Zr-Ti alloy powders were successfully synthesized by magnesium thermal reduction of metal chlorides. The evaporated and mixed gasses of were injected to liquid magnesium and the chloride components were reduced by magnesium leading to the formation of . The released Zr and Ti atoms were then condensed to particle forms inside the mixture of liquid magnesium and magnesium chloride, which could be dissolved fully in post process by 1~5% HCl solution at room temperature. By the fraction-control of individually injected and gasses, the final compositions of produced alloy powders were changed in the ranges of Zr-0 wt.%~20 wt.%Ti and their purity and particle size were about 99.4% and the level of several micrometers, respectively.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cytokine-induced osteoclastogenesis on tooth movement related to orthodontic force. We evaluated the cytotoxicity as well as the expression of OPG and RANKL, which influence the homeostasis of bone metabolism. Titanium particles were applied to human periodontal ligament cells and subcultured fourth generation cells. The ALP assay and the MTT assay were used to assess changes in cytotoxicity. After 48 hours, cytotoxicity increased proportionally with the concentration of titanium. With 20 mg, the cytotoxicity was the lowest. R T-PCR was u sed for assessing m R NA l evels of O PG a nd R ANKL; after 96 hours, t he m R NAs of O PG a nd R ANKL increased steeply. A western blot analysis showed that with 20 mg of titanium, the protein expression of OPG increased linearly with time, especially a fter 96 hours, while t he p rotein e xpression o f RANKL d id n ot s how significant changes with titanium processing. Given the increase in OPG expression after the initial cytotoxicity, changes in cytotoxicity with titanium may be attributable to the antagonistic effect of OPG on cytotoxicity

Titanium powders have been usually produced by de-hydrogenating treatment in vacuum with titanium hydride () powders prepared by milling of hydrogenated sponge titanium, . The higher stoichiometry of x in , whose maximum value is 2, is achieved, crushing behavior is easier. powder can be, therefore, easy to manufactured leading to obtain higher recovery factor of it. In addition, contamination of the powder can also minimized by the decrease of milling time. In this study, the hydrogenation behavior of sponge titanium was studied to find the maximum stoichiometry. The maximum stoichiometry in hydride formation of sponge titanium could be obtained at for 2 hrs leading to the formation of and the treating temperatures lower or higher than caused the poor stoichiometries by the low hydrogen diffusivity and un-stability of , respectively. Such experimental behavior was compared with thermodynamically calculated one. The hydrogenated sponge was fully ball-milled under -325 Mesh and the purity of pure titanium powders obtained by de-hydrogenation was about 99.6%.

In this study, Ti powders were fabricated from Ti scrap by the Hydrogenation-Dehydrogenation (HDH) method.The Ti powders were prepared from the spark plasma sintering (SPS) and their microstructure was investigated.Hydrogenation reactions of Ti scrap occurred at near 450oC with a sudden increase in the reaction temperature and thedecreasing pressure of hydrogen gas during the hydrogenation process in the furnace. The dehydrogenation process was alsocarried out at 750oC for 2 hrs in a vacuum of 10-4torr. After the HDH process, deoxidation treatment was carried out withthe Ca (purity: 99.5%) at 700oC for 2 hrs in the vacuum system. It was found that the oxidation content of Ti powder thatwas deoxidized with Ca showed noticeably lower values, compared to the content obtained by the HDH process. In orderto fabricate the Ti compacts, Ti powder was sintered under an applied uniaxial punch pressure of 40 MPa in the range of900-1200oC for 5 min under a vacuum of 10-4torr. The relative density of the compact was 99.5% at 1100oC and the tensilestrength decreased with increasing sintering temperature. After sintering, all of the Ti compacts showed brittle fracturebehavior, which occurred in an elastic range with short plastic yielding up to a peak stress. Ti improved the corrosionresistance of the Ti compacts, and the Pd powders were mixed with the HDH Ti powders.

목적: 본 연구에서는 양극산화방법을 이용하여 착색된 티타늄 안경테의 산화막 두께에 따른 색상을 광 반사 스펙트럼을 통해서 규명하고자 한다. 방법: 양극산화 방법 제조 장치를 자체 제작하여 사용하였다. 연구에 사용한 티타늄 안경테원재료 조성은 EDS로 측정하였고, 구조분석은 XRD를 사용하여 X선 회절선으로부터 구하였다. 광 반사 측정은 UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer에 부착된 적분구를 사용했다. 결과 및 고찰: 조성 분석한 결과는 티타늄(Ti)이 97.09%와 탄소(C)2.91%로 합성된 합금으로 해석되었고, 구조는 Hexagonal이었다. 티타늄 안경테 재료에 인가 시간을 조정하여 산화막(TiO2) 두께를 변화시킴으로서 다양한 색상을 얻을 수 있었다. 광 반사 스펙트럼을 측정해 보면 양극산화 방법으로 착색한 티타늄 안경테는 양극산화 초기단계에서는 청색영역의 파장에서 하나의 넓은(broad)피크를 갖는 광 반사 스펙트럼이 관측되었고, 양극산화 시간이 진행되어 두께가 두꺼워 질수록 붉은색 영역에서 광 반사가 크게 일어나고, 피크도 분리되는 것을 알 수 있다. 결론: 티타늄 안경테의 색상은 양극산화에 의해 형성된 산화막의 굴절률과 두께에 의존한 광의 간섭효과에 의해서 변화는 것을 알 수 있다.

In order to provide the mechanism of nozzle clogging, recovered nozzles for high strength steel grade were examined carefully after continuous casting. The thickness of clogged material in SEN is increased in the following order: from the bottom to the top of the nozzle, upper part of slag line, and the pouring hole. Nozzle clogging material begins to form due the adhesion of metal to nozzle wall, the decarburization, and reduction of oxide in the refractory by Al and Ti in the melt. The reduction of oxide in the refractory by Al and Ti improves the wettability of the melt on the refractory and forms a thin Al-Ti-O layer. Metal containing micro alumina inclusions is solidified on the Al-Ti-O layer, and the solid layer grows due to the heat evolution through the nozzle wall. Thermodynamic calculation has been made for the related reactions. The effect of superheat to the nozzle clogging is discussed on ultra low carbon steel and low carbon steel.

In this study, Ti powder was fabricated from Ti scrap by the Hydrogenation-Dehydrogenation (HDH)method. Hydrogenation reactions of Ti scrap occurred at near 450oC with a sudden increase in the reactiontemperature and the decreasing pressure of hydrogen gas during the hydrogenation process in the furnace. Thedehydrogenation process was also carried out at 750oC for 2hrs in a vacuum of 10-4torr. After the HDHprocess, a deoxidation treatment was carried out with the Ca(purity: 99.5) at 700oC for 2hrs in the vacuumsystem. It was found that the oxidation content of Ti powder that was deoxidized with Ca showed noticeablylower values, compared to the content obtained by HDH process. In order to fabricate Ti compacts, Ti powderwas sintered at 1100~1400oC for 2hrs under a vacuum of 10-4torr. The relative density of compact was 94.9%at 1300oC. After sintering, all of the Ti compacts showed brittle fracture behavior, which occurred in an elasticrange with short plastic yielding up to a peak stress.

Titanium dioxide thin films were fabricated as hydrogen sensors and its sensing properties were tested. The titanium was deposited on a SiO2/Si substrate by the DC magnetron sputtering method and was oxidized at an optimized temperature of 850˚C in air. The titanium film originally had smooth surface morphology, but the film agglomerated to nano-size grains when the temperature reached oxidation temperature where it formed titanium oxide with a rutile structure. The oxide thin film formed by grains of tens of nanometers size also showed many short cracks and voids between the grains. The response to 1% hydrogen gas was ~2×106 at the optimum sensing temperature of 200˚C, and ~103 at room temperature. This extremely high sensitivity of the thin film to hydrogen was due partly to the porous structure of the nano-sized sensing particles. Other sensor properties were also examined.

In this study, Ti powder was fabricated from Ti scrap by a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation (HDH)method. The Ti powders were compacted by Spark plasma sintering (SPS) and the microstructure andmechanical properties of the powders were investigated. A hydrogenation reaction of Ti scrap occurred attemperatures near 450oC with a sudden increase in the reaction temperature and a decrease in the pressureof the hydrogen gas as measured in a furnace during the hydrogenation process. In addition, a dehydrogenationprocess was carried out at 750oC for 2hrs in a vacuum of 10-4torr. The Ti powder sizes obtained byhydrogenation-dehydrogenation and mechanical milling processes were in the range of 1~90µm and 1~100µm,respectively. To fabricate Ti compacts, Ti powders were sintered under an applied uniaxial punch pressure of40 MPa at in a range of 900~1200oC for 5 min. The relative density of a SPSed compact was 99.6% at 1100oC,and the tensile strength decreased with an increase in the sintering temperature. However, the hardnessincreased as the sintering temperature increased.

Demineralized Freeze Dried Bone(DFDB) graft material have been used for reconstruction of large bony defects or augmentation of thin alveolar ridge during implantation of titanium fixtures. But at present osteogenic effect of DFDB do not overcome the capacity of autogenic bone graft. Thus many investigators had applicated various bioactive substance to DFDB to enhance the ability of osteogenesis of DFDB. In this study, mixture of grafting material was made from fibrin glue(F) and DFDB(D)(group 1: F+D), fibrin glue, DFDB and rhBMP-2(B) (group 2: F+D+B), fibrin glue, DFDB, polylactic- co-glycolic acid(PLGA)(P) and rhBMP-2(goup 3: F+D+B+P), fibrin glue, DFDB, PLGA, rhBMP-2 and autogenic osteoblasts( O)(group 4: F+D+B+P+O), and fibrin glue, DFDB, autogenic osteoblasts (group 5: F+D+O). During first surgical procedure, extraction of molar teeth was performed at male Biggle dog's mandible, and collected bone marrow tissue from tibia at same Biggle dog. Collected bone marrow tissue was cultured and differentiated into osteoblasts in vitro, and stored in nitrogen bottle. After four months, titanium fixture was implanted with prepared graft material to Biggle dog's mandible. After four and eight weeks respectively, experimental dog was sacrificed. Obtained tissues were prepared for examination by using resin embedded ground section method. Prepared sections were evaluated with transmitted and polarized microscope, and areas of osteoid and cacified bone were calculated with IPTK 5.0( image processing tool kit version 5.0). Resultant data was statistically analyzed by SPSS 13.0 software. Results of this study showed that autogenic osteoblats had more enhancing capacity of bone formation than rhBMP-2, but PLGA inhibited bone forming potential of bony tissue.

the less-reported gaseous studies have primarily dealt with chemical process stream concentrations than indoor air quality (IAQ) concentration levels. Accordingly, the current study was conducted to establish the feasibility of applying visible-light-induced TiO₂ doped with sulfur (S) element to cleanse toluene and ehtyl benzene at IAQ levels. The S-doped TiO₂ was prepared by applying two popular processes and two well-known methods. For both target compounds, the two coating methods exhibited different photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) efficiency. Similarly, the two S-doping processes showed different PCO efficiency. These results indicate that the coating method and doping process are important parameters which can influence PCO efficiency. Meanwhile, it was found that the PCO efficiency of ethyl benzene was higher than that of toluene. In addition, the degradation efficiency of the target compounds increased as the relative humidity (RH) decreased. The PCO efficiency varied from 44% to 74% for toluene and from 68% to 95%, as the RH decreased. Consequently, it is suggested that with appropriate RH conditions, the visible-light-assisted photocatalytic systems can also become an important tool for improving IAQ.

Porous Ti implant samples were fabricated by the sintering of spherical Ti powders in a high vacuum furnace. To increase their surface area and biocompatibility, anodic oxidation and a hydrothermal treatment were then applied. Electrolytes in a mixture of glycerophosphate and calcium acetate were used for the anodizing treatment. The resulting oxide layer was found to have precipitated in the phase form of anatase TiO2 and nano-scaled hydroxyapatite on the porous Ti implant surface. The porous Ti implant can be modified via an anodic oxidation method and a hydrothermal treatment for the enhancement of the bioactivity, and current multi-surface treatments can be applied for use in a dental implant system.

Low energy photon irradiation by light in the far red to near infrared spectral range(630~1000nm) using low energy lasers or light emitting diode arrays has been found to modulate various biological processes in cell culture and animal models. The purpose of this study was to examine the light emitting diode irradiation effect on activity of normal human osteoblast on titanium plate in vitro by various energy density, and to observe morphologic change of NHost on titanium plate and to analysis concentration of Ca++, IP and ALP. NHost were cultured in DMEM containing 10% FBS, and observed by inverted microscope for attatchment to the surface of titanium plate. Ca++, I.P., and alkaline phosphatase( ALP) concentration in medium was calculated during 4 weeks, which was treated with Wilcoxon rank, Anova test and linear regression. Morphologic changes showed LED produced in vitro increases of cell growth of 144~256% in NHost. During a culture period, Ca++ concentration was decreased. LED treatment(>3J/cm2) stimulate calcium consumption in NHost. Statistically, a significant difference was not found between LED power density. LED treated group(>3J/cm2) had higher total inorganic phosphate concentrations than control group in NHost. Statistically, a significant difference was not found between LED power density. No significant changes were observed between ALP acitivity and LED treatment. In spite of LED power density, there were rapid growth rate of NHost and no significant of Ca++, IP and P concentration but these concentration showed predominant change than that of control.

Laser is used to prevent the early dental caries in dental f ield and to apply for treatment of stomatitis and hyper sens it ivity , and laser mass Recently it is reported that laser i1'r adiation affect on soft tissue treatment and bone 1'emodelling after dental implantation. The purpose of this study was to examine laser irradia ti on effect on activity of normal human osteoblast on titanium plate in vitro by various laser wave length, and to observe morphologic change of NHost on LiLa nium plate and to a nalysis concentration of Ca"++ , IP and ALP NHost were cultured in DMEM containing 10% FBS, and observed by in verted microscope 1"or attatchment to the surface of titanium plate. Ca ++, I.P. , and a lkaline phosphat ase(ALP) concent ration in medium was calculated during 4 weeks, which was treated with Wilcoxon rank, Anova test and linear regression. The obtained results were as follows Morphologic changes showed rapid growth rate of NHost ++ at 3 days of laser lrradiatlOn ln spite of laser wave type, Ca" and P concentration was decreased at 2 weeks and was the hig hest at 3 weeks, but decreased at 4 weeks In spite of laser wave type, ALP concentration was decreased at 2 weeks but was increased at 3-4 weeks, From the aboving results, in spite of laser wave type, there were rapid growth rat e of NHost a nd no significant of Ca"++ , IP and P concen tr ation but these concentration showed predominant change than that of control

We studied on the high temperature brazing process of the titanium frame of spectacles using the tensile test apparatus. The titanium rods, 50 mm in length and 3 mm in diameter, were polished with #2000 emery paper and brazed using the high frequency induction brazing method. Morphologies and chemical compositions of pure titanium surface were observed using SEM and EDX. The chemical compositions were observed using AES in the brazed seam, brazed interface, base metal. The results obtained from this study were sumrnarized as follows. The tensile strength of titanium frame was measured 392.25 MPa at the brazing temperature 96o·c. The tensile strength of titanium frame was measured 398.65 MPa at the Ar gas injection speed 25 Q/min, temperature 96o·c. AES data for the brazed interface region showed that the diffusion of Ag, Cu and Zn occurred to the titanium.

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.