• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.375-385
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• 2001

The total burnup in the spent U$_3$Si/Al fuel samples from Hanaro reactor was determined by destructive methods using $^{148}$ Nd, the sum of $^{143}$ Nd and $^{144}$ Nd, the sum of $^{145}$ Nd and $^{146}$ Nd, and the sum of total Nd isotopes($^{143}$ Nd, $^{144}$ Nd, $^{145}$ Nd, $^{146}$ Nd, $^{148}$ Nd and $^{150}$ Nd) monitors. The fractional($^{235}$ U) turnup in the spent fuel samples was also determined by U and Pu mass spectrometric method. The samples were dissolved in a mixture of 4 M HCI and 10 M HNO$_3$ without any catalyst. The separation of U, Pu and Nd from the spiked and unspiked sample solutions was achieved by two sequential anion exchange separation methods. The isotope compositions of these elements, after their separation from the fuel samples were measured by mass spectrometry. The contents of the elements in the spent fuel samples were determined by isotope dilution mass spectrometric method(IDMS) using $^{233}$ U, $^{242}$ Pu and $^{150}$ Nd as spikes. The effective fission yield was calculated from the weighted fission yields averaged over the irradiation period. The difference between total turnup values determined by various Nd monitors were in the range of 1.8%.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2015

The organic matter sources of phytoplankton and related environmental factors influencing algal bloom in Paldang reservoir were studied using nitrogen and carbon isotope ratio(${\delta}^{15}N$, ${\delta}^{13}C$). Phytoplankton samples for stable isotope analysis were collected from four points in reservoir using a plankton net. Physicochemical water quality, algal taxa and hydrological data were collected from published monitoring material. Phytoplankton samples were analyzed by IRMS. CN ratio of each sample was very similar to that of phytoplankton from literature cited. ${\delta}^{15}N$ of each sample was decreased during July. Mixing and dilution of nitrogen sources due to increment of influx by concentrated rainfall were considered as the main reason for the decline of ${\delta}^{15}N$. Based on analyzed ${\delta}^{15}N$ value of each sample, nitrogen source of Bughan river sample was presumed to come from soil. The nitrogen sources of Namhan river and Kyeongan stream samples seemed to be sewage or animal waste. Low ${\delta}^{15}N$ value in August (2012) seemed to be influenced by isotope fractionation due to the blooming of nitrogen-fixation blue-green algae (Anabaena spp.). Variation in ${\delta}^{15}N$ values particularly by blue-green algal bloom was considered the important factor for estimating the organic matter sources of phytoplankton.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.1698-1702
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• 2013

Glucose is a common medical analyte measuring in human serum or blood samples. The development of a primary method is necessary for the establishment of traceability in measurements. We have developed an isotope dilution liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry as a primary method for the measurement of glucose in human serum. Glucose and glucose-$^{13}C_6$ in sample were ionized in ESI negative mode and monitored at mass transfers of m/z 179/89 and 185/92 in MRM, respectively. Glucose was separated on $NH_2P$-50 2D column, and the mobile phase was 20 mM $NH_4OAc$ in 30% acetonitrile/70% water. Verification of this method was performed by the comparison with NIST SRMs. Our results agreed well with the SRM values. We have developed two levels of glucose serum certified reference material using this method and distributed them to the clinical laboratories in Korea as samples for proficiency testings. The expended uncertainty was about 1.2% on 95% confidence level. In proficiency testings, the results obtained from the clinical laboratories showed about 3.6% and 3.9% RSD to the certified values. Primary method can provide the traceability to the field laboratories through proficiency testings or certified reference materials.

• Mass Spectrometry Letters
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.21-24
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• 2012

$5{\alpha}$-Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is the primary active metabolite of testosterone, catalyzed by $5{\alpha}$-reductase ($5{\alpha}R$) in the skin, prostate, and liver. In this study, the $5{\alpha}R$ activity in rat liver S9 fraction in the presence of a NADPH-generating system was evaluated and compared by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)-based in vitro assays. Testosterone and a $5{\alpha}R$ inhibitor, finasteride, were added to the S9 fractions and incubated at $37^{\circ}C$ for 1 h. Both testosterone and DHT were quantitatively measured and compared with two different GC-MS-based steroid profiling techniques. DHT was not detected by conventional GC-MS analysis in the absence of finasteride when the concentration of testosterone in the S9 fraction was less than $0.2{\mu}M$, whereas the isotope-dilution GC-MS (GC-IDMS) system was able to evaluate the $5{\alpha}R$ activity. Because the S9 fraction contains more reactive enzymes and is easier to collect from tissues compared with a microsomal solution, the combination of the S9 fraction and GC-IDMS technique may be a promising assay for evaluating the $5{\alpha}R$ activity in large-scale clinical studies.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.297-303
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• 2000

저니토 시료 중의 미량 Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn 등의 분석을 위해 동위원소희석 질량분석법을 이용하였다. 시료는 마이크로파 혼합산(질산, 불산, 과염소산) 분해법을 이용하여 용해하였다. Ammonium pyrrolidenedithiocarbamate(APDC) 용매 추출법을 이용하여 알칼리 및 알칼리 토금속을 분리한 다음 Pb를 측정하고, 나머지 원소들은 이 용액에 $NH_4OH$ 첨가 후 원심 분리하여 Fe, Sn, Ti 등을 제거한 다음 측정하였다. 측정원소의 회수율은 다소 떨어지나 동중원소 방해를 일으키는 매질원소를 효율적으로 제거할 수 있었다. 2종의 저니토 인증표준물질 중의 미량원소 분석에 이 방법을 적용한 결과 인증값과 잘 일치하는 측정 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.410-415
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• 2001

철강 시료 중의 납 분석을 위하여 수소화물 발생법을 플라스마에 납을 선택적으로 주입하고 유도결합플라스마 질량분석법으로 측정하는 분석법을 개발하였다. 납 수소화물 $PbH_4$의 생성을 위해서는 $NaBH_4$와 반응 전에 먼저 준안정 상태의 Pb(IV)로 만들어주기 위하여 산화제가 필요하다. $1000{\mu}g/mL$ 이상의 철 매질을 함유하는 시료용액으로 납 수소화물을 발생시키기 위한 최적조건을 찾는 연구를 수행하였다. 철 매질이 $10{\mu}g/mL$ 이상 존재할 때는 $K_2Cr_2O_7$이 효과적인 산화제로 작용하였으며 젖산을 가하여 감도를 향상시켰다. 시료용액의 산농도 그리고 산화제와 젖산 농도의 최적값은 철 매질의 농도에 따라 달랐다. 동위원소 희석법을 사용하여 납을 정량하였으며 철강 표준물질 NIST SRM 361, 362 분석결과는 불확도 범위안에서 검정값과 잘 일치하였다.

• 분석과학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.145-160
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• 1996

한국표준과학연구원 무기분석그룹에서는 1994년과 1995년도에 카나다 퀘백주 독성센터에서 실시한 혈액시료의 국제공동분석프로그램에 참여하였다. 이 프로그램의 목적은 생체시료에 있는 미량의 독성원소에 대해 참여하는 각국 실험실의 재현성과 정확도의 평가이다. 본 실험실에서는 3개 농도수준의 Pb과 Cd이 함유된 혈액시료를 동위원소희석 유도결합플라스마 질량분석법으로 분석하였다. 0.5mL의 혈액시료에 농축 동위원소를 첨가하고 질산 2mL와 함께 마이크로파 가압분해장치에서 분해한 후 약 10mL로 묽힌 후 ICP-MS에 주입하였다. 각국 실험실에서 보고한 Pb과 Cd의 농도를 나타내고 서로 비교하였으며 본 실험실에서 보고한 값은 모두 목표값에 매우 가까운 값을 얻었다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3817-3824
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• 2013

Various separation modes in HPLC, such as anion exchange (AE), reversed-phase (RP), and affinity (AF) chromatography were examined for the separation of selenium species in human blood serum and urine. While RP- and AE-HPLC were mainly used for the separation of small molecular selenium species, double column AF-HPLC achieved the separation of selenoproteins in blood serum efficiently. Further, the effluent of AF-HPLC was enzymatically hydrolyzed and then analyzed with RP HPLC for selenoamino acid study. The versatility of the hybrid technique makes the in-depth study of selenium species possible. For quantification, post column isotope dilution (ID) with $^{78}Se$ spike was performed. ORC ICP/MS (octapole reaction cell inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry) was used with 4 mL $min^{-1}$ Hydrogen as reaction gas. In urine sample, inorganic selenium and SeCys were identified. In blood serum, selenoproteins GPx, SelP and SeAlb were detected and quantified. The concentration for GPx, SelP and SeAlb was $22.8{\pm}3.4\;ng\;g^{-1}$, $45.2{\pm}1.7\;ng\;g^{-1}$, and $16.1{\pm}2.2\;ng\;g^{-1}$, respectively when $^{80}Se/^{78}Se$ was used. The sum of these selenoproteins ($84.1{\pm}4.4\;ng\;g^{-1}$) agrees well with the total selenium concentration measured with the ID method of $87.0{\pm}3.0\;ng\;g^{-1}$. Enzymatic hydrolysis of each selenium proteins revealed that SeCys is the major amino acid for all three proteins and SeMet is contained in SeAlb only.

• 암석학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2001

1997읜 이후 한국기초과학지원연구원에 K-Ar 연대 측정 시스템이 도입되어 현재 이용중이다. 이 시스템은 흑연전기로, 가스 전처리 장치, 질량분석기와 자료획득장치로 구성되어 있으며 K-Ar연대 측정은 $^{38}$ Ar을 스파이크로 이용하는 동위원소 희석법에 의한 정밀한 Ar 농도 측정과 원자흡광분석을 통한 K 정량분석에의해 이루어진다. 연대가 잘 알려진 K-Ar 연대측정용 표준물질을 이용하여 시스템의 정밀성과 정확성을 확인하였다. 백만년 이하의 연대를 갖는 시료의 경우 질량분석기의 감도와 질량차별지수의 미약한 변화에도 큰영향을 받기 때문에 정확한 연대 측정이 곤란하나 중생대 및 제 3기의 K-Ar 연대를 갖는 표준시료의 연대를 측정했을 때, 믿을 만한 결과를 내고 있다. $92.6\pm$0.6 Ma의 연대가 알려진 SORI93혹운모의 경우 92.1$\pm$1.1 Ma의 연대를 얻을 수 있었고, $18.5\pm$0.6 Ma의 Bern4M 백운모는 권고치와 유사한 $17.8\pm$0.2 Ma의 연대를 얻을 수 있었다. .

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권11호
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• pp.3139-3144
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• 2010

A model system has been established for the evaluation of the uncertainty of the value from measurements of multiple subsamples by isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS). In this report, we apply this model system for the evaluation of measurement uncertainty in determination of folic acid in infant formula. Five subsamples were analyzed by IDMS. The mean of the measurement results of the five subsamples was assigned as the final measurement value. The standard deviation (s) of the results from five subsamples was attributable to repeatability of the measurement. The uncertainty components in the IDMS measurement methods were categorized into two groups. Group I includes uncertainty components which give common systematic effects to all subsamples and do not contribute to the variation among multiple measurements (repeatability). Group II includes uncertainty components that give random effects on the measurement results, and are related with the measurement repeatability. These random effects are attributed to s. Therefore, the uncertainty of the final value was calculated by combining the standard deviation of the mean of multiple measurements, $s/{\surd}n$ (where n = 5), and the measurement uncertainty associated with the uncertainty components that give systematic effects.