To improve the safety of nuclear fuel, research on the advanced nuclear fuel (UO2) by adding various trace elements is being conducted. For example, the addition of metals such as Mo, Cr can improve the thermal conductivity of nuclear fuel, minimizing the diffusion of fission products. Trace metal oxide additives (SiO2, Cr2O3, Al2O3, etc.) can suppress the release of fission gases. In general, complete dissolution of the fuel sample is required for chemical analysis to determine its elemental compositions. Among widely used metal oxide additives, aluminum oxide is difficult to dissolve in nitric acid due to its excellent thermal and chemical stability. In this study, we investigated on different chemical dissolution methods by applying a microwave digestion system under various acid solutions. We confirmed the validity of the digestion method by carrying out trace element analysis using an Inductively-Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES).

To achieve the fabrication of high-quality Ag-coated Cu particles through a wet chemical process, we reported herein pretreatment conditions using an ammonium-based mixed solvent for the removal of a Cu2O layer on Cu particles that were oxidized in air for 1 hr at 200 oC or for 3 days at room temperature. Furthermore, we discussed the results of post-Ag plating with respect to removal level of the oxide layer. X-ray diffraction results revealed that the removal rate of the oxide layer is directly proportional to the concentration of the pretreatment solvent. With the results of Auger electron spectroscopy using oxidized Cu plates, the concentrations required to completely remove 50-nm-thick and 2-nm-thick oxides within 5 min were determined to be X2.5 and X0.13. However, the optimal concentrations in an actual Ag plating process using Cu powder increased to X0.4 and X0.5, respectively, because the oxidation in powder may be accelerated and the complete removal of oxide should be tuned to the thickest oxide layer among all the particles. Back-scattered electron images showed the formation of pure fine Ag particles instead of a uniform and smooth Ag coating in the Ag plating performed after incomplete removal of the oxide layer, indicating that the remaining oxide layer obstructs heterogeneous nucleation and plating by reduced Ag atoms.

참나물의 잎과 줄기부위에서 가장 많이 함유하고 있는 무기 성분은 K, P, Ca, Mg 순이었으며 잎 부위가 줄기부위보다 Ca, P, Mg함유량이 약 4배 정도 많았다 전자코를 이용한 휘발성 향기성분 패턴은 신선한 참나물의 경우 제1주성분 값이 +값을, 음건한 건조 참나물은 - 값을 나타내어서 신선한 참나물과 건조한 참나물 사이에는 뚜렷한 차이를 보였고 건조방법에 따른 시료간의 구별이 가능하였다. SDE법에 의해 신선한 참나물은 aldehydes 3종, alcohols 9종, ester 4종, hydrocarbons 5종, terpen hydrocarbons 34종, ketone 1종, 기타 2종의 총 58 종이 확인되었고, 음건한 참나물은 aldehydes 4종, alcohols 7종, hydrocarbon 1종, terpen hydrocarbons 17종, ketone 1종, 기타 1종의 총 31종이 확인되었다. SDE법에 의한 신선, 음건한 참나물 모두 α-selinene(37.89%, 12.59%)가 가장 많이 확인되었는데 신선할 때보다 음건한 경우 휘발성향기성분의 peak수와 peak area%가 적었다. CAR/PDMS fiber HS-SPME법에 의해 34종이 확인되었는데 aldehydes 2종, alcohols 2종, hydrocarbons 7종, terpen hydrocarbons 23종이며 myrcene(15.50%)가 가장 많이 확인되었다. PDMS fiber HS-SPME법에 의해 aldehydes 1종, alcohols 1종, hydrocarbons 2종, terpen hydrocarbons 17종으로 총 21종이 확인되었고 germacrene D(16.84%)가 가장 많았다. SDE법에 의한 경우가 SPME법보다 향기성분의 종류와 양이 많았고 HS-SPME법의 경우 CAR/PDMS fiber가 PDMS fiber 보다 더 많은 종류의 향기가 확인되었다.