The cyclotron is an apparatus used for the production of radioactive isotopes through nuclear reactions, resulting in the inevitable emission of neutrons. Consequently, surrounding components become activated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the radiological characteristics of Havar foil, a periodic replacement part of the Targetry system. In this study, radioactivity and radiation dose were calculated based on the time of Havar foil replacement and equipment dismantling. The time to dismantle the equipment was set at one year after the equipment was shut down, based on the recently used 1g of Havar foil. All simulations were performed using the FLUKA program. First, in the simulation results, 11 elements (Re, W, Tc, Nb, Cu, Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, V) were converted into 36 radioisotopes by activation based on the replacement period. Based on radioactivity levels, major isotopes included 52Mn (77.63%), 56Co (13.36%), 96Tc (2.4%), and 95Tc (1.80%). Based on radiation dose rates, 52Mn (82.66%) and 56Co (13.45%) exhibited the highest levels. Furthermore, the dose rates at distances of 10 cm, 50 cm, and 100 cm were found to be 1.36E+1 mSv/hr, 2.24E+00 mSv/hr, and 8.80E-01 mSv/hr, respectively. Second, as of the time the equipment was dismantled, 20 radioactive isotopes of 10 elements, excluding short-lived nuclides, were generated. In terms of radioactivity, 56Co (45.83%), 55Fe (19.73%), 57Co (14.48%), and 54Mn (13.50%) were prominent. Regarding radiation dose rates, 56Co (92%) and 54Mn (7.32%) exhibited higher levels. Dose rates at distances of 10 cm, 50 cm, and 100 cm were calculated at 5.31E-01 mSv/hr, 8.80E-02 mSv/hr, and 3.47 E-02 mSv/hr, respectively. Third, according to the radioactive waste classification standards in the replacement and decommissioning stages, Havar foil was predicted to be low-level radioactive waste in terms of radioactivity. In addition, it was derived that a cooling period of approximately 12 years is necessary to satisfy the allowable dose for clearance level waste. In conclusion, Havar foil, which is periodically generated as radioactive waste, can cause radiation exposure to replacement workers. Therefore, special and careful management is required for the Havar foil of the cyclotron.

In this work, a simple nonenzymatic glucose sensor has been proposed based on coconut shell charcoal (CSC) modified nickel foil as working electrode in a three-electrode electrochemical cell. Charcoal was prepared by the pyrolysis of coconut shells. The most important advantages of coconut shells are cost-effectiveness and their abundance in nature. The morphology and phase of the CSC powder were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The electrochemical performance of the CSC powder coated Nickel foil electrode was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry. The sensor shows a higher sensitivity of 2.992 mA cm−2 mM−1 in the linear range of 0.5–5.5 mM and slightly lower sensitivity of 1.1526 mA cm−2 mM−1 in the range of 7–18.5 mM glucose concentration with a detection limit of 0.2 mM. The anti-interference property of CSC powder also was investigated and found that the response of interfering species was less significant compared to glucose response. The proposed sensor offers good sensitivity, wide linear range, and a very low response to interfering biomolecules.

Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (VACNTs)-coated flexible aluminium (Al) foil is studied as an electrode for supercapacitor applications. VACNTs are grown on Al foil inside thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) reactor. 20 nm thick layer of Fe is used as a catalyst while Ar, H2 and C2H2 are used as precursor gases. The effect of growth temperature on the structure of CNTs is studied by varying the temperature of CVD reactor from 550 °C to 625 °C. Better alignment of VACNTs arrays on Al foil is recorded at 600 °C growth temperature in comparison to other processing temperatures. Cyclic voltammetry results shows that VACNTs-coated Al foil has a specific capacitance of ~ 3.01 F/g at a scan rate of 50 mV/s. The direct growth of VACNT array results in better contact with Al foil and thus low ESR values observed in impedance spectroscopy analysis. This leads to a fast charge–discharge cycle as well as a very high value of power density (187.79 kW/ kg) suitable for high power applications. Moreover, wettability study shows that the fabricated VACNT electrode has a contact angle of more than 152° which signifies that it is a superhydrophobic surface and hence shows lower specific capacitance in comparison to reported values for VACNT array. Therefore, it is necessary to develop suitable post-processing strategies to make VACNTs hydrophilic to realize their full potential in supercapacitor applications.

The purpose of this study is to enhance heat insulation effect and to decrease fire hazard by attaching aluminum foil to expanded polystyrene, which is mainly used for insulating materials, to have fire retardant. The result of the test confirmed that the insulating materials, expanded polystyrene of 10 kg/m3 and 14 kg/m3 of density attached aluminum foil on both sides, showed 12%, 14% of improved heat transfer coefficient respectively compared to existing expanded polystyrene of the same density. Besides, they met all the standards for the testing of heat release and gas hazard. On the other hand, the one made of general expanded polystyrene could not meet the standards of the heat release test and the gas hazard test.

Stainless steel is known as a corrosion-resistant material and this superior ability could be a desired property for a pinhole aperture operated in a corrosive environment and thereby be able to maintain both smoothness and a perfect circular shape in order to achieve precise beam alignment. Laser drilling has widely been preferred when placing holes into stainless steel due to its non-contact method of machining. In addition, this method is capable of performing delicate machining while inducing relatively low amounts of heat in the affected zone in comparison with other traditional machining techniques such as punching. Laser drilling is also beneficial for specimens having a thin thickness since manufacturing tolerances are minimal in this case. In this paper, we have attempted to produce holes of various diameters in 10 m thick stainless steel foil by using a femtosecond laser trepanned method. We have demonstrated these to be of perfect circular shape and adhering to low tolerance manufacturing by adjusting the beam parameters. In addition, holes with various diameters have been made by employing previously selected machining parameters and the viability of pinhole apertures fabricated by laser drilling have been evaluated.

Graphene was grown on molybdenum (Mo) foil by a chemical vapor deposition method at different growth temperatures (1000°C, 1100°C, and 1200°C). The properties of graphene were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy. The results showed that the quality of the deposited graphene layer was affected by the growth temperature. XRD results showed the presence of a carbide phase on the Mo surface; the presence of carbide was more intense at 1200°C. Additionally, a higher I2D/IG ratio (0.418) was observed at 1200°C, which implies that there are fewer graphene layers at this temperature. The lowest ID/IG ratio (0.908) for the graphene layers was obtained at 1200°C, suggesting that graphene had fewer defects at this temperature. The size of the graphene domains was also calculated. We found that by increasing the growth temperature, the graphene domain size also increased.

To increase the capacitance of an Al electrolytic capacitor, the anodic oxide film, Al2O3, was partly replaced by an Al2O3-ZrO2 (Al-Zr) composite film prepared by the vacuum infiltration method and anodization. The microstructure and composition of the prepared samples were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The coated and anodized samples showed multi-layer structures, which consisted of an inner Al hydrate layer, a middle Al- Zr composite layer, and an outer Al2O3 layer. The thickness of the coating layer could go up to 220 nm when the etched Al foil was coated 8 times. The electrical properties of the samples, such as specific capacitance, leakage current, and withstanding voltages, were also characterized after anodization at 100 V and 600 V. The capacitances of samples with ZrO2 coating were 36.3% and 27.5% higher than those of samples without ZrO2 coating when anodized at 100 V and 600 V, respectively.

The oxide films formed on etched aluminum foils play an important role as dielectric layers in aluminum electrolytic capacitors. Y2O3-doped ZrO2 (YZ) films were coated on the etched aluminum foils by sol-gel dip coating, and the electrical properties of YZ-coated Al foils were characterized. YZ films annealed at 450 oC were crystallized into a cubic phase, and as the Y2O3 doping content increased, the unit cell of ZrO2 expanded and the grain size decreased. The etch pits of Al foils were filled by YZ sol when it dried at atmospheric pressure after repeating for several times, but this step could essentially be avoided when being dried in a vacuum. YZ-coated foils indicated that the specific capacitance and dissipation factor were 2-2.5 μF/cm2 and 2-4 at 1 kHz, respectively, and the leakage current and withstanding voltage of films approximately 200 nm thick were 5 × 10−4A at 21 V and 22 V, respectively. After being anodized at 500 V, the foils exhibited a specific capacitance and dissipation factor of 0.6-0.7 μF/cm2 and 0.1-0.2, respectively, at 1 kHz, while the leakage current and withstanding voltage were 2 × 10−4 - 3 × 10−5 A at 400 V and 420-450 V, respectively. This suggests that YZ film is a promising dielectric that can be used in high voltage Al electrolytic capacitors.

Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) has been widely used in long-span buildings because of its light weight and high transparency. This paper studies the short and long term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. A series of short-term creep and recovery tests were performed, in which the residual strain was observed. A long-term creep test of the ETFE foil was also performed over 110 days. A viscoelastic-plastic model was then established to describe the short-term creep and recovery behaviour. The model contains a traditional multi-Kelvin part and an added steady-flow component to represent the viscoelastic and viscoplastic behaviour, respectively. The model successfully fit the data for three stresses and six temperatures. Additionally, time-temperature equivalency was adopted to predict the long-term creep behaviour of ETFE foil. Horizontal shifting factors were determined from the process of shifting creep-curves at six temperatures. The long-term creep behaviours at three temperatures were predicted. Finally, the long-term creep test showed that the short-term creep test at identical temperatures insufficiently predicted additional creep behaviour, and the long-term test verified the horizontal shifting factors derived from the time-temperature equivalency.

부산항내는 시간당 10척 이상의 선박이 통항하고 있고, 일본 왕복 제트포일 여객선이 30 kts 40 kts의 고속으로 항행하고 있어 우리나라에서도 고밀도 교통해역으로 간주된다. 더불어 이 항로 내에서는 제트포일 선박의 약 18 %가 고속으로 추월을 하거나 항로 밖으로 이탈하여 운항하고 있어 타 선박과 빈번히 조우하거나 항로 밖 항행 등과 같은 현행 법령을 미준수하고 있는 것으로 10일간의 해상교통조사를 통하여 분석되었다. 이 논문에서는 부산항의 교통조사 결과를 기반으로 한 해상교통류 시뮬레이션을 통하여 부산항내의 제트포일 여객선의 운항자 허용 가능 속력이 약32노트 이하로 계산되었으며, 제트포일 선박이 항로 내 및 항로 밖으로 통항하는 경우의 조선부담감 발생비율 차이가 미미한 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 시간당 통항척수가 감소함으로써 조선부담감이 다수 감소하기 때문에 피크타임 시간대 운항을 피하여 통항안전을 확보하여야 할 것이다.

Fecralloy is the promising materials for high temperature exhaust filtering system due to the excellent its oxidation resistance property. In this research, Fecralloy nanoparticles coated Fecralloy thin foil was prepared by a single nozzle electrospray system in order to increase surface area of Fecralloy foil. Fecralloy nanoparticles were fabricated by electrical wire explosion method in ethanol using Fecralloy wires as a source material. Electrospray modes with applied D.C voltages to Fecralloy colloidal solution were investigated to make a stable cone-jet mode. Coated layers with and without additional heat treatment were observed by FE-SEM (field emission-scanning electron microscope) and tape test for evaluating their adhesion to substrate were performed as well.

This study examined the effect of current density on the surface morphology and physical properties of copper plated on a polyimide (PI) film. The morphology, crystal structure, and electric characteristics of the electrodeposited copper foil were examined by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and a four-point probe, respectively. The surface roughness, crystal growth orientation and resistivity was controlled using current density. Large particles were observed on the surface of the copper layer electroplated onto a current density of 25 mA/cm2. However, a uniform surface and lower resistivity were obtained with a current density of 10 mA/cm2. One of the important properties of FCCL is the flexibility of the copper foil. High flexibility of FCCL was obtained at a low current density rather than a high current density. Moreover, a reasonable current density is 20 mA/cm2 considering the productivity and mechanical properties of copper foil.

고순도알루미늄 유전체의 내부표면적을 증가시키기 위하여 1M의 염산 에칭용액에 첨가제를 사용했을 때 나타나는 에칭특성의 변화를 조사하였다. 염산용액에 에틸렌글리콜이 첨가된 혼합용액에서 에칭을 실시했을 경우 알루미늄 기지 표면에 미세하고 균일한 에치피트가 형성되어 표면적 증가 효과가 크게 나타났으며, 또한 양극 산화 후 측정된 정전용량의 결과에서도 에틸렌 글리콜이 첨가된 에칭액에서 제조된 유전체는 표면적 증가에 의한 높은 정전용량 값을 나타냈다.

전해콘텐서용 알루미늄박을 ammonium adipate 용액을 이용하여 65˚C에서 10분간 100V 및 140V로 각각 양극 산화시켜 산화 알루미늄 유전체를 만들었다. 유전층의 두께, 화학양론적 관계, 결정구조 등을 RBS 및 TEM을 이용하여 분석하였고, 알루미늄박의 에칭시 황산 첨가로 인한 표면적의 변화는 임피던스 분석법으로 조사 하였다. 생성된 유전피막은 100V 및 140V의 전압을 사용했을 경우 각각 약 130nm 및 190nm 두께의 비정질로 나타났으며 피막의 알루미늄과 산소원소의 화학양자론적 비는 약 2:3의 비율로 존재했다. 또한 유전피막은 전자빔은 조사에 의해 쉽게 γ-Al2</TEX>O3 형태의 결정질로 변태 되었다. 염산 에칭욕에 황산 첨가시 나타나는 알루미늄박의 표면변화는 임피던스 분석결과와 정전 용략의 변화가 일치하는 경향을 나타냈다.

전해콘텐서용 알루미늄박의 직류에칭에서 1M 염산욕에 부식억제제로 1M 황산을 첨가했을 때의 영향을 조사하기 위하여 에치 피트의 밀도, 에치 터널의 길이와 직경, 정전 용량 등의 변화를 분석하였다. 황산이온은 부식억제제로서 염소이온보다 시료의 표면에서 에치 피트의 밀도를 증가시키며 에치 터널의 직경은 감소하나 길이를 증가시킴으로써 전체적으로 표면적이 커지고 또한 정전 용량 값이 증가하였다. 황산이온을 첨가하였을 경우 전류 밀도가 0.9A/cm2 보다 낮은 경우에는 정전 용량 값이 작지만 그 이상에서는 정전용량이 현저하게 증가하였다.

선박의 조종성능은 선체와 프로펠러 그리고 하의 상호작용에 의하여 결정되며 선박의 항해 시 선박의 안전성과 밀접한 관계를 가지고 있다. 그 중에서 선체에 부착된 타의 성능은 선박의 조종성능과 직접적인 관계를 가지고 있으며, 타에 의한 선박의 조종성능을 향상시키기 위하여 특수타를 채택하는 사례가 늘어가고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 특수타의 일종인 플랩타의 2차원 단면에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 플랩타의 성능을 예측하기 위하여 주날개의 받음각과 플랩의 각도를 바꾸어 가면서 모형실험을 수행하였으며 모형실험 시 유동장내의 속도분포를 얻기 위하여 PIV 계측기법 중 동일임자 추적법의 하나인 2프레림 입자추적법을 사용하였다. 모형실험은 Re=1.027×104에서 수행하였으며, 계측된 결과들을 서로 비교하였다.