• 분석과학
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.12-21
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• 2000

PIGE(양성자유발 감마선발생) 분석법을 이용하여 Li~K에 이르는 경원소의 분석을 시도하였다. 각 원소별로 표준시료를 제작하여 사용하는 방법으로 지질 및 생체, 환경, 소재 등 다양한 시료를 시험분석하였다. 양성자 에너지 2.4 MeV와 3.4 MeV에 대하여 측정하였으며 일반적으로 다중원소 검출시 3.4 MeV가 유리한 것으로 나타났다. 분석결과는 표준치와 최대 15%내로 일치하였다. 검출한계는 Li, B, F, Na의 경우 100 ppm 이내, 기타 원소들은 수백 ppm ~ 수%로 계산되었다.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.231-251
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• 2014

The present study examines the phosphate adsorption potential and behavior of mixture of Ground Burnt Patties (GBP), a solid waste generated from cooking fuel used in earthen stoves and Red Soil (RS), a natural substance in fixed bed column mode operation. The characterization of adsorbent was done by Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), and Proton Induced ${\gamma}$-ray Emission (PIGE) methods. The FTIR spectroscopy of spent adsorbent reveals the presence of absorbance peak at $1127cm^{-1}$ which appears due to P = O stretching, thus confirming phosphate adsorption. The effects of bed height (10, 15 and 20 cm), flow rate (2.5, 5 and 7.5 mL/min) and initial phosphate concentration (5 and 15 mg/L) on breakthrough curves were explored. Both the breakthrough and exhaustion time increased with increase in bed depth, decrease in flow rate and influent concentration. Thomas model, Yoon-Nelson model and Modified Dose Response model were used to fit the column adsorption data using nonlinear regression analysis while Bed Depth Service Time model followed linear regression analysis under different experimental condition to evaluate model parameters that are useful in scale up of the process. The values of correlation coefficient ($R^2$) and the Sum of Square Error (SSE) revealed the Modified Dose Response model as the best fitted model to the experimental data. The adsorbent mixture responded effectively to the desorption and reusability experiment. The results of this finding advocated that mixture of GBP and RS can be used as a low cost, highly efficient adsorbent for phosphate removal from aqueous solution.