• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2022

A reliable and well-characterized dosimetry system which is traceable to the international measurement system, is the key element to quality assurance in radiation processing with cobalt-60 gamma rays, X-rays, and electron beam. This is specifically the case for health-regulated processes, such as the radiation sterilization of single use medical devices and food irradiation for preservation and disinfestation. Polyethylene is considered to possess a lot of interesting dosimetric characteristics. In this work, a detailed study has been performed to determine the dosimetric characteristics of a commercialized high-density polyethylene (HDPE) film using Fourier transformed infrared spectrometry (FTIR). Correlations have been established between the absorbed dose and radiation induced infrared absorption in polyethylene having a maximum at 965 cm^-1 (transvinylene band) and 1716 cm^-1 (ketone-carbonyl band). We have found that polyethylene dose-response is linear with dose for both bands up to1000 kGy. For transvinylene band, the dose-response is more sensitive if irradiations are made in helium. While, for ketone-carbonyl band, the dose-response is more sensitive when irradiations are carried out in air. The dose-rate effect has been found to be negligible when polyethylene samples are irradiated with electron beam high dose rates. The irradiated polyethylene is relatively stable for several weeks after irradiation.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.724-730
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• 2006

A study on the electron beam(E-Beam) decompositions of volatile organic compounds(VOCs) under background gases(helium, nitrogen, oxygen, air) has been carried out. Hexane selected as aliphatic VOCs was irradiated with electron beam using a batch reactor in the dose range of $0{\sim}10kGy$ and at ambient temperature. The concentrations of Hexane were 140 ppmC, 300 ppmC and 600 ppmC, respectively. Irradiation treatment efficiency of Hexane was evaluated by the GC/FID, GC/MSD, and the by-products were analyzed by $CO/CO_2\;and\;O_3$ analyzers. In different concentration, the maximum degrees of Hexane decomposition at 10 kGy were 96.4%(140 ppmC), 88.3%(300 ppmC), and 49.9%(600 ppmC). It was found that the decomposition efficiency of Hexane was higher than that of toluene at the same conditions(140 ppmC). In addition, the formation of acetone, benzene, 2-hexanone, and 3-hexanone were observed after the treatment of Hexane.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3899-3902
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• 2013

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2012

Swine wastewater was treated using a unique sequence of ion exchange membrane bed system (IEBR). Organic matter and nutrient in swine wastewater was pre-treated by electron beam irradiation. The optimal dose for solubilization of organic matter in swine wastewater ranged from 20 kGy to 75 kGy. The carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids were investigated as the solubilized organic fraction of swine wastewater and proteins and lipids mainly contained of the solubilized organic matter. The solubilization of organic matter in swine wastewater was affected by the combination effect of temperature and a dose. The average chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal efficiency under room temperature conditions was 67.1%, while that under psychrophilic conditions was 54.6%. For removal of ammonia, the removal efficiency decreased from 63.6% at $23^{\circ}C$ to 33.5% $16.8^{\circ}C$. On the other hand, the removal of phosphorus was not a function of temperature. Struvite was one of main mechanisms in anaerobic condition.

• Journal of Information Display
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.45-48
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• 2005

By applying a critical field treatment instead of the conventional surface treatments such as soft rubber roller, ion beam irradiation, adhesive taping, and laser irradiation, electron emission properties of screen-printed carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were enhanced and investigated based on the emission current-voltage characteristics through scanning electron microscopy. After nanotube emitters were activated at the applied electric-field of 2.5 V/um, the electron emission current density with good uniform emission sites reached the value of 2.13 mA/$cm^2$ , which is 400 times higher than that of the untreated sample, and the turn-on voltage decreased markedly from 700 to 460 V. In addition, enhancement of the alignment of CNTs to the vertical direction was observed.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.465-472
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• 2017

The ingot fabrication conditions related with the thermal shock bearing phase and microstructure have investigated for the rare earth zirconate ceramic material, lanthanum gadolinium zirconate, as a thermal barrier coating using electron beam evaporation method. The thermal shock resistance of the prepared ingot was evaluated by high energy electron beam irradiation. The rare earth zirconate ceramic powder was prepared by controlling the raw material powder composition of $La_2O_3$, $Gd_2O_3$ and $ZrO_2$ so as to have a composition of $(La_{0.3}Gd_{0.7})_2Zr_2O_7$ which was selected from the former study. Ingot samples were prepared under two conditions. The first condition is prepared by sintering the prepared powder mixture to form an ingot. The second condition is prepared by calcining the prepared powder mixture to form a composite phase and then sintering to form an ingot. X-ray diffraction(XRD) and Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM) were used to analyze phase forming behavior and microstructure of ingot samples. Nanoindentation method used to obtain elastic modulus and hardness of each ingot specimen. Also the stress distribution of ingot was simulated by using FEM method assuming the ingot surface was exposed to electron beam. As a results, in the case of an ingot having a network-shaped microstructure in which relatively coarse pores are included, it seems that the thermal shock resistance was higher than in the case of an ingot having a microstructure composed of relatively fine grains only or particles with the similar level size when the high energy electron beam irradiation.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.2410-2416
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• 2016

전 세계적으로 비핵화를 추구하고 있으나 북한의 계속되는 핵실험 등으로 핵폭에 대한 관심이 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 핵 폭발 또는 우주환경에서의 발생되는 펄스형 감마선은 매우 짧은 시간동안 고에너지를 전달하기에 전자소자에 큰 피해를 줄 수 있다. 이러한 전자소자의 피해정도를 확인하기 위한 연구를 수행하려면 핵폭 또는 우주환경에서 발생할 수 있는 펄스형 감마선 조사시설이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 펄스형 감마선 탐지 장치을 개발하고, 감마선 변환장치를 통해 펄스형 감마선을 생성한 후 그 출력을 분석하였다. 핵폭과 유사한 조건을 갖추기 위하여 포항가속기 연구시설의 전자빔가속장치를 이용하여 출력을 실험하였고, 그 결과 감마선 변환장치와 전지빔을 통해 생성한 펄스형 감마선의 방출과 그 출력특성을 확인하였다. 본 논문의 결과는 펄스감마선을 이용해야 하는 연구의 안정성과 정확성을 향상시키는데 기여할 것이다.

• 폴리머
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.268-274
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• 2012

실란 커플링제를 사용하여 알루미나 나노 입자의 표면을 처리하였다. 표면을 개질한 나노 입자를 in-mold decoration(IMD) 포일의 경질 코팅 층에 도입하여 표면 경도 및 내마모성을 중심으로 도막의 물성 변화를 평가하였다. 전자빔(electron beam, EB) 조사가 IMD 포일을 구성하는 color layer 및 anchor layer에 미치는 영향을 색도변화와 cross-cut tape 시험을 통하여 평가하였다. 또한 EB 조사 온도에 따른 경화 거동을 표면 물성 변화 평가 및 Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy 관찰을 통해 정량적으로 분석함으로써 EB 경화 공정의 실용화에 필요한 데이터베이스를 구축하였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.309-310
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• 2007

Spacecrafts such as most of commercial satellites that are operating in the geostationary orbit can be subjected to intense irradiation by charged particles. The surface made of dielectric materials can therefore become probable sites for damaging electrostatic discharges. Thanks to a specially equipped chamber, the spatial environment can be reproduced experimentally in the laboratory. In this paper, the behavior of high energy electrons injected in polymers such as PolyMethylMetaAcrylate (PMMA) and Kapton is studied. Results obtained by surface potential technique, pulse-electro acoustic device and a cell based on the split Faraday cup system are analyzed and discussed.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2000년도 제18회 학술발표회 논문개요집
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• pp.163-163
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• 2000

In this research, we used the ion irradiation technique which has an advantae in improving intentionally the properties of surface and interface in a non-equilibrium, instead of the conventional annealing method which has been known to improve the material properties in the equilibrium stat. Cu/Co multilayered films were prepared on SiN4/SiO2/Si substrates by the electron-beam evaporation for the Co layers and the thermal evaporation for the Cu layers in a high vacuum. The ion irradiation with a 80keV Ar+ was carried out at various ion doses in a high vacuum. Hysteresis loops of the films were investigated by magneto-optical polar Kerr spectroscopy at various experimental conditions. The change of atomic structure of the films before and after the ion irradiation was studied by glancing angle x-ray diffraction, and the intermixing between Co and Cu sublayers was confirmed by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The surface roughness and magneto-resistance were measured by atomic force microscopy and with a four-point probe system, respectively. During the magneto-resistance measurement, we changed temperature and the direction of magnetization. From the results of experiments, we found that the change at the interfaces of the Cu/Co multilayered film induced by ion irradiation cause the change of magnetic properties. According to the change in hysteresis loop, the surface inplane component of magnetic easy axis was isotropic before the ion irradiation, but became anisotropic upon irradiation. It was confirmed that this change influences the axial behavior of magneto-resistance. Especially, the magneto-resistance varied in accordance with an external magnetic field and the direction of current, which means that magneto-resistance also shows the uniaxial behavior.