• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2008

For the commercialization of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), some serious problems such as the decrease of platinum use as catalysts and a larger overpotential of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at cathode must be solved. In this study, 20%Pt/C and 20%PtCo/C catalysts for the cathode of PEMFC were synthesized from the chemical reduction method and evaluated using an electrochemical measurement. The ORR activity of synthesized 20%Pt/C and 20%PtCo/C had higher than that of the 20%Pt/C on the market. The synthesized 20%PtCo/C with the cobalt concentration (Pt:Co atomic ratio) from 5 to 20% showed the highest ORR activity.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2017년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.7-8
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• 2017

Corrosion of reinforced concrete embedded in concrete is a deterioration phenomenon due to intrusion of embodied or Airborne chloride ions. Corrosion of a embedded steel increases the volume of the rebar and causes damage to the structure such as cracking and peeling of the concrete. This causes penetration of various corrosive factors and accelerates the corrosion of reinforcing bars, which has a serious effect on the durability of the structure. Researches on the corrosion phenomenon of these rebars by electrochemical methods have been carried out for a long time, but it is a lack of research in Korea. Therefore, in this study, one of electrochemical experimental methods, Tafel extrapolation method, was used to evaluate the performance of reinforcing bars according to the amount of NaCl and LiNO₂ added to concrete.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2006

Current coating practice requires the thickness of anti-corrosion organic coatings to be over $250{\mu}m$ for immersion parts of ships and offshore structures and the corrosion resistance of these coatings has been evaluated by destructive and qualitative analysis. Recently, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy(EIS) method has been employed, as an alternative, to evaluate corrosion resistance of organic coatings. This method is characterized as being nondestructive, reproducible, and quantitative in evaluating aging of organic coatings. In this study, EIS method was adopted to quantitatively and effectively select the coating systems having optimized protective performance. Evaluations of several epoxy and epoxy/polyurethane coating systems typically used for ships and offshore structures were carried out in wet($50^{\circ}C$, $90^{\circ}C$) and dry(room temp.) environments to accelerate the degradation of the organic coatings. These results were compared with the conventional scribed(scratched) test results. The plausible prediction model for determining the remaining life-time of coating systems was also proposed based on variations of impedance data, FT-IR and $T_g$ measurements results.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.179-182
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• 2004

The aim of this study is to investigate the initiation and propagation of crevice corrosion for ferritic stainless steel in artificial crevice based on micro capillary tube method. The 430 stainless steel in artificial crevice is potentiostatically polarized in different sodium chloride solutions. Potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarization data were measured in situ. The potentials in the crevice were measured by depth profile using the 0.04 mm diameter micro capillary tube inserted in the crevice. The potentials in the crevice ranged from -220 mV to -360 mV vs SCE from opening to bottom of crevice, which are lower than the external surface potential, -200 mV vs SCE. Such a potential drop induced the change of the metal surface state from passive to active. The surface of metal is located in passive state in -200 mV but the inner surface keeps active state below -220 mV, Thus these results show that the It drop mechanism in the crevice was more objective for evaluation and the method was easier to reproduce. Therefore the potential drop is one of the reasons for crevice corrosion by measuring the potentials in narrow crevice with a new micro measuring system.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.998-1001
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• 2002

신속하고 정확한 식품 중 과산화수소 분석방법을 확립하고자 물을 이동상으로 양이온수지칼럼에서 과산화수소를 분리한 후 전기화학검출기로 검출하는 Mico-LC법을 사용하였으며 여기에 사용한 전해질용액인 무수황산나트륨의 최적농도 및 검출기의 최적전압은 각각 50 mM, 0.6 V이었다. 본 Mico-LC 방법을 적용하여 국내 식품 중 토마토와 레몬에 대한 회수율을 검토한 결과 각각 98.3 및 97.4%이었으며, 국내유통식품 중 채소류 및 과실류 총 28종에 대하여 과산화 수소를 분석한 결과, 과실류인 바나나, 복숭아, 오렌지 및 딸기에서 각각 0.6, 0.5, 1.9 및 0.9 ppm, 채소류인 피망, 양파, 오이, 우엉 및 가지에서 각각 0.5, 0.6, 0.9, 0.8 및 0.4 ppm이 검출되었으며 나머지 19종은 모두 불검출이었다.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2011

This work focuses on the behavior of the overpotential increase due to a utilization rise in a molten carbonate fuel cell. The behavior is generally explained by Nernst loss, which is a kind of voltage loss due to the thermodynamic potential gradients in a polarization state due to the concentration distribution of reactant species through the gas flow direction. The evaluation of Nernst loss is carried out with a traditional experimental method of constant gas utilization (CU). On the other hand, overpotential due to the gas-phase mass-transport resistance at the anode and cathode shows dependence on the utilization, which can be measured using the inert gas step addition (ISA) method. Since the Nernst loss is assumed to be due to the thermodynamic reasons, the voltage loss can be calculated by the Nernst equation, referred to as a simple calculation (SC) in this work. The three values of voltage loss due to CU, ISA, and SC are compared, showing that these values rise with increases in the utilization within acceptable deviations. When we consider that the anode and cathode reactions are significantly affected by the gas-phase mass transfer, the behavior strongly implies that the voltage loss is attributable not to thermodynamic reasons, namely Nernst loss, but to the kinetic reason of mass-transfer resistance in the gas phase.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2016

Aluminum alloys have been widely used in engine materials, cold & hot-water storage vessels and piping etc., Furthermore, the aluminum alloy of AC8A have been widely used in mold casting material of engine piston for various vehicles because of its properties of temperature, wear and corrosion resistance. Therefore, it is considered that evaluation of corrosion resistance as well as wear resistance of AC8A material is also important to improve its property and to prolong its lifetime. In previous paper, the effect of solution($510^{\circ}C$:4hrs) and tempering($190^{\circ}C$: 16, 24, and 36 hrs)heat treatments to corrosion resistance and hardness were investigated using electrochemical method. In this study, in order to examine completely the effect of the tempering hours to hardness variation and corrosion resistance, the results of solution($510^{\circ}C$:4hrs) and tempering($190^{\circ}C$: 2, 4, 8 and 12hrs)heat treatments to hardness and corrosion resistance were investigated using electrochemical method. The hardness decreased with solution heat treatment compared to mold casting condition, but its value increased with tempering heat treatment. Furthermore, the corrosion resistance increased with decreasing of the hardness, and decreased with increasing of the hardness reversely. And the tempering heat treatment temperature at $190^{\circ}C$ for 8 hrs exhibited the highest value of the hardness and also indicated the highest corrosion current density. However, the values of hardness and corrosion current density was again increasingly decreased with increasing of tempering hours than 8 hrs, Consequently, it is suggested that decision of the optimum. tempering hours is very important to improve the corrosion or wear resistance.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.66-74
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 부동태피막형 무기계 방청제와 흡착형 유기계 방청제를 대상으로, 시멘트세공용액을 모사한 포화 수산화칼슘 수용액내에서 염화물이온 농도와 방청성분 몰비를 변수로 하여 Potentiostat을 사용하여 부식전위, 부식속도, 분극저항을 측정하여 방식성능을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 무기계 방청제는 방청몰비 약 1.2 이상에서 방식성능을 확보하는 것으로 나타났고, 유기계 방청제는 방청몰비 약 0.3 이상에서 방식성능을 확보하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 부식속도와 분극저항, 부식속도와 부식전위의 관계는 선형 반비례 경향을 나타냈고, 분극저항과 부식전위는 선형 비례하는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 부식전위, 부식속도, 분극저항과의 상관관계는 유기계와 무기계 방청제에서 큰 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.2982-2989
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• 2021

One of the consequences of the 475 ℃ embrittlement of duplex stainless steels is the reduction of the resistance to localized corrosion. Therefore, the detection of this type of embrittlement before the material exhibits significant loss in toughness, and corrosion resistance is important to ensure the structural integrity of critical components under corrosion threats. In this research, conductivity measurements are performed using the alternating current potential drop (ACPD) technique with using a portable four-point probe as a nondestructive evaluation (NDE) method for detecting the embrittlement in a 2507 (UNS S32750) super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) aged at 475 ℃ from as-received condition to 300 h. The electric conductivity results were compared against two electrochemical tests namely double loop electrochemical potentiokinetic reactivation (DL-EPR) and critical pitting temperature (CPT). Mechanical tests and the microstructure characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging are conducted to track the progress of embrittlement. It is shown that the electric conductivity correlates with the changes in impact energy, microhardness, and CPT corrosion tests result demonstrating the feasibility of the four-point probe as a possible field-deployable method for evaluating the 475 ℃ embrittlement of 2507 SDSS.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.553-557
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 전기화학적 염화물 추출법에 따른 염소이온 제거 성능을 평가하였다. 4M의 NaCl 수용액을 이용하여 염소이온을 콘크리트 내부로 침투 시켰으며, 1년간의 양생기간이후 전기화학적 염화물 추출법을 적용하였다. 1,000 mA/m²의 전류밀도를 2주, 4주, 8주간 인가하였으며, 2 mm 단위로 총 염소이온과 자유 염소이온을 프로파일 하였다. 전기화학적 염화물 추출법을 적용한 시편에서 모든 깊이에서의 잔존 염화물 농도가 감소하였으며, 적용 기간이 증가함에 따라 염소이온 농도가 감소하였다. 8주간의 적용기간 이후 총 염소이온 프로파일에서 62.9~77.6 %의 염소이온 제거 성능을 나타내었으며, 자유 염소이온 프로파일에서 77.7~99.5 %의 제거 성능을 나타내었다. 특히, 콘크리트 표면으로부터 7 mm 이상의 깊이에서 잔존 자유 염소이온 농도는 시멘트량 대비 0.01 % 이하로 나타났다. 또한 고정화된 염소이온 프로파일을 통하여 전기화학적 염화물 추출법으로 인해 고정화된 염소이온이 제거될 수 있음을 확인하였다.