• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.583-596
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• 2005

Samples of water, soil, and sediment were taken from 10 streams of Andong city in Gyeongbuk province in October 2004. To assess the degree of environmental pollution for each stream site, the chemical analyses of pollutants such as T-N, T-P, COD, heavy metal, organophosphorous and organochlorine pesticides, and dioxin-like PCB congeners were implemented using the standard process tests or the U. S. EPA methods. In addition, biological assessment using insect immune biomarkers was conducted on the same environmental samples to complement the chemical assessment. Except Waya stream (T-N; 2.91 mg/L, T-P; 0.16 mg/L, COD; 14.0 mg/L) with above the environmental quality standards, the T-P and COD concentrations of 9 sites are relatively low. The contents of Pb and Cd in samples taken from each stream were much lower than environmental quality standards. However, in comparison with soil samples of other streams, several times higher concentrations of Pb and Cd were found in locations at Mi, Gilan, Yeonha, and Waya stream sites. Dementon-S-methyl, diazinon, parathion, and phenthoate compounds among organophosphorous pesticides were detected as concentrations of ppb levels, respectively, from soil samples collected in the vicinity of Gilan, Mi, Norim, and Waya stream. On the other hand, 16 organochlorine pesticides and 12 dioxin-like PCB congeners selected in this study were not found in all samples. In particular, considering significant disrupting effects of Waya stream's samples on insect immune capacity, this stream seems to be contaminated with investigated and/or univestigated pollutants in this study.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.73-77
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• 2005

Nickel is the one of potent environmental, the occupational pollutants and the classified human carcinogens. It is a serious hazard to human health, when the metal exposure. To prevent human diseases from the heavy metals, it is seemingly important that understanding of how nickel exerts their toxicity and carcinogenic effect at a molecular and a genomic level. The process of nickel absorption has been demonstrated as phagocytosis, iron channel and diffusion. Uptaked nickel has been suggested to induce carcinogenesis via two pathways, a direct DNA damaging pathway and an indirect DNA damaging pathway. The former was originated from the ability of metal to generate Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and the reactive intermediates to interact with DNA directly. Ni-generated ROS or Nickel itself, interacts with DNAs and histones to cause DNA damage and chromosomal abnormality. The latter was originated from an indirect DNA damage via inhibition of DNA repair, or condensation and methylation of DNA. Cells have ability to protect from the genotoxic stresses by changing gene expression. Microarray analysis of the cells treated with nickel or nickel compounds, show the specific altered gene expression profile. For example, HIF-I (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor I) and p53 were well known as transcription factors, which are upregulated in response to stress and activated by both soluble and insoluble nickel compounds. The induction of these important transcription factors exert potent selective pressure and leading to cell transformation. Genes of metallothionein and family of heat shock proteins which have been known to play role in protection and damage control, were also induced by nickel treatment. These gene expressions may give us a clue to understand of the carcinogenesis mechanism of nickel. Further discussions on molecular and genomic, are need in order to understand the specific mechanism of nickel toxicity and carcinogenicity.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1222-1227
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• 2014

기록물들은 정보전달을 위한 수단일 뿐만 아니라, 역사적 문화적으로 매우 중요한 가치를 지니고 있어 각각의 기록매체에 적합한 보존대책을 수립하고 적용해야만 한다. 특히 종이기록물은 시간이 지나면 생물손상 및 화학적인 반응에 의해 열화가 진행되며, 안전한 보존을 위해서 탈산 및 살균기능 처리를 필요로 한다. 본 연구에서는 종이기록물의 효과적인 보존처리를 위하여 15~30nm 크기의 나노산화아연(ZnO)과 나노산화마그네슘(MgO)을 합성하였다. 합성한 나노화합물들을 종이기록물에 적용한 결과, 탈산효과와 항균효과가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 합성된 나노화합물들은 구성성분이 100%(Pb, Cd, As 비검출)에 가까워 종이기록물에 탈산처리한 후 중금속으로 인하여 발생할 수 있는 기록물의 훼손이 없을 것으로 판단된다.

• 청정기술
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2003

도금산업은 제조 공정상 다량의 환경오염물질을 배출하는데 일반적으로 산 알칼리 폐수 뿐만아니라 크롬화합물, 시안화합물, 중금속류, 부식성물질, 독성물질 등이 발생하여 환경오염을 초래한다. 본 연구에서는 도금 산업에서 가장 환경오염부하가 크고 많이 적용하는 아연도금공정의 공정진단 및 분석을 통해 아연도금공정의 청정생산 실행효과가 큰 우선순위별 단위공정에 최적기술을 적용하여 현 도금공장의 열악한 근무환경과 환경오염을 개선하고자 하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.302-306
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• 1995

E. coli was tested for their ability to uptake cadmium intracellularly, and the effect of zinc and calcium on cadmium toxicity to E. coli was observed. In addition, the effect of zinc and calcium on the uptake of cadimium was also studied. This study showed that living E. coli cells took up more cadmium than the dead cells. E. coli in the log phase uptake cadimiumm more actively than E. coli in the stationary phase. These results suggested that there may be metabolic reactions or compounds which encourage the uptake of cadimium. This study also showed that cadimium was sequestered by cell components of which molecular weight is about 30,000. Adding of zinc and calcium chloride reduced cadmium toxicity in E. coli and encouraged intracellular uptake by E coli. However adding of heavy metal solutions helped the microorganisms to adsorb more cadmium. Extremely high or low concentrations of zinc, however, did not affect cell viability.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.265-275
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• 1999

Titanium nitride and related overlayers produced by arc ion plating (AIP) are applied as commercial coatings in world-wide scale since the middle of 80s. Due to the achievements of low temperature deposition (LTD), they begin now to be used as wear and corrosion-resistant coatings for machine parts, besides applications on cemented carbide and high speed steel cutting tools. On the other side, TiN can be now applied successfully to brass, Al-alloy, ZnAl alloy articles as decorative coating through LTD. Various nitrides, carbonitrides, borides and other refractory compounds, such as (Ti, Al)N, TiCN, CrN, are used as the coatings for special heavy-duty working conditions instead of TiN since 90s. More and more multilayer coatings are applied now substituting single layer ones. Duplex processes are under development.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 2009

중유회를 효율적으로 소각 처리할 수 있는 이동상식 스토카로를 설계, 제작하기 위해 중유회가 노상을 이동하면서 겪는 조건들을 회분식 노에서 모사(模寫)하여 열중량분석법으로 중유회의 소각실험을 수행하였다. 이 결과로부터 이동상식 스토카로의 운전조건 및 노상면적 등을 구하였다. 중유회의 연소과정은 연소속도 차이에 의해 3단계로 구별되며, 각 단계별로 효과적인 연소가 이루어질 수 있도록 해야 한다. 비산방지 및 체적감소를 위하여 소각 전 첨가되는 수분 함량은 20 wt.%가 적절하였다. 중유회의 연소속도는 산소농도에 크게 의존하므로, 소각로는 연소공기의 조절 기능이 필요하다. 저융점 금속화합물의 용착 및 증발을 방지하고, 소각잔사의 불용화 및 유가금속 회수를 위해 소각온도는 $750^{\circ}C{\sim}800^{\circ}C$가 적절하고, 중유회의 균일한 연소반응과 연소속도의 향상을 위해 소각 중 중유회의 교반이 요구된다. 최적 조건에서 단위면적당 소각속도는 $12.53kg/m^{2}hr$이며 1일 18 ton의 중유회를 소각처리하기 위해서는 $60m^2$의 노상면적이 필요하다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2010

본 연구는 부산시에 위치한 하천들에 대한 기본적인 퇴적물 데이터와 현재의 오염상태에 대한 정보를 제공하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 먼저 부산시 하천 중 14곳을 선정하고 대상하천의 퇴적물을 채집하였다. 그리고 pH, 공업분석, 원소분석, COD, 유기탄소함량, 강열감량, 중금속 등을 분석하여 채집한 시료에 대해 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과 퇴적물의 COD, 유기탄소함량, 강열감량, 중금속 함량이 각각 $1.20{\sim}75.07mg\;L^{-1}$, 0.19~11.54%, 0.23~34.21%, $0.4{\sim}732.6mg\;kg^{-1}$로 나타났다. 최종적으로 퇴적물의 분석 데이터를 각각 USEPA 퇴적물 환경기준과 캐나다 온타리오 퇴적물 환경기준과 비교 하였으며, 먼저 USEPA 퇴적물 환경기준과 비교했을 때, 총 9개 시료가 심한오염상태인 것으로 분류되었고 3개 시료가 중간오염상태인 것으로 나타난 반면, 캐나다 온타리오 퇴적물 환경기준과 비교한 경우, 총 3개 시료가 SEL(Severe Effect Level), 총 10개 시료가 LEL(Lowest Effect Level)인 것으로 평가 되었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.424-431
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• 2016

The nutrients in livestock manure produced during fermentation processes in public livestock recycling centers are used as fertilizers. However, the large amounts of swine manure produced in intensive livestock farms can be a nonpoint source of pollution. In this experiment, we investigated the chemical properties, inorganic components, and heavy metal contents in 101 samples of liquid swine manure collected from 28 public livestock recycling centers throughout the nation. Results showed that the average pH of the samples was alkaline (pH range 5.18 to 9.54), and their maximum EC was $53.2dS\;m^{-1}$. The amounts of total nitrogen and total phosphorus were in the range of 1000 - 2000 and $200-800mg\;L^{-1}$ while potassium, which constituted 47% of the total inorganic ions recovered from the liquid swine manure, amounted to $1500mg\;L^{-1}$. The most distinctive heavy metals recovered from the liquid swine manure were copper and zinc although the amounts of both heavy metals were much lesser than those of the standards as livestock liquid fertilizer set by the Rural Development Administration. On the other hand, the amount of nitrogen decreased rapidly with an increasing fermentation period from immature to mature, assumed to be lost as volatile compounds, such as ammonia, which are the major odor components during the fermentation process.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2019

Objectives: In this study, we investigated an assessment for exposure levels of hazardous substances to kids cafes that unregulated by law. Methods: Heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, pesticides and phthalate were measured at 20 kids cafes in Gyeonggi-do and Incheon. Samplings were conducted from April to July in 2018. Results: Heavy metals were detected over the standard mainly around the floor and walls in the 19 kids cafes. Pesticides were detected in 7 locations with chlorpyrifos, diazinon and cypermethrin, and showed the highest detection level of chlorpyrifos. The concentrations of DEHP in all kids cafes were exceeded with standard. The risk assessment results showed that HCHO as carcinogen had a safety level and DEHP as non-carcinogens had a safety level as assessed to be under than 0.1. Conclusions: Considering the exposure investigation results and the importance of child health protection, kids cafe should be included in the legal management list of children's activities zones.