Carbon was known to be one of effective additives which can improve the flux pinning of at high magnetic fields. In this study, glycerin was selected as a chemical carbon source for the improvement of critical current density of . In order to replace some of boron atoms by carbon atoms, the boron powder was heat-treated with liquid glycerin. The glycerin-treated boron powder was mixed with an appropriate amount of magnesium powder to composition and the powder pallets were heat treated at for 30 min in a flowing argon gas. It was found that the superconducting transition temperature of prepared using glycerin-treated boron powder was 36.6 K, which is slightly smaller than (37.1 K) of undoped . The critical current density of was higher than that of undoped and the improvement effect was more remarkable at higher magnetic fields. The , decrease and increase associated with the glycerin treatment for boron powder was explained in terms of the carbon substitution to boron site.

A Fe(OH)2 suspension was prepared by mixing iron sulfate and a weak alkali ammonia solution. Following this, iron oxides were synthesized by passing pure oxygen through the suspension (oxidation). The effects of different reaction temperatures (30˚C, 50˚C, 70˚C) and equivalent ratios (0.1~10.0) on the formation of iron oxides were investigated. An equilibrium phase diagram was established by quantitative phase analysis of the iron oxides using the Rietveld method. The equilibrium phase diagram showed a large difference from the equilibrium phase diagram of Kiyama when the equivalent ratio was above 1, and single Fe3O4 phase only formed above an equivalent ratio 2 at all reaction temperatures. Kiyama synthesized iron oxide using iron sulfate and a strong alkali NaOH solution.

The objective of the present study is to investigate the increase in the functional characteristics of a substrate by the formation of a thin coating layer. Thin coating layers of have high potential because exhibits high hardness. Shock induced reaction synthesis is an attractive fabrication technique to synthesize uniform coating layer by controlling the shock wave. Ti and Si powders to form using shock induced reaction synthesis, were mixed using high-energy ball mill into small scale. The positive effect of this technique is highly functional coating layer on the substrate due to ultra fine substructure, which improves the bonding strength. These materials are in great demand as heat resisting, structural and corrosion resistant materials. Thin coating layer was successfully recovered and showed high Vickers' hardness (Hv=1183). Characterization studies on microstructure revealed a fairly uniform distribution of powders with good interfacial integrity between the powders and the substrate.

Fe-aluminides have the potential to replace many types of stainless steels that are currently used in structural applications. Once commercialized, it is expected that they will be twice as strong as stainless steels with higher corrosion resistance at high temperatures, while their average production cost will be approximately 10% of that of stainless steels. Self-propagating, high-temperature Synthesis (SHS) has been used to produce intermetallic and ceramic compounds from reactions between elemental constituents. The driving force for the SHS is the high thermodynamic stability during the formation of the intermetallic compound. Therefore, the advantages of the SHS method include a higher purity of the products, low energy requirements and the relative simplicity of the process. In this work, a Fe-aluminide intermetallic compound was formed from high-purity elemental Fe and Al foils via a SHS reaction in a hot press. The formation of iron aluminides at the interface between the Fe and Al foil was observed to be controlled by the temperature, pressure and heating rate. Particularly, the heating rate plays the most important role in the formation of the intermetallic compound during the SHS reaction. According to a DSC analysis, a SHS reaction appeared at two different temperatures below and above the metaling point of Al. It was also observed that the SHS reaction temperatures increased as the heating rate increased. A fully dense, well-bonded intermetallic composite sheet with a thickness of 700 μm was formed by a heat treatment at 665˚C for 15 hours after a SHS reaction of alternatively layered 10 Fe and 9 Al foils. The phases and microstructures of the intermetallic composite sheets were confirmed by EPMA and XRD analyses.

Intracellular pathogens must maintain redox homeostasis against the antimicrobial actions of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species produced by host cells. This study proves that glutathione is required to promote survival of an enteric pathogen Salmonella under the conditions producing reactive oxygen or nitrogen species. Glutathione is the non-protein thiol compound distributed in a variety of organisms and possesses strong electron-donating capability to reduce intracellular redox environment. To examine the role of glutathione on Salmonella redox homeostasis under oxidative and nitrosative stress conditions, gshB gene encoding glutathione synthetase was mutated by the one-step PCR inactivation method. The growth of gshB mutant Salmonella producing virtually no glutathione was greatly impaired in the culture media containing either hydrogen peroxide or nitric oxide donors. The results suggest that physiological levels of glutathione can provide a fundamental capability to maintain redox homeostasis for Salmonella in surviving oxidizing conditions of host cells.

The core-shell latex particles were prepared by sequential emulsion polymerization using alkyl methacrylate as a shell monomer and potassium persulfate (KPS) as an initiator. We study the effects of core-shell structure of calcium carbonate/alkyl methacrlyate in the presence of an anionic surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate (EU-S133D)). The structure of core-shell polymer were investigated by measuring to the thermal decomposition of polymer composite using thermogravimetric analyzer and morphology of latex by transmission electron microscope (TEM).

The ion exchangers supported on silica gel containing primary, secondary, or tertiary amine groups show a behaviour that is weakly acidic, while the quaternary salts are strongly acidic. These properties change according to the hydrophilicities of the modifier functional groups. Ammonium salt derivatives supported on silica gel were prepared from silica modified with 3-Aminopropyltriethoxysiliane and N-3-(Trimethoxysilyl)propylehtylene diamine. The preparation and the ion exchange properties of two systems were discussed. Two systems have different hydrophilicities and contain ammonium chloride derivatives of 3-amminopropyltriethoxysilane and N-3-(triehtoxysilyl)propyl ethylene diamine supported on silica gel, SA+/Cl- and SA+/Cl-, respectively. The high affinity to perchlorate ion presented by the SA+/Cl- through the equilibrium studies of ion exchange led us to its application as an ion selective electrode for the perchlorate ion. The determination of the perchlorate ion in the presence of other anions and in complexes is very difficult. Few analytical methods are available and most of them are indirect. Both materials showed potential use as an ion exchanger; they are thermically stable, achieve equilibrium rapidly in the presence of suitable exchanger ions, and are easily recovered.

In general, anionic and cationic surfactants are incompatible because their mixtures form insoluble complexes. There are, however, some complexes that are soluble and behave like regular surfactants, specifically like nonionic surfactants, thus named pseudo-nonionic surfactant complexes. Pseudo-nonionic complexes are more effective and efficient than their ionic surfactant components as shown by their equilibrium and dynamic surface tensions and interfacial tensions. They pack at the interface more than their ionic components. Since, pseudo-nonionic complexes show their own characteristics, they can be treated as separate classes of surfactants distinct from ionic and nonionic surfactants. Novel cationic surfactant was synthesized, having the polyhydroxyl group at the head group. We found that aqueous mixtures of our cationic surfactant and usual anionic surfactant(SDS) could form homogeneous solutions even at high concentration. The properties of mixed surfactant solutions were measured. Foam stability, CMC(critical micelle concentration), water hardness tolerance and thickening effect were tested. The foam stability of mixed surfactants was very good and various synergy effects were observed.

Green-emitting Ba1.468Sr0.5SiO4 : Eu0.012, Y0.02 phosphor powders under long-wavelength ultraviolet light were prepared via high-temperature flame spray pyrolysis from spray solutions with and without NH4Cl flux. The effects of the temperature of the diffusion flame and the NH4Cl flux on the morphologies, crystal structures and photoluminescence intensities of the Ba1.468Sr0.5SiO4 : Eu0.012, Y0.02 phosphor powders were investigated. The phosphor powders obtained from the spray solution with the NH4Cl flux had higher photoluminescence intensities compared to phosphor powders obtained from the spray solution without the flux. The photoluminescence intensity of the phosphor powders obtained from the spray solution without the flux decreased as the flow rate of the fuel gas increased. On the other hand, the photoluminescence intensity of the phosphor powders obtained from the spray solution with the flux increased as the flow rate of the fuel gas increased. The difference of in the phase purity and morphology of the powders affected the photoluminescence intensities of the phosphor powders.

본 연구에서는 볼트의 변형을 고려한 강재 조립 합성보의 휨거동에 대한 해석기법 및 결과가 제시되었다. 볼트의 변형, 합성효과 및 접촉면의 마찰이 합성보의 휨거동에 끼치는 영향을 파악하였다. 볼트의 변형이 합성보의 휨거동에 끼치는 영향을 고려하기 위하여, 구조해석 프로그램인 ABAQUS의 Nonlinear Spring요소를 사용하였으며 볼트의 변형을 고려하지 않은 결과와 비교하였다. 유한요소 모델에 의해서 처짐, 휨응력, 전단응력이 계산되었으며 이런 결과는 완전 비합성보, 부분 합성보 및 완전 합성보의 해석 값과 비교되었다. 해석결과 합성보의 거동은 강재의 마찰보다 볼트의 갯수로 표현되는 합성률에 크게 영향을 받았다. 특히 합성률이 50%이상이 되면 볼트의 변형을 고려한 합성보의 휨거동은 완전합성보와 유사하게 나타났다.

이 연구에서는 새로운 접합장치인 자동체결장치(Self-Locking Connectors)를 사용한 강재보-PC기둥 접합부의 내진성능에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. PC기둥(또는 합성기둥)과 강재보로 이루어진 합성모멘트골조는 각각의 재료의 장점을 최대한으로 이용한 합리적인 구조형식이다. 그러나 서로 다른 두 재료 사이의 접합에 따른 어려움으로 인해 접합부의 상세가 복잡해지고 제작비가 상승하는 단점을 가지고 있다. 반면에 자동체결장치는 쐐기의 원리를 이용한 접합장치로서 시공이 단순한 장점이 있다. 또한 자동체결장치를 사용한 접합부는 용접을 사용하지 않음으로써 기존의 접합부에 비해 내진성능을 개선할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 자동체결장치를 사용한 강재보-PC기둥(또는 합성기둥) 접합부에 대한 내진성능을 검증하기 위해 반복하중 실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과 자동체결장치를 사용한 보-기둥 접합부는 우수한 내진성능을 발휘할 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

The aim of this study is to enhance the flame retardancy by the synergism effect of phosphorus and bromine groups. The flame-retardant polyurethane coatings containing phosphorus and bromine compounds were synthesized. After synthesizing the intermediate products of tetramethylene bis(orthophosphate) (TBOP) and trimethylolpropane/2,3-dibromopropionic acid (2,3-DBP) [2,3-DBP-adduct], the condensation polymerization was performed with four different monomers of two intermediate products, 1,4-butanediol, and adipic acid to obtain four-components copolymer. In the condensation polymerization, the content of phosphorus was fixed to be 2wt%, and the content of 2,3-DBP that provides bromine component was varied to be 10, 20, and 30wt%, and we designated the prepared modified polyesters containing phosphorus and bromine as DTBA-10C, -20C, -30C. Average molecular weight and polydispersity index of the preparation of DTBAs were decreased with increasing 2,3-DBP content because of increase of hydroxyl group that retards reaction. We found that the thermal stability of the prepared DTBAs increased with bromine content at high temperature.

Both photoluminescence and thermal characteristics for SrAl2O4:Eu+2,Dy+3 phosphors synthesizedwith various aluminum compounds (α-Al2O3, γ-Al2O3, amorphous-Al2O3 and Al(OH)3) were investigated in thisstudy. The formation temperature of the host SrAl2O4 crystal is changed by these various aluminumcompounds, as a result of the different thermal decomposition temperature of SrCO3 phase. Among thesecompounds, the amorphous-Al2O3 phase shows the lowest formation temperature of the host SrAl2O4 crystal.The PL emission and excitation spectra of SrAl2O4:Eu+2, Dy+3 phosphor are not affected by these aluminumcompounds. After the removal of the Xenon lamp excitation (360nm), however, the excellent long-phosphorescent property of the phosphor is obtained by the amorphous-Al2O3 phase, although the decay timefor all phosphors decrease exponentially.

합성 교각의 설계에서 요구 내진성능을 만족하기 위한 철근상세 규정이 명확하지 않은 측면이 있다. 합성 교각은 단면치수를 감소시키고 지진하중하에서 기둥의 연성을 개선하기 위해 제안되었다. 이 논문에서는 400mm 직경을 가진 단일 강재를 콘크리트에 매입한 합성기둥 부재를 5기 제작하여 합성기둥의 내진성능을 연구하였다. 진동대 실험과 유사동적 실험이 수행되었는데 근단층지반운동을 고려한 축소모형의 구조적 거동이 평가되었다. 실험 변수는 횡철근의 간격, 주철근의 겹침이음, 매입 강재 단면으로 설정하였다. 진동대 실험에 의해 평가된 변위연성도가 유사동적 실험에 비해 적게 나타났고 한정연성설계, 주철근의 겹침 이음 50%를 가진 부재가 기준 부재에 비해서 낮은 연성도를 보였다. 강재비는 극한강도에 영향을 미치고 겹침이음과 횡철근 비의 감소는 변위능력을 감소시켰다. 합성 교각의 상세에 따른 에너지 소산능력의 차이는 뚜렷하게 나타나지 않았다.

Zirconia powders with nano size pores and high specific surface areas were synthesized via aqueous precipitation and hydrothermal synthetic method using and under pH=11 and ambient condition. By this reaction. zirconia hydrate was primarily synthesized and the obtained zirconia hydrate was heat treated hydrothermally using an autoclave at various temperatures under pH=11. X-ray diffraction, Scanning electron microscopy, Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, FT-IR, Raman, Particle size analysis, DTA-TG, and BET techniques were used for the characterization of the powder. The synthesized zirconia showed an amorphous phase, however, the phase was transformed to the crystalline state during the hydrothermal process. The observed crystalline phase above was a mixed phase of monoclinic and tetragonal zirconia. By the BET analysis, it was found that the specific surface area was ranged in and the zirconia had the cylindrical shaped pores with average diameter of .

Oxidation behavior and microstructural characteristics of nano-sized Sn powder were studied. DTA-TG analysis showed that the Sn powder exhibited an endothermic peak at and exothermic peak at with an increase in weight. Based on the phase diagram consideration of Sn-O system and XRD analysis, it was interpreted that the first peak was for the melting of Sn powder and the second peak resulted from the formation of phase. Microstructural observation revealed that the powder, heated to under air atmosphere, consisted of agglomerates with large particle size due to the melting of Sn powder during heat treatment. Finally, fine SnO2 powders with an average size of 50nm can be fabricated by controlled heat treatment and ultrasonic milling process