• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1330-1336
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• 2005

Polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) inclusion bodies were analyzed in situ by $^{13}C$-nuclear magnetic resonance ($^{13}C$-NMR) spectroscopy. The PHA inclusion bodies studied were composed of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) or poly(3hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate), which was accumulated in Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava, and medium-chain-length PHA (MCL-PHA), which was accumulated in Pseudomonas fluorescens BM07 from octanoic acid or 11-phenoxyundecanoic acid (11-POU). The quantification of the $^{13}C$-NMR signals was conducted against a standard compound, sodium 2,2-dimethyl-2-silapentane-5-sulfonate (DSS). The chemical shift values for the in vivo NMR spectral peaks agreed well with those for the corresponding purified PHA polymers. The intracellular degradation of the PHA inclusions by intracellular PHA depolymerase(s) was monitored by in vivo NMR spectroscopy and analyzed in terms of first-order reaction kinetics. The H. pseudoflava cells were washed for the degradation experiment, transferred to a degradation medium without a carbon source, but containing 1.0 g/l ammonium sulfate, and cultivated at $35^{\circ}C$ for 72 h. The in vivo NMR spectra were obtained at $70^{\circ}C$ for the short-chain-length PHA cells whereas the spectra for the aliphatic and aromatic MCL-PHA cells were obtained at $50^{\circ}C\;and\;80^{\circ}C$, respectively. For the H. pseudoflava cells, the in vivo NMR kinetics analysis of the PHA degradation resulted in a first-order degradation rate constant of 0.075/h ($r^{2}$=0.94) for the initial 24 h of degradation, which was close to the 0.050/h determined when using a gas chromatographic analysis of chloroform extracts of sulfuric acid/methanol reaction mixtures of dried whole cells. Accordingly, it is suggested that in vivo $^{13}C$-NMR spectroscopy is an important tool for studying intracellular PHA degradation in terms of kinetics.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.810-817
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• 2009

The effect of cryoprotectants (maltodextrin+glycerol) and cryoprotectants+antioxidant [ascorbic acid and/or butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)] mixtures on the survival, electrolyte leakage, and lipid degradation of freeze-dried Weissella paramesenteroides LC11 during storage was investigated and compared with that of the control (cells without additives) over a 90-day storage period at 4 or $20^{\circ}C$ in glass tubes with water activity ($a_w$) of 0.23. The survival, electrolyte leakage, and lipid degradation were evaluated through colony counts, electrical conductivity, and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) content, respectively. The fatty acids composition was determined by gas chromatography, in both the total lipid extract and the polar lipid fraction, and compared with that of the control after the 90-day storage period. As the storage proceeded, increases in leakage value and TBARS content, as well as a decrease in viability, were observed. After 90 days of storage, the major fatty acids found in both the total lipid extract and the polar lipid fraction were palmitic (16:0), palmitoleic (16:1), stearic (18:0), oleic (18:1), linoleic (18:2), and linolenic (18:3) acids. The survival, leakage value, TBARS content and 18:2/16:0 or 18:3/16:0 ratio were the greatest for the protected strain held at $4^{\circ}C$. Cells with the cryoprotectants+BHT mixture showed the highest percentage of survival and 18:2/16:0 or 18:3/16:0 ratio in both lipid extracts, as well as the lowest leakage value and TBARS content after the 90-day storage period. Drying cells with the cryoprotectants+BHT mixture considerably slowed down polar lipid degradation and loss of membrane integrity, resulting in improved viability during storage.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2002년도 제24회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 논문집
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• pp.123-132
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• 2002

A numerical study was conducted to investigate the combustion phenomena of normal start and unstart processes based on ISL's RAMAC 30 experiments with different diluent amounts and fill pressures in a ram accelerator. The initial projectile launching speed was 1.8 km/s which corresponded to the superdetonative speed of the stoichiometric $H_2/O_2$ mixture diluted with 5 $CO_2$ or 4 $CO_2$. Experiments with same condition except for projectile surface material demonstrated that ignition was successful with an aluminum projectile, but no combustion was observed in case of a steel projectile. In this study, it was found that neither shock nor viscous heating was sufficient to ignite the mixture at a low speed of 1.8 km/s, as was found in the experiments using a steel projectile. However, we could succeed in igniting the mixtures by imposing a minimal amount of additional heat to the combustor section and simulate the normal start and unstart processes found in the experiments with an aluminum projectile. For the numerical simulation of supersonic combustion, multi-species Navier-Stokes equations coupled with a Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model and detailed chemistry reaction equations of $H_2/O_2/CO_2$ suitable for high-pressure gaseous combustion were considered. The governing equations were discretized by a high order accurate upwind scheme and solved in a fully coupled manner with a fully implicit, time accurate integration method. The numerical results matched almost exactly to the experimental results. As a result, it was found that the normal start and unstart processes depended on the strength of gas mixture, development of shock-induced combustion wave stabilized by the first separation bubble, and its size and location.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2020

One of the promising candidates for accident-tolerant fuel (ATF), a ceramic microcell fuel, which can be distinguished by an unusual cell-like microstructure (UO₂ grain cell surrounded by a doped oxide cell wall), is being developed. This study deals with the microstructural observation of the constituent phases and the wetting behaviors of the cell wall materials in three kinds of ceramic microcell UO₂ pellets: Si-Ti-O (STO), Si-Cr-O (SCO), and Al-Si-Ti-O (ASTO). The chemical and physical states of the cell wall materials are estimated by HSC Chemistry and confirmed by experiment to be mixtures of Si-O and Ti-O for the STO; Si-O and Cr-O for SCO; and Si-O, Ti-O, and Al-Si-O for the ASTO. From their morphology at triple junctions, UO₂ grains appear to be wet by the Si-O or Al-Si-O rather than other oxides, providing a benefit on the capture-ability of the ceramic microcell cell wall. The wetting behavior can be explained by the relationships between the interface energy and the contact angle.

• 분석과학
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2013

자극성 액체의 주성분인 allyl isothiocyanate, capsaicin 및 dihydrocapsaicin을 기체크로마토그래피-질량분석기로 정량하는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 방호용인 목적이지만 스프레이 약제의 유해성과 품질관리는 또 다른 사회적 문제를 야기할 가능성이 있다. 이를 위해 시판 유통되고 있는 호신용 스프레이로부터 자극성 액체의 pH, 약제의 세척을 위한 세제의 용해정도, 기타 물질의 사용유무를 검토하였다. 마지막으로 자극성 성분으로 이용되는 allyl isothiocyanate, capsaicin 및 dihydrocapsaicin의 함량을 GC-MS로 정량하였다. 약제의 pH는 5.7 정도로 약산성이었고, 세제를 사용할 경우 약제의 유화되는 정도가 우수하였고, 실험에 사용된 액체에는 형광물질 및 유해 유기용매가 포함되지 않았다. 이전 연구 결과를 바탕으로 기체크로마토그래피-질량분석기를 이용하여 분석한 실제시료 3가지에 포함된 성분은 한 가지 제품에서는 allyl isothiocyanate 단일 성분[47,600 mg/kg (47.6%)]이었고, 나머지 두 제품은 capsaicin[228 mg/kg~368 mg/kg (1.14%~1.84%)]과 dihydrocapsaicin [224 mg/kg~414 mg/kg (1.12%~2.07%)] 혼합성분으로 구성되어 있었다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 하이브리드 가스 발생기용 파라핀/알루미늄 왁스 연료의 기계적 특성 파악을 위한 인장 및 압축강도 실험을 수행하였다. 혼합된 알루미늄 입자의 크기와 첨가량에 따른 기계적 특성을 파악하기 위해 10 wt%, 20 wt%, 30 wt%의 나노 입자 첨가 시편과 5 wt%, 10 wt%, 15 wt%의 마이크로 입자 첨가 시편을 사용하였다. 평균입도 100 nm 및 $8{\mu}m$ 크기의 알루미늄 입자와 Sasol사의 미정질 파라핀 왁스(Sasol 0907)를 이용하였고, 인장시험과 압축 시험에 사용된 시편은 각각 ASTM-D638, ASTM D575-91 규격에 따라 제작하였다. 나노 입자의 첨가는 시편의 인장 및 압축강도를 크게 향상시키나 마이크로 입자의 첨가는 상대적으로 인장 및 압축강도의 증가에 미치는 영향이 미미한 것으로 파악되었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.460-467
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• 2006

Zeolite 5A 촉매에서 $H_2$, CO, $CO_2$에 대한 단성분 및 혼합성분의 흡착평형 실험을 정적부피법에 의해 수행하였다. 실험 데이타는 온도범위 293.15 K, 303.15 K, 313.15 K이고, 압력범위는 25 atm까지로 하여 얻었다. 각각의 파라미터들은 단성분 실험을 통해 얻었고, 이를 통해 혼합성분의 흡착 평형을 예측하였으며 실험값과 비교하였다. Zeolite 5A 에서의 $H_2/CO_2$, $CO/CO_2$ 혼합가스의 흡착평형 실험 결과는 Langmuir isotherm, Langmuir-Freundlich isotherm and Dual-Site Langmuir isotherm을 이용해 예측하였다. 그 결과 Dual-Site Langmuir isotherm모델이 가장 유사한 예측을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.199-203
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• 2002

소결 분위기가 금속입자분산 세라믹스기 복합체의 미세 조직 및 물성에 미치는 영향에 대하여 조사하고자 화학적 방법으로 합성한 $Al_2O_3$/Fe-Ni 나노복합분말을 수소 및 아르곤 가스 분위기, 또한 소결온도 등으로 제어하여 열간가압 소결하였다. 수소분위기에서 소결한 복합체는 아르곤분위기의 경우보다 반응상 $FeAl_2O_4$의 형성이 억제되었으며, 증가된 파괴강도 및 인성 값을 나타내었다. 또한, 소결 온도를 낮추었을 경우 기지상 및 금속 분산상의 미세화와 향상된 기계적 성질을 얻을 수 있었다. 소결 조건에 따른 기계적 특성의 변화는 주로 반응상의 형성과 관련된 미세조직 특성에 의존하는 것으로 해석하였다.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.246-250
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• 2009

NiO 나노 결정을 수소 분위기에서 환원시켜 Ni 금속이 형성되는 거동에 대하여 고찰하였다. NiO 나노 결정은 $Ni(NO_3)_2\cdot6H_2O$를 열처리하여 얻었고, 200~500 nm의 입도와 정 팔면체의 형상을 나타내었다. 이 결정은 일반적인 합성조건에서는 잘 형성되지 않는 불안정 상태인 불안정상태인 (111)면이 발달한 결정체였다. 환원은 300과 $600^{\circ}C$에서 15분과 60분간 수행하였다. NiO 결정의 환원은 불안정한 (111)면에서 우선적으로 일어나기 시작하였으며, $300^{\circ}C$ 환원에서는 팔면체 형상을 유지하면서 Ni로 환원되었다. $600^{\circ}C$ 환원에서는 팔면체 결정의 facet 면이 사라지고, 인접한 결정립들 간의 neck가 형성되면서 Ni 상의 입자로 응집되어가는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.246-249
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• 2013

Nano-sized ${\beta}$-SiC nanoparticles were synthesized combined with a sol-gel process and a carbothermal process. TEOS and carbon black were used as starting materials for the silicon source and carbon source, respectively. $SiO_2$ nanoparticles were synthesized using a sol-gel technique (Stober process) combined with hydrolysis and condensation. The size of the particles could be controlled by manipulating the relative rates of the hydrolysis and condensation reactions of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) within the micro-emulsion. The average particle size and morphology of synthesized silicon dioxide was about 100nm and spherical, respectively. The average particles size and morphology of the used carbon black powders was about 20nm and spherical, respectively. The molar ratio of silicon dioxide and carbon black was fixed to 1:3 in the preparation of each combination. $SiO_2$ and carbon black powders were mixed in ethanol and ball-milled for 12 h. After mixing, the slurries were dried at $80^{\circ}C$ in an oven. The dried powder mixtures were placed in alumina crucibles and synthesized in a tube furnace at $1400{\sim}1500^{\circ}C$ for 4 h with a heating rate of $10^{\circ}C$/min under flowing Ar gas (160 cc/min) and furnace cooling down to room temperature. SiC nanoparticles were characterized by XRD, TEM, and SAED. The XRD results showed that high purity beta silicon carbide with excellent crystallinity was synthesized. TEM revealed that the powders are spherical shape nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 15 to 30 nm with a narrow distribution.