• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.413-425
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• 2005

The 16 priority PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) designated by US Environmental Protection Agency were analyzed for some digested sludges from wastewater treatment plants in Korea. PAHs are an important group of organic contaminants present in sewage sludge due to their persistence and toxic potential. PAHs were extracted from freeze-dried sludges using a methylene chloride-methanol (2:1) mixture in a soxhlet extractor. The extracts were cleaned-up by silica gel/alumina combination column and subsequently fed into gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS) for determining PAH contents. The sum of the 16 PAHs in the sewage sludge varied from 534.8 to $5754.5 {\cal}ug/{\cal}kg$, dry wt.. In the sewage sludge, phenanthrene appears as the most abundant PAHs, followed by naphthalene, pyrene, fluoranthene. Source of the investigated sewage sludges relatively predominated pyrogenic. PAHs levels of sewage sludges in Korea appeared to be lower than those in other countries.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Tobacco Science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.57-64
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• 1987

The pyrolysis of geometrical isomers of 9-octadecenoic acid were conducted at $600^{\circ}C$ under nitrogen, and its pyrolytic behaviors were investigated. The pyrolytic products of both fatty acids, cis-9-octadecenoic acid(oleic acid) and trans-9-octadecenoic acid(elaidic acid), were analyzed using a gas chromatograph and GC/MS spectrometer. Twenty-seven different compounds were identified from these pyrolyzates, and the chief products of them were ketones, alcohols and aromatic hydrocarbons. And also, the pyrolytic mechanisms of two geometrical isomers of this fatty acid were discussed by a comparison of experimental results.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.94-94
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• 2003

위성체의 유기오염은 광학계 렌즈 등의 오염 민감 표면에 분자단위로 흡착되어 표면에 층을 이루며 존재하는 것으로 위성의 성능저하 및 임무실패를 야기할 수 있는 주요원인이 된다. 유기오염은 단순히 대기에 노출되는 것만으로도 발생할 수 있으며, 특히 고온 고진공 상태에서는 다른 표면들에서 outgassing된 물질들이 흡착될 수 있기 때문에 그 영향이 극대화 된다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 유기오염을 측정하기 위하여 청정실과 열진공챔버 내에 witness plate를 설치하고 이를 적외선분광장비로 분석하였다. 적외선 분광장비를 이용하여 ESA(European Space Agency) 문서를 기준으로 4가지 물질에 대하여 검교정을 수행하였고, 그 결과를 바탕으로 유기오염물을 정량분석 하였다. 또한 유기오염물질의 분별을 통해 보다 정확한 분석을 수행하기 위하여 GC-MS(Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer)를 사용하여 분석을 시도하였으며, 이를 국제 기준에 적용하기 위한 방안도 모색하였다.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.33-39
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• 1994

The changes of hydrogenation properties of $LaNi_5$ by hydrogen charging condition were investigated using the P-C-isotherm curves, DSC(Differential Scanning Calorimetry), GC(Gas Chromatograph), X-ray diffractometer. As a results of static hydrogen charging, the hydrogen storage capacity gradually decreased and the plateau region severly slopped. Most of the degraded properties could be restored by the annealing treatment. The degradation of hydrogen storage capacity was related with the formation of stable hydride, which was not dehydrided at room temperature.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.1101-1104
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• 1997

The volatile compounds in sesame oil were collected by a dynamic headspace technique and analyzed using a gas chromatograph with a flame ionization detector and an olfactory detector. Twenty compounds such as methylpyrazine, acetic acid, 2-furan carboxaldehyde and 2-furanmethanol were separated and identified with a mass spectrometric detector. The result of sniffing test showed that pyrazine compounds and 2-furan-carboxaldehyde had a sweet and roasted flavor whereas acetic acid and 2-furanmethanol stinked.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07d
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• pp.2079-2081
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• 2003

현재 산업화 사회가 가속됨에 따라 인체에 유해한 물질들이 발생한다. 그 중에서 VOC(Volatile Organic Component)는 인체에 치명적인 해를 일으키는 물질이다. 본 논문은 MOS(Metal Oxide Semiconductor) 센서를 이용하여 인체에 치명적인 유해 물질인 VOC를 측정하였다. 현재 VOC의 측정은 GC(Gas Chromatograph)를 이용하는데 이는 측정 시간이 길며 숙련된 측정자에 의해서만 측정이 가능하고 그 분석이 가능하다. 그러나 MOS 센서를 이용하면 숙련되지 않은 측정자도 측정이 가능하며 인공신경망을 이용하여 그 분석을 함으로서 누구나 쉽게 분석이 가능하고 실시간으로 측정이 가능하다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.9-18
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• 2010

In this study, Solid-phase micro-extraction (SPME) with Gas Chromatograph using Flame Ionization Detector (GC/FID) was studied as a possible alternative to liquid-liquid extraction for the analysis of Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and Tertiary-butyl ether (TBA) in water and an optimization condition of trace analysis of MTBE and TBA using the design of experiment (DOE) was described. The aim of our research was to apply experimental design methodology in the optimization condition of trace analysis of fuel oxygenated compounds in soil-phase microextraction with GC/FID. The reactions of SPME were mathematically described as a function of parameters of Temp ($X_1$), Volume ($X_2$), Time ($X_3$) and Salt ($X_4$) being modeled by the use of the partial factorial designs, which was used for fitting 2nd order response surface models and was alternative to central composite designs. The model predicted agreed with the experimentally observed result ($Y_1$(MTBE, $R^2$ = 0.96, $Y_2$ (TBA, $R^2$ = 0.98)). The estimated ridge of the expected maximum responses and optimal conditions for MTBE and TBA were 278.13 and (Temp ($X_1$) = $48.40^{\circ}C$, Volume ($X_2$) = 73.04 mL, Time ($X_3$) = 11.51 min and Salt ($X_4$) = 12,50 mg/L), and 127.89 and (Temp ($X_1$) = $52.12^{\circ}C$, Volume ($X_2$) = 88.88mL, Time ($X_3$) = 65.40 min and Salt ($X_4$) = 12,50 mg/L), respectively.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.210-217
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• 2015

Ipfencarbazone is a herbicide of the tetrazolinone class, and is believed to be an inhibitor of very long chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), which control cell division in weeds. The objective of this study was to develop and validate an official analytical method for ipfencarbazone determination in agricultural products. The ipfencarbazone residues in agricultural products were extracted with acetone, partitioned with n-hexane, and then purified through silica SPE cartridge. Finally, the analyte was quantified by gas chromatograph-electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and confirmed with gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer(GC/MS). The linear range of ipfencarbazone was 0.01 to 1.0 mg/L with the coefficient of determination ($r^2$) of 0.9999. The limit of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) was 0.003 and 0.01 mg/kg, respectively. In addition, average recoveries of ipfencarbazone ranged from 80.6% to 112.3% at the different concentration levels LOQ, 10LOQ and 50LOQ, while the relative standard deviation was 2.2-8.6%. All values were consistent with the criteria ranges requested in the CODEX guidelines. Furthermore, and inter-laboratory study was conducted to validate the method. This proposed method for determination of ipfencarbazone residues in agricultural products can be used as an official analytical method.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.256-261
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• 1999

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of barley tea with roasted grains and barley tea with a tea bag on the reduction of chlorination by-product(CBP) levels in chlorinated drinking water. Since the concentrations of six volatile compounds of eight CBPs were blow their respective detection limits after 10 minute heating, two nonvolatile CBPs dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid, and total chlorine were compared between tap water and two kinds of barley tea. No significant differences were observed in the relative changes of the amounts of the above three items, and new peaks which were not found in the original water appeared in the chromatograms of gas chromatograph/electron capture detector(GC/ECD). Thirty three organic compounds were identified in the extracts of barley tea with roasted grains, barley tea with a tea bag, corn tea, and Cassia tora seed tea which were prepared with distilled/deionized water, using gas chromatography/mass selective detection(GC/MSD). Exclusive of fatty acids, most of the compounds were aromatic compounds such as phenols, furans, and pyrroles.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.269-274
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• 2014

The experimental performance evaluation of a cylindrical steam reformer with various thermal conditions has been conducted. The bottom space of the cylindrical reactor was packed with Ruthenium (Ru) catalyst. A three-segment furnace was installed to create the axially variable boundary temperature distribution. Six K-type thermocouples were inserted into the catalyst layer, and three exhaust ports were fabricated on the side wall along the flow direction. The exhausted gases at each port were analyzed by using gas chromatograph (GC) system. The experimental results showed that the reforming reaction occurs intensively in the upstream region and more hydrogen is obtained when the intake gas is sufficiently heated up through the enhanced steam reforming (SR) reaction. The axially increasing boundary temperature setup provided the maximally accumulated reforming efficiency of 74.8%, when the reactor was placed at the 3rd section of the furnace.