본 연구는 국내 유통 중인 프라이팬, 냄비, 주전자, 불판 등 금속제 주방기구 총 71품목을 대상으로 안전성 및 오염 정도에 대한 기초 자료를 제공하고자 실시되었다. 현행 식품공전 금속제의 재질 규격은 Pb 10 %, Sb 5 % 이하이며 용출 규격은 Pb 1.0 mg/L 이하이다. 알루미늄, 스테인리스 및 주철 총 71품목의 금속제 주방기구에 대한 재질시험 결과 Pb은 0.06 % 이하로 검출되었으나 기준이하였으며 Sb은 모든 제품에서 검출되지 않았다. 또한 이들 주방기구의 용출시험 결과에서도 기준치이하인 0.41 mg/L 의 Pb이 검출되어 국내 유통 중인 금속제 주방기구는 기준규격에 적합한 것으로 나타났다.

동해의 해양 심층수 자원 기반 환경 연구의 일부로 청결기술을 적용하여 해수 중의 용존 미량금속(Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn) 농도 분포와 변화를 조사하였다. 강원과 경북 지역에 총 6개 정점을 선정하고, 각 지역마다 최대 채수 수심 각각 200-300m와 500m까지 시료를 채취하였다. 본 연구의 미량금속을 위한 연안해수 표준물질(CASS-4)의 분석 결과 각 원소 평균 회수율은 Co의 89.4%에서 Cd의 99.8%의 범위였다. 용존 미량원소의 분포는 해역 및 시기적인 변화가 다양하게 나타났다. Cd, Ni, Zn의 경우는 영양염 의존형으로 표층에서 낮고 저층으로 갈수록 증가하는 경향이 뚜렷하였다. 그러나 Co, Cu, Pb은 수직적으로 불규칙적인 분포를 나타내었다. 본 연구의 동해 심층수 원수의 중금속 농도는 해역별 수질 기준과 먹는 물 기준을 만족하였다.

석탄회는 독특한 화학조성과 광물학적 특성을 나타내는 것으로 알려져 있다. 석탄회의 철산화광물에는 중금속원소들이 다량 농집되어 있어서 침출이 일어나는 환경에서는 토양과 지하수 및 해양오염의 가능성이 높다. 본 연구에서는 해안가에 위치한 당진화력 발전소에서 배출하고 있는 석탄회와 주변 해수와의 반응과정에서 토착 미생물이 어떤 역할을 하는지를 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 해수와 석탄회를 혼합하여 배양기에 60일 동안 보관하면서 물시료와 석탄회 시료를 분석함으로써 박테리아의 활동에 따른 광물의 상변화 및 해수의 지화학적 변화 정도를 살펴보았다. 매립호수에서 해수의 평균 pH는 8.97이다. 지화학적 변화 결과에 비추어 볼 때, 박테리아의 활동은 실험 시작 7일 이후부터 급격하게 활성화되었다. SO42-는 글루코스를 첨가한 시료에서 다른 처리방식에 비해 현저하게 감소하는 경향을 나타낸다. 매립호수에 서식하는 박테리아는 주로 Mn, Fe, Zn와 반응하여 매립호수로부터 금속이온을 제거시킬 수 있을 뿐 아니라 탄산염 광물을 형성하는 과정에서 이산화탄소를 고정시킬 수 있는 역할도 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

Getter property of nano-sized metallic powders was evaluated as a possible candidate for the future getter material. For the purpose, Ti powders of about 50 nm were prepared by electrical wire explosion. Commercial Ti powders of about 22 micrometer were tested as well for comparison. The room-temperature hydrogen-sorption speed of nano-sized Ti powders was which was more than 4 times higher than that of micron-sized ones. The value is comparable to or even higher than those of commercial products. Its sorption speed increases with activation temperature up to above which it deteriorates due to low-temperature sintering effect of nano-sized particles.

As a pa rt 0 1' the effort to develop a suitable scaffold for tissue-engineered bone regene ration, we modified calcium metaphosphate(CMP) ce ramic with 5 mol% Na20 or K20 to improve t he biodegradability and evaluated their effi ciency as a biodegr adable scaffold for ti ssue-engineered bone regeneration. The macroporous αiIP ceramic blocks incor porated with 5 mol% Na20 or K20 were prepa recl to have average pore size of 250 um in an inte rconnectecl framework structure The influ e nce of inco r pora tecl 5 mol% Na20 or K20 on cytotoxicity‘ cellular attachmont and t heir clifferentiation was evaluated by in vit ro analyzing sys tern. res pectively. The bioclegradability, histocompatibility, and osteogenic effect by cell-scaffolcl co nstruc ts were evalua ted by im plantation of them into subcutaneous pouches of SD-rats 0 1' SCID ITllce The incorporation of 5 mol% Na20 or K20 causecl clecrease of compressive strength without improving of biodegr adabili ty . The moclifi ed scaffolcls revea led no cy totoxic and excell ent biocompatability but osteogneic effect was recluced compa red to pure CMP ce ramic porous blocks . These res ul Ls s ugge::;t tha t the incorporation of 5 mol% Na20 0 1' K20 into pure CMP is not effective for improv ing effï ciency 0 1' scaffolcls fo1' tissue-engineered bone regeneration in terms of bioclegradabi li ty‘ physical s trength . a ncl osteogenic rege ne ra tive effect

The ambient heavy metals data measured at major 7 cities (Seoul, Busan and Incheon et al) in Korea were used to explain the composition and general features of Asian Dust observed during 2002~2006. Generally heavy metal concentrations during the Asian Dust episodes had tendency of showing higher values at sites in west-north side than east-south side of Korea, which can be explained by the effect of diffusion and deposition. But in the result of this study, some heavy metals as chrome and nickel had shown more higher concentrations in east-south site and in case of copper at the west-south site of Korea. These features were influenced by the weather conditions, topography factors or characteristics of soil composition in each sources. And the concentration of heavy metals makes increase every year in proportioned with the industrial growth of source areas. Futhermore, the study will be continue to search minutely the relation with weather and topography factors.

Wear of steel plate was measured during unlubricated sliding against TiC composites. These composites consist of round TiC grains and steel matrix. TiC grain itself exhibits low surface roughness and round shape, which does not bring its counterpart into severe damage from friction. In our work a classical experimental design was applied to find out a dominant factor in counterpart wear. The analysis of the data showed that only the applied load has a significant effect on the counterpart wear. Wear rate of counterpart increased non-linearly with applied load. Amount of wear was discrepant from expectation of being in proportion to the load by analogy with friction force. Our experimental result from treating matrix variously revealed bimodal wear behavior between the composites and counterpart where a mode seems to result from the special lubricant characteristic of TiC grains, and the other is caused by metal-to-metal contact. The two wear mechanisms were discussed.

The experimental data from the central composite design runs were utilized for mathematical models far the drilling characteristics containing linear, quadratic and interactive effects of the parameters such as volume fraction of TiC in the composites, drill speed, feed rate and drill diameter. The models were developed via stepwise selection where the insignificant effects were removed using t-test. The models were subjected to optimization of maximizing drill life and satisfying the other constraints.

[ ] alloys with Al, B or Nb were prepared by an advanced consolidation process that combined mechanical alloying with pulse discharge sintering (complex forming) to improve the mechanical properties. Their microstructure and mechanical properties were investigated. The alloys fabricated by complex forming method showed very fine microstructure when compared with the sample sintered from commercial powders. Alloys made from powders milled in Ar gas had fewer silica or alumina phases as compared to their counterparts sintered from powders milled in air. In densification of the sintered body, addition of B was more effective than Al or Nb. Both Victors hardness and tensile test indicated that the alloy fabricated by the complex forming method showed better properties than the sample sintered from commercial powders. The Al added alloy sintered from the powders milled in air had the superior mechanical properties due to the suppression of and formation of fine particles.

The VOCs discharge characteristics of miscellaneous assembly metal manufacture & metal processing industries, in the SihwaㆍBanwol Industrial Complex, were analyzed according to detailed categories per industry, as based on the Korea Standard Industrial Classification, by comparing the conditions before and after the installation of process and prevention facilities. The average concentration of benzene was highest in the metal heat treatment industry (28921) whereas that of toluene was highest in the painting & membrane treatment industry (28923). In addition, with respect to prevention facilities, our evaluation proved that the decreased efficiency was worse for the discharge facilities of pollutants from the plating industry (28922) and painting & miscellaneous membrane treatment industry (28923), with some exceptions, while most facilities showed no decreased efficiency. Therefore, it is believed that an accurate survey of the conditions of administration/operation facilities will need to be conducted, and the decreased efficiency will also need to be evaluated so that adequate prevention facilities can be reviewed and selected.