second stage. The activation energies of Cu-Cr alloys were determined by Cross-Cut method and were 90~136 kJ/mol. The maximum hardness value of $H_RB$ 84 was obtained in Cu-0.65wt.%Cr alloy.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1986

Authors investigatigated the analysis heavy metals in corps at the Mankyung river area. Samples were digested with Cone. nitric acid and Cone. hydroc hrorico acid and analyzed by Varian 875 Atomic Absorption Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer in 1984. The results were as follows: The contents of heavy metals in rice were in the range of $0.41{\sim}5.15,\;1.12{\sim}5.18,\;10.65{\sim}14.54,\;24.15{\sim}35.41ppm$ for Pb, Cu, Mn, Zn respectively. Those in barley were in the range of $0.48{\sim}0.8,\;1.39{\sim}2.81,\;9.69{\sim}14.89,\;30.14{\sim}34.84ppm$ for Pb, Cu, Mn, Zn respectively. Those in kidney bean were in the range of $0.06{\sim}0.13,\;3.65{\sim}6.25,\;.65{\sim}12.15,\;51.25{\sim}65.69\;ppm$ for Pb, Cu, Mn, Zn respectively. Those in corn were in the range of $0.59{\sim}0.89,\;2.15{\sim}2.83,\;6.01{\sim}10.15,\;29.31{\sim}36.15ppm$for Pb, Cu, Mn, Zn respectively. We might be concluded that the above values of heavy metals contained in crop at the sites near to Mankyung river were serious partially.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 1999

This study was performed to investigate the contents of the heavy metals such as cadmium(Cd), copper(Cu), iron(Fe), lead(Pb) and zinc(Zn) in meat and meat products. For this experiment, each 20 samples of beef and pork were collected at slaughterhouse in Seoul areas and 45 samples of meat products(ham, sausage, processed meat and seasoned meat) were purchased from commercial food markets. The contents of the heavy metals was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry from Jan. to Nov. In 1998. The results obtained were summarized as follows ; 1. In Korean native beef, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : 0.14$\pm$0.10, Cd : 0.07$\pm$0.02, Cu : 1.73$\pm$0.95, Zn : 42.82$\pm$8.17 and Fe : 67.43$\pm$24.18, respectively. 2. In imported beef, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : 0.03$\pm$0.08, Cd : 0.06$\pm$0.02, Cu : 1.41$\pm$0.62, Zn : 42.93$\pm$4.95 and Fe : 40.06$\pm$12.77, respectively. 3. In pork, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : not detected, Cd : 0.09$\pm$0.02, Cu : 1.08$\pm$0.23, Zn : 19.49$\pm$6.02 and Fe : 30.21$\pm$10.51, respectively. 4. In ham, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : trace, Cd : trace, Cu . 1.19$\pm$0.46, Zn : 13.58$\pm$4.99 and Fe : 31.43$\pm$11.74, respectively. 5. In sausage, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : 0.15$\pm$0.34, Cd : 0.08$\pm$0.05, Cu : 1.15$\pm$0.46, Zn : 13.70$\pm$7.13 and Fe . 27.28$\pm$15.05, respectively. 6. In processed meat, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : 0.08$\pm$0.13, Cd : 0.09$\pm$0.04, Cu : 1.28$\pm$0.60, Zn : 14.72$\pm$7.09 and Fe : 24.04$\pm$10.33, respectively. 7 In seasoned meat, mean values of the heavy metals(mg/kg) were Pb : 1.05$\pm$2.21, Cd : 0.13$\pm$0.03, Cu : 1.06$\pm$0.16, Zn : 17.53$\pm$8.72 and Fe : 26.76$\pm$9.02, respectively.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.389-400
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• 1988

Minor elements such as Ag, As, Au, Bi, Cd, Cu, Co, Ni, Pb, Rb, Sb, Sr and Te were analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry and induced coupled plasma spectrophotometry in order to investigate pathfinders for gold in quartz porphyry, granite porphyry and vein materials in Jeonjuil gold - silver mine, and in altered biotite granites and vein materials in Dukum gold - silver mine. In Dukum gold - silver mine, it is observed that Au contents have positive relation with As, Co, and Rb contents, but negative relation with Bi contents in altered biotite granites. Au contents have positive relation with Ag, As, Co and Te contents in vein materials. In Jeonjuil gold - silver mine, it is observed that Cd, Rb, Sr and Te are enriched near ore vein in quartz porphyry and granite porphyry. Au contents have positive relation with As, Cd, Cu, $Fe_2O_3$ and $K_2O$ in vein materials.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.725-733
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• 2007

The contents of five heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, zinc, copper and manganese in soil and vegetables collected from four sites in Busan district with composite sampling method were determined with ICP emission spectrometer. The ranges of their contents in soil were lead, $1.65\sim4.36ppm;$ cadmium, $0.05\sim0.09ppm;$ zinc, $6.33\sim11.09ppm;$ copper, $0.44\sim1.35ppm;$ manganese, $8.40\sim19.39ppm$, respectively. These contents were lower than the Clarke number. The range of heavy metal contents in four vegetables such as lettuce, radish and its roots, spinach and cabbage were lead, $0.09\sim0.48ppm;$ cadmium, $0.01\sim0.08ppm;$ zinc, $1.81\sim14.62ppm;$ copper, $0.14\sim1.87ppm;$ manganese, $0.71\sim14.5$ 5ppm with the order of Zn(7.30 ppm)>Mn(4.35 ppm)>Cu(0.53 ppm)>Pb(0.19 ppm)>Cd(0.04 ppm) in average contents. The average transfer ratio of metals from soil to vegetables was order of Zn(77.8 %)> Cd(37.5 %)>Cu(34.5 %)>Mn(18.6 %)>Pb(6.7 %). In case of the same cultivating soil, the transfer ratio could be expected to the order of spinach$lettuce{\approx}cabbage$