Pure and stable YAG powders were synthesized by a PVA (polyvinyl alcohol) polymer solution technique. PVA was used as an organic carrier for the precursor ceramic gel. The precursor gels were crystallized to YAG at relatively a low temperature of . The synthesized powders, which have nano-sized primary particles, were soft and porous, and the porous powders were ground to sub-micron size by a simple ball milling process. The ball-milled powders were densified to 94% relative density at for 1h. In this study, the characteristics of the synthesized YAG powders were examined.

Using as sintering additives and Si as a raw powder, the continuously porous in-situ bodies were fabricated by multi-pass extrusion process and their microstructures were investigated depending on the addition of carbon (0-9wt%) in the mixture powder. The introduction of fibers observed in the unidirectional continuous pores as well as in the pore-frame regions of the nitrided bodies can be an effective method in increasing the filtration efficiency. In the case of no carbon addition, the network type fibers with high aspect ratio appeared in the continuous pores with diameters of 150-200 nm. However, in the case of 9wt% C addition, the fibers were found without any network type and had diameters of 200-250 nm.

The paper presents some results regarding the obtaining of some copper heat pipes with a porous copper internal layer for electronic components cooling. The heat pipes were realized by sintering of spherical copper powders of size directly on the internal side of a copper pipe of 18 mm in diameter. The obtained pipes were then brazed in order to obtain a heat pipe of 0.5 m in length. After that, the heat pipe was sealed and filled with a small quantity of distilled water as working fluid. To establish the total heat transport coefficient and the thermal flow transferred at the evaporator, some external devices were realized to allow the heating of the evaporator and the cooling of the condenser. Water heat pipes are explored in the intermediate temperature range of 303 up to 500 K. Test data are reported for copper water heat pipe, which was tested under different orientations. The obtained results show that the water heat pipe has a good thermal transfer performance in the temperatures range between 345 and 463 K.

Porous titanium implants can be produced by powder metallurgy in combination with suitable space holder materials. Various mechanical experiments were done to characterize this material regarding the influence of the processing parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties taking into account the properties of the human bone. In this paper, the anistropic behaviour of uniaxially compacted samples was analysed in compression tests and compared to the behaviour of isostatically pressed samples. The failure of the struts of the porous titanium and the crack- initiation and -growth was examined by in-situ SEM analysis.

A novel production method for porous metal components has been developed by applying powder space holder (PSH) method to metal powder injection molding (MIM) process. The PSH-MIM method has an industrial competitive advantage that is capable of net-shape manufacturing the micro-sized porous metal products with complicated shapes and controlled porosity and pore size. In this study, the small impeller with homogeneous micro-porous structure was manufactured by the PSH-MIM method. The effects of combinations in size and fraction of PMMA particle on dimensional tolerance and variation of sintered porous specimens were investigated. It was concluded that the PSH-MIM method could manufacture commercially microporous metal components with high dimensional accuracy.

결정질 암반에 위치한 가상의 방사성폐기물처분장에 대한 정확한 안전성 평가를 수행하기 위해서는 다공암반으로 대표되는 공학방벽 및 결정질 암반으로 대표되는 자연방벽을 모두 고려한 매질에서의 물질 거동 특성을 정확하게 모사하는 것이 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 단열-다공암반내 유동 및 물질전달의 정확한 해석을 위한 연결망 구축방법에 대하여 서술하였다. 실제 단열암반을 사실적으로 모사하기 위하여 단열 물성자료는 확률밀도함수를 이용하여 생성하였다. 2차원의 사각격자로 모사된 단열암반과 육면체로 모사된 다공암반간 교차선의 원활한 검색을 위하여 단열암반과 연결전 다공암반의 교차면에 가상의 단열암반을 추가적으로 도입하였다. 전체유동경로를 구성하기 저하여 생성된 단열들 간의 교차선을 효율적으로 검색할 수 있는 방법 및 단열암반 및 단열-다공암반간의 연결도를 신속히 확인하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이러한 방법들은 추후 방사성폐기물처분장에서의 단열-다공 암반을 통한 핵종 이동 특성을 모사할 수 있는 수치코드 개발에 많은 도움을 줄 것으로 사료된다.

실리카 입자를 기공 형성제로 사용하여 다공성 키토산 및 키틴 막을 제조하였다. 다공성 막의 제조는 다음의 3단계 절차로서 수행되었다: (1) 키토산 용액에 실리카 입자를 첨가시켜 필름을 형성시킨 후, (2) 이 필름을 알카리 용액에 침지시켜 실리카 입자를 제거하여 다공성의 키토산 막을 제조하였으며, (3) 다공성 키토산 막을 acetic anhydride를 사용하여 아세틸화시킴으로서 다공성 키틴 막을 제조하였다. 물리적 강도가 우수하고, 적절한 순수 투과량을 갖는 다공성 키토산 막과 키틴 막의 최적 제막조건이 제시되었다. 단백질 친화성을 부여하기 위해 다공성 키토산 막에 반응성 염료인 Cibacron Blue 3GA를 고정화시켰으며, BSA 단백질 및 lysozyme 효소의 흡착실험을 수행하여 친화 키토산 막 및 키틴 막의 단백질 결합용량을 측정하였다. 친화 키토산 막의 BSA 단백질 결합용량은 약 22 mg/mL이었으며, 친화 키틴 막의 lysozyme 효소 결합용량은 약 26 mg/mL로서 이는 키토산 또는 키틴을 기반으로 하여 제조된 hydrogel bead의 단백질 결합용량보다 수~수십 배 큰 값으로서, 향후 막여과 크로마토그래피용 친화 막으로의 효과적인 활용이 기대된다.

Porous and porous surfaced Ti-6Al-4V implant compacts were fabricated by electro-discharge-sintering (EDS) of atomized spherical Ti-6Al-4V powders with a diameter of , The solid core formed in the center of the compact after discharge was composed of acicular Widmanstatten grains, The hardness value at the solid core was much higher than that at the particle interface or particles in the porous layer, which can be attributed to both heat treatment and work hardening effects induced from EDS, The compressive yield strength was in a range of 19 to 436 MPa which significantly depends on both input energy and capacitance, Selected porous-surfaced Ti-6Al-4V implant compacts with a solid core have much higher compressive strengths compared to the human teeth and sintered Ti dental implants.

Implant prototypes with various porosities were fabricated by electro-discharge-sintering of atomized spherical Ti-6Al-4V powders. Single pulse of 0.75 to 2.0 kJ/0.7 g-powder, using 150, 300, and capacitors was applied to produce a fully porous and porous surfaced implant compact. The solid core formed in the center of the compact after discharge was composed of acicular grains and porous layer consisted of particles connected in three dimensions by necks. The solid core and neck sizes increased with an increase in input energy and capacitance. On the other hand, pore volume decreased with increased capacitance and input energy due to the formation of solid core. Capacitance and input energy are the only controllable discharge parameters even though the heat generated during a discharge is the unique parameter that determines the porosity of compact. It is known that electro-discharge-sintering of spherical Ti-6Al-4V powders can efficiently produce fully-porous and porous surfaced Ti-6Al-4V implants with various porosities in a short time less then 400 isec by manipulating the discharging condition such as input energy and capacitance including powder size.

본 연구는 도로용 포장재로서 포러스콘크리트의 실질적인 현장적용을 위한 자료제시와 성능향상 방안을 도출하기 위하여 실리카퓸과 강섬유 혼입률에 따른 포장용 포러스콘크리트의 물리 역학적 특성, 내구성 및 흡음특성을 평가하였다. 시험결과, 모든 시험조건에서 포장용 포러스콘크리트의 공극률과 투수계수는 국내외 기준치 및 제안값을 만족시키는 것으로 나타났고, 강도특성의 경우 압축강도는 대한주택공사 도로기준의 기준치를 모든 배합요인에서 만족시키는 것으로 나타났으나 휨강도의 경우에는 강섬유 혼입률 0.6vol% 이상에서 일본콘크리트공학협회 제안값을 만족시키는 것으로 나타났으며, 실리카퓸과 강섬유를 동시에 혼입한 경우가 우수한 강도특성을 나타냈다. 또한 내구성은 역학적 특성과 유사한 경향성을 나타내 실리카퓸과 강섬유를 동시에 사용한 경우가 가장 우수한 내구성능을 나타냈으며, 실리카퓸 10wt.%와 각섬유 0.6vol.%를 함께 사용한 경우 Plain의 경우에 비해 골재비산저항성은 27%정도, 동결응해저항성은 약 60%정도 개선되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 포장용 포러스콘크리트의 흡음특성은 소음저감계수가 0.48로 나타나 50%에 가까운 흡음성능을 발휘하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

Porous graphite was synthesized by removal of template in HF after pyrolysis of pyrolyzed fuel oil (PFO) at using the template of Co or Ni intercalated magadiite. Porous graphite had a plate structure like template, and d-spacing value of about 0.7 nm. The extent of crystallization of porous graphite was dependent on the contents of Co or Ni intercalated in interlayer. It can be explained that the metal such as Co and Ni acts as a promotion catalyst for graphite formation. Porous graphite shows the surface area of .