• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제45권7호
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• pp.847-858
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• 2013

Since 2001, a series of five irradiation test campaigns for atomized U-Mo dispersion fuel rods, KOMO-1, -2, -3, -4, and -5, has been conducted at HANARO (Korea) in order to develop high performance low enriched uranium dispersion fuel for research reactors. The KOMO irradiation tests provided valuable information on the irradiation behavior of U-Mo fuel that results from the distinct fuel design and irradiation conditions of the rod fuel for HANARO. Full size U-Mo dispersion fuel rods of 4-5 $g-U/cm^3$ were irradiated at a maximum linear power of approximately 105 kW/m up to 85% of the initial U-235 depletion burnup without breakaway swelling or fuel cladding failure. Electron probe microanalyses of the irradiated samples showed localized distribution of the silicon that was added in the matrix during fuel fabrication and confirmed its beneficial effect on interaction layer growth during irradiation. The modifications of U-Mo fuel particles by the addition of a ternary alloying element (Ti or Zr), additional protective coatings (silicide or nitride), and the use of larger fuel particles resulted in significantly reduced interaction layers between fuel particles and Al.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제47권7호
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• pp.875-883
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• 2015

The use of subcritical aqueous homogenous reactors driven by accelerators presents an attractive alternative for producing $^{99}Mo$. In this method, the medical isotope production system itself is used to extract $^{99}Mo$ or other radioisotopes so that there is no need to irradiate common targets. In addition, it can operate at much lower power compared to a traditional reactor to produce the same amount of $^{99}Mo$ by irradiating targets. In this study, the neutronic performance and $^{99}Mo$, $^{89}Sr$, and $^{131}I$ production capacity of a subcritical aqueous homogenous reactor fueled with low-enriched uranyl nitrate was evaluated using the MCNPX code. A proton accelerator with a maximum 30-MeV accelerating power was used to run the subcritical core. The computational results indicate a good potential for the modeled system to produce the radioisotopes under completely safe conditions because of the high negative reactivity coefficients of the modeled core. The results show that application of an optimized beam window material can increase the fission power of the aqueous nitrate fuel up to 80%. This accelerator-based procedure using low enriched uranium nitrate fuel to produce radioisotopes presents a potentially competitive alternative in comparison with the reactor-based or other accelerator-based methods. This system produces ~1,500 Ci/wk (~325 6-day Ci) of $^{99}Mo$ at the end of a cycle.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.375-381
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• 2022

Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a technology that allows users with motor disturbance to control machines by brainwaves without a physical controller. Motor imagery (MI)-BCI is one of the popular BCI techniques, but it needs a long calibration time for users to perform a mental task that causes high fatigue to the users. MI is reported as showing a similar neural mechanism as motor execution (ME) and motor observation (MO). However, integrative investigations of these three tasks are rarely conducted. In this study, we propose a new paradigm that incorporates three tasks (MI, ME, and MO) and conducted a comparative analysis. For this study, we collected Electroencephalograms (EEG) of motor imagery/execution/observation from 28 healthy subjects and investigated alpha event-related (de)synchronization (ERD/ERS) and classification accuracy (left vs. right motor tasks). As result, we observed ERD and ERS in MI, MO and ME although the timing is different across tasks. In addition, the MI showed strong ERD on the contralateral hemisphere, while the MO showed strong ERD on the ipsilateral side. In the classification analysis using a Riemannian geometry-based classifier, we obtained classification accuracies as MO (66.34%), MI (60.06%) and ME (58.57%). We conclude that there are similarities and differences in fundamental neural mechanisms across the three motor tasks and that these results could be used to advance the current MI-BCI further by incorporating data from ME and MO.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제39권9호
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• pp.851-856
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• 2002

산화몰리브덴($MoO_3$)이 첨가된 산화크롬 용사코팅층을 제조하여 산화몰리브덴의 첨가에 따른 고온(450$^{\circ}C$)에서의 플라즈마 용사코팅층에 마찰, 마멸특성을 조사하였다. 마찰, 마멸 특성에 대한 실험을 위하여 왕복동 마멸시험장치를 사용하였다. TEM을 이용하여 코팅층의 미세 구조와 각 상들의 조성을 살펴보았다. 분석 결과에 의하면 산화몰리브덴이 입계로 분산되어 있어 코팅층의 경도와 밀도의 증가가 발생하였다. 마멸시험후 마멸면의 물리적 변화와 화학적 조성의 변화를 SEM와 XPS를 통하여 살펴보았다. 산화몰리브덴이 첨가된 코팅층에서 마찰계수의 감소를 관찰할 수 있었다. 산화몰리브덴이 첨가된 코팅의 마멸된 표면에 마찰, 마멸에 유리한 보호막의 형성이 광범위하게 일어남을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 보호막에 몰리브덴이 산화몰리브덴의 형태로 존재하는 것을 XPS 분석을 통하여 알 수 있었다. 보호막에 산화몰리브덴의 존재가 마찰계수를 감소시키는 것으로 생각된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.636-645
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• 2022

이 연구에서는 은행껍질기반 활성탄으로 음이온성 염료인 메틸오렌지(MO)의 흡착 특성을 조사하였다. 이를 위해 은행껍질과 대표적인 화학활성화제인 수산화칼륨(KOH)을 이용하여 서로 다른 기공 특성을 지닌 다공성 활성탄(GS-1, GS-2, GS-4)을 제조하였다. 제조한 활성탄의 구조적 특성값과 KOH 혼합비율과의 상관관계는 질소 흡/탈착등온선으로 조사하였다. 활성탄에 대한 MO 흡착 평형 실험은 서로 다른 pH (pH 3~11) 및 온도(298~318 K) 조건에서 실시하였으며 그 결과를 Langmuir, Freundlich, Sips 및 온도 의존 Sips식으로 살펴보았다. 그리고 Langmuir 무차원 분리계수값으로 제조한 활성탄의 MO 흡착처리공정의 타당성을 조사하였다. 흡착에너지분포함수(AED)로 비교 분석한 활성탄에 대한 MO의 불균일 흡착 특성은 온도와 활성탄의 구조적 특성과 밀접한 관련이 있었다. 서로 다른 온도에서 수행한 회분식 흡착 속도 실험 결과는 외부물질전달, 입자 내 확산 및 활성사이트의 흡착을 고려한 균일표면확산모델(HSDM)로 만족스럽게 설명할 수 있었다. 또한 표면확산계수값을 Arrhenius 플롯으로 나타내어 구한 활성화에너지와 흡착에너지분포 함수값과의 상관관계를 살펴보았다. 그리고 Biot 수를 이용하여 제조한 활성탄에 대한 MO의 흡착 공정 메커니즘을 평가하였다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.152-158
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• 2008

A peculiar virus-like disease of tomato showing yellow mosaic and necrotic spots on leaves and necrosis on veins, petioles and stems was observed at the Tomato Experimental Station (TES), Buyeo, Chungcheongnamdo, Korea. The disease incidence at TES fields ranged from 21 to 35% infecting different tomato cultivars. For this reason, to identify the virus infecting tomato and to characterize the virus based on biology, serology, cytology and at molecular level. Here, leaf samples were randomly collected from different infected tomato cultivars at TES fields and greenhouses and tested by ELISA using Pepper mottle virus (PePMoV) and Tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) antisera. Infected saps were mechanically inoculated in different host plants to test for pathogenicity, symptomatology and host ranges. Infected tissues and ultrathin sections were examined by electron microscopy. Finally, putative coat protein and 3'-untranslated region (CP/3'-UTR) fragment was amplified and cloned for sequence determination and analyzed its genetic relationship to existing PepMoV and PVY sequences at the Genbank. Results showed 69% of the samples were positive with PepMoV, 13% with ToMV and 19 % were doubly infected with PepMoV and ToMV. Symptoms greatly varied from different host plants inoculated with tomato leaf sap infected with PepMoV alone and discussed in detailed in this paper. Electron microscopy from infected tissues showed filamentous particles of 720-750nm in length, a typical morphology and size of PepMoV. In addition, cylindrical inclusion bodies, pinwheels, scrolls and laminates with masses of fibrillar inclusions were also found in ultrathin sections. Alignment of the sequences of the CP/3'-UTR revealed >96% sequence identity with PepMoV and only <61% with PVY. Taken together, all these evidences presented clearly indicated that the causal agent infecting tomato at TES was PepMoV and we designated this PepMoV infecting tomato as Tom-sd2 strain in this study.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권8호
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• pp.628-634
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• 2011

SA508 Gr.4N Ni-Cr-Mo low alloy steel, in which Ni and Cr contents are higher than in commercial SA508 Gr.3 Mn-Mo-Ni low alloy steels, may be a candidate reactor pressure vessel (RPV) material with higher strength and toughness from its tempered martensitic microstructure. The inner surface of the RPV is weld-cladded with stainless steels to prevent corrosion. The goal of this study is to evaluate the microstructural properties of the clad interface between Ni-Cr-Mo low alloy steel and stainless weldment, and the effects of post weld heat treatment (PWHT) on the properties. The properties of the clad interface were compared with those of commercial Mn-Mo-Ni low alloy steel. Multi-layer welding of model alloys with ER308L and ER309L stainless steel by the SAW method was performed, and then PWHT was conducted at $610^{\circ}C$ for 30 h. The microstructural changes of the clad interface were analyzed using OM, SEM and TEM, and micro-Vickers hardness tests were performed. Before PWHT, the heat affected zone (HAZ) showed higher hardness than base and weld metals due to formation of martensite after welding in both steels. In addition, the hardness of the HAZ in Ni-Cr-Mo low alloy steel was higher than that in Mn-Mo-Ni low alloy steel due to a comparatively high martensite fraction. The hardness of the HAZ decreased after PWHT in both steels, but the dark region was formed near the fusion line in which the hardness was locally high. In the case of Mn-Mo-Ni low alloy steel, formation of fine Cr-carbides in the weld region near the fusion line by diffusion of C from the base metal resulted in locally high hardness in the dark region. However, the precipitates of the region in the Ni-Cr-Mo low alloy steel were similar to that in the base metal, and the hardness in the region was not greatly different from that in the base metal.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 1999년도 춘계학술발표강연 및 눈문개요집
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• pp.122-122
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• 1999

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.475-476
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• 2006

• 한국분말야금학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국분말야금학회 2006년도 Extended Abstracts of 2006 POWDER METALLURGY World Congress Part 1
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• pp.545.2-545.2
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• 2006