Appropriate thermo-mechanical properties of nickel-based superalloys are achieved by heat treatment, which induces precipitation and solid solution hardening; thus, information on the temperature ranges of precipitation and dissolution of the precipitates is essential for the determination of the heat treatment condition. In this study, thermal analyses of nickelbased superalloys were performed by differential scanning calorimetry method under conditions of various heating rates of 5, 10, 20, or 40K/min in a temperature range of 298~1573K. Precipitation and dissolution temperatures were determined by measuring peak temperatures, constructing trend lines, and extrapolating those lines to the zero heating rate to find the exact temperature under isothermal condition. Determined temperatures for the precipitation reactions were 813, 952, and 1062K. Determined onset, peak, and offset temperatures of the first dissolution reaction were 1302, 1388, and 1406K, respectively, and those values of the second dissolution reaction were 1405, 1414, and 1462K. Determined solvus temperature was 1462K. The study showed that it was possible to use a simple method to obtain accurate phase transition temperatures under isothermal condition.

Thermograms of methylene blue(MB) in L-α-lecithin vesicle and incorporated purple membrane vesicle(InPM) systems have been studied by photochemical reaction differential scanning calorimetry at 25~55℃. Phase transition temperatures of lecithin vesicle, purple membrane(PM), and InPM were found to be independent of illumination of light(436nm) at 39~40℃, but endothermic phase transition was found in InPM vesicle. In MB-InPM system, endothermic phase transition was found on unillumination of light at 40~42℃, but exothermic phase transition was found on steady illumination of light at 48~52℃. It was estimated that the light energy absorbed from MB on vesicular surface was transferred to PM, and the transferred energy was redistributed to hydrophobic site of membrane. Therefore, the exothermic phase transition was measured at high temperature because of the increased hydrophobicity of acyl chain.

급냉응고된 Al-3.51wt%Li-0.34wt%Zr 합금의 시효거동을 시차주사열량계(DSC)에 의한 열분석 방법으로 조사하였다. DSC에 의한 비열측정 결과 δ’의 석출에 의한 발열반응과 δ, β 및 복합석출상의 석출에 의한 발열반응을 확인하였으며 δ’ 및 δ의 재고용에 의한 2개의 흡열반응을 확인하였다. 70˚C 저온시효시 δ’의 석출에 의한 발열반응 이전에 흡열반응이 나타났으며 이것은 δ’ 석출 이전에 δ’ 전구생성물이 형성되었음을 의미한다. DSC 곡선상에 나타난 발열과 흡열곡선을 해석하여 얻은 δ’상 석출과 재고용의 활성화에너지값은 각각 83KJ/mol과 98KJ/mol로서 Al-Li 2원계 및 Al-Li-Mg에 비해 높은 값을 나타내엇으며, 시효에 의한 강화가 일어나 DSC에 의한 비열변화 조사결과 나타난 δ’상 석출 완료 시효조건점 (210˚C, 1시간)에서 최고경도값(Hv 160)을 나타내었다.

보습제 베이스를 립스틱에 사용하여 보습효과가 우수한 제품개발에 응용하고자 DSC에 의한 결합수형성능, 수분보유능을 고찰하였다. 보습제 베이스를 배제한 견본에서 결합수 형성능은 5.12 %임을 알았다. 보습제 베이스함량에 따른 결합수형성능을 측정한 결과 보습제 베이스 함량이 증가함에 따라 결합수 형성능이 비례적으로 증가함을 DSC측정 결과 알았다. 한편 DSC측정결과와 in vitro 수분보유능 측정법을 비교 실험한 결과 유사한 경향을 나타냄을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 DSC에 의한 결합수 형성능 측정법은 앞으로 립스틱 제품의 보습효과를 예측 하는데 유용한 방법으로 생각되었다.