이 연구는 해조류에서 추출된 알긴산을 혼입하여 라텍스 콘크리트의 경제성을 개선하고, X선 회절 분석(XRD)을 통해 미세구조 변화 를 분석하는 것을 목표로 한다. 기존 라텍스 콘크리트(LMC)의 높은 비용을 보완하기 위해 라텍스 혼입량을 줄이고 알긴산을 추가한 콘크리트를 제작하여 재령 4시간, 7일, 28일에 따른 미세구조 및 강도 발현 특성을 분석하였다. XRD 분석 결과, 재령 증가에 따라 Ettringite는 감소하고 일부 Monosulfate(AFm 상)로 변환되었으며, Ye’elimite는 C-S-H 및 Monosulfate로 변환되면서 초기 강도 발현이 감 소하고 장기 강도가 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 압축강도 실험에서는 재령 28일 기준 case 2의 강도가 기존 LMC와 유사한 수준을 나타내었다. 알긴산 혼입 라텍스 콘크리트에서 Larnite(C2S) 증가와 Hatrurite(C3S) 감소가 관찰되었다. 이는 알긴산이 C3S의 조기 수화 를 촉진하고 후반 수화 반응을 활성화시켜 장기 강도 발현에 긍정적인 영향을 미친 것으로 판단된다. 결과적으로, 알긴산 혼입 라텍스 콘크리트는 초기 강도보다는 장기 강도 발현에 유리하며, 최적 혼입량 설정과 내구성 평가를 위한 추가 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된 다.

도로에서 소음저감에 대한 대책으로 방음벽, 포장 개선, 차량 속도 제한 등 여러 가지 대책이 제기되고 있으며 최근에는 차세대 표면처리 공법(Next Generation Concrete Surface, NGCS)이 사용되고 있다. 이러한 NGCS는 표면을 그라인딩 후 그루빙 공정을 진행하게됨에 따라 포장두께 감소 및 ITZ(Interfacial Transition Zone)의 표면 노출에 따른 내구성 감소가 발생할 수 있다. 이러한 내구성 감소는 교면포장에서 발생 시 안정성에 크리티컬한 영향을 미치게 됨에 따라, 본 연구는 교면포장에 주로 사용되는 라텍스 개질 콘크리트 (Latex-Modified Concrete, LMC)에 NGCS 적용 시 발생할 수 있는 내구성 감소 중 염해에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 실제 공용 중인 LMC 교면포장의 현장 코어와 라텍스 혼입율(10, 15, 20%)에 따른 실내 배합을 진행하였으며 NGCS를 시험편에 적용하기 위하여 도로공사 표면처리공법 시방서를 기준에 따른 NGCS 모사 공법을 적용하여 염해 내구성 평가를 진행하였다. 시험 결과 현장코어의 경우 높은 수밀성과 염해저항성을 가지고 있어 NGCS 처리 시 뚜렷한 염해 내구성 저하가 나타나지 않았지만 상대적으로 낮은 수밀성을 가진 LMC 실내 배합의 경우 NGCS 적용 시 소폭의 염해 내구성이 감소함을 확인하였다.

The purpose of this study was to derive an optimal mix design for bridge deck pavements that can compensate for the limitations of latexmodified concrete (LMC). To address the limitations of LMC, this paper proposes the incorporation of silica fume into LMC. Concrete mixtures with varying ratios of latex and silica fume were prepared, and tests for compressive strength, flexural strength, and chloride-ion penetration resistance were conducted to compare and analyze the fundamental performance of each mix. Latex contributed to the improvement of the initial pore structure and significantly affected the chloride-ion penetration resistance in the early stages of curing. However, its influence gradually diminished over time. In contrast, silica fume induced additional C-S-H formation and further improved the pore structure through pozzolanic reactions as time progressed, thus exerting a greater impact in the later stages of curing. The L7-SF8 variable demonstrated the best performance in terms of compressive strength and chloride-ion penetration resistance. Given the characteristics of bridge-deck pavements, this variable is considered the most suitable for ensuring long-term durability. Therefore, this paper proposes a mixture of 7% latex and 8% silica fume as the optimal mix design.

이 연구에서는 해양폐기물인 해조류에서 추출된 알긴산을 혼입하여 모르타르의 압축강도 특성을 분석하였다. 알긴산은 해양폐기물 중 해조류의 성분 중 하나로 라텍스와 비슷한 성분을 띄고 있으며, 방수성 성질이 있어 포장용 콘크리트에 활용 시 콘크리트의 수명 을 연장하고 파손 방지에 도움이 된다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 기존에 널리 사용되고 있는 라텍스 콘크리트에 알긴산을 혼입한 라텍스 콘크리트 개발의 일환으로 알긴산 혼입 라텍스 모르타르의 역학적 특성에 대한 실험적 연구를 수행하였다. 실험결과, 알긴산 혼입량 증가에 따른 응결은 빨라지는 경향을 나타내었으며, 압축강도는 저하하는 경향을 나타내었다.

Various dry actives wastes (e.g., gloves, wipers, shoes, clothes) are generated during operation and maintenance of nuclear facilities. Among those, latex gloves gets interest because they contain both organic and inorganic compounds. CaCO3 is a common filler material for production of latex rubbers. Here, latex gloves were thermally treated in a closed vessel to separate the organic and inorganic compounds. Using the closed vessel is beneficial as it can prevent escape of any species, including radioactive nuclides in a real case, generated during the treatment. It was found that thermal decomposition of latex gloves occurred above 250°C. Latex gloves were decomposed to gas, liquid, and solid compounds. The gas product is thought to be volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The liquid product seems to be a mixture of oils and water. A CaCO3 phase was identified in the solid product, as expected. The VOCs can be easily separated at room temperature by purging in vacuum or inert atmosphere. The liquid-solid mixture can be separated by distillation. It is thought that gammaemitting nuclides, such as Cs-137, Sr-90, and Co-60, dominantly remain in the solid product. In the best situation, the solid product is the only subject to be transferred to final wasteform fabrication stream and thus volume of final waste can be reduced. Surrogates of contaminated latex gloves (containing Cs, Sr, and Co) were prepared and they were treated at 350°C in the closed vessel. How these contaminants behaves in this thermal process will be discussed in the presentation.

In the United States and Europe, new environmentally friendly asphalt pavement has been researched as an alternative to traditional hot asphalt pavement. After the Paris Convention of 2015, policies should be found to reduce carbon dioxide. In the field of asphalt pavement, new methods are needed to reduce carbon dioxide from the traditional hot asphalt pavement. In Korea, waste asphalt is growing and natural aggregate is running dry. So the government is implementing policies to increase the use of waste resources. So, it created a new asphalt pavement method to reduce CO2 and use waste asphalt. It is a cold recycled asphalt pavement. Emulsified asphalt has a balance of dispersibility, stability, and adhesive between water, aggregates, and asphalt. But, the physical properties of emulsified asphalt can be degraded compared to traditional hot asphalt pavement. So there are limitations in actual use. The study compared the softening point, elastic recovery, and penetration properties of asphalt mix compounds by using latex in emulsified asphalt. In particular, cations latex was used for the emulsified asphalt, which could further improve the physical properties.

Ficus carica L. (common fig), one of the first plants cultivated by humans, originated in the Mediterranean basin and currently grows worldwide, including southwest Asia and South Korea. It has been used as a traditional medicine for treatment of metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases as well as hemorrhoids and skin infections. Its pharmacological properties have recently been studied in detail, but research on the anti-cancer effect of its latex has been only been studied on a limited basis on several cell lines, such prostate cancer, breast cancer, and leukemia. In this study, we investigated the anti-cancer activity of the latex of Ficus carica L.and its underlying mechanism in FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cells. (See Ed. note above) We confirmed through SDS-PAGE analysis and gelatinolytic activity analysis that the latex of Ficus carica contains cysteine protease ficin. Our data showed that the latex inhibited cell growth in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, the latex treatment markedly induced apoptosis in FaDu cells as determined by FACS analysis, elevated expression level of cleaved caspase-9, -3 and PARP (poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase), and. increased the expression of Bax (pro-apoptotic factor) while decreasing the expression of Bcl-2 (anti-apoptotic factor). Taken together, these results suggested that latex containing the ficin inhibited cell growth and induced apoptosis by caspase and the Bcl-2 family signaling pathway in FaDu human hypopharynx squamous carcinoma cells. These findings point to the potential of latex of Ficus carica to provide a novel chemotherapeutic drug due to its growth inhibition effects and induction of apoptosis in human oral cancer cells.

본 논문의 주된 목적은 천연 라텍스 산출량(natural latex yield) 요인을 파악하는 것이며, 중국 열대지방인 윈난(운남)성 시솽반나 지역을 대상으로 연구를 수행했다. 천연 라텍스는 고무나무의 수액을 의미하며 의료기구, 타이어 등의 원료로 사용되므로 세계적인수요가 급증하고 있다. 하지만, 고무농장을 설립하기 위해서는 토착식생을 대거 제거하는 것이 일반적이며 이러한 이유로 인해 고무농장의 확장은 환경적 부작용을 수반한다. 시솽반나의 생태계는 고무농장의 급속한 확장으로 인해 열대 원시림이 파괴되는 등 지속적인 위협을 받고 있는 상황이고 이를 저감하기 위한 환경보전이 시급하다. 시솽반나 지역에 효과적인 환경보전 및 토지이용 전략을 수립하기 위해서는 어떤 요인이 천연 라텍스 산출량에 영향을 주는지와 요인별 공간적 변이를 파악할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 현지답사를통해 수집한 자료와 위성영상 자료에 지리가중회귀모델(Geographically Weighted Regression, GWR)을 적용해 천연 라텍스 산출량요인과 그 공간적 변이를 분석했다. 그 결과, 연평균 기온, 연평균 강수량, 고무나무 나이, 해발고도, 향이 99% 신뢰구간에서 천연 라텍스 산출량에 유의한 영항을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 이들의 공간적 변이는 요인별로 상이했다. 본 논문의 연구 결과를 활용하면, 고무나무 재배적지 혹은 고무농장의 입지를 체계적으로 파악할 수 있기 때문에 시솽반나 지역 뿐 아니라 천연 라텍스 주요산지인동남아시아 전반의 환경보전과 토지이용 전략 수립에 유용할 것으로 예상한다.

PURPOSES : The purpose of this study is to determine the optimum addition rate of SBR latex through the evaluation of durability and strength of SBR latex applied soil pavement. Formerly used materials such as fly ash and cement in soil pavement had resulted in decreased durability due to micro crack by heat of hydration and shrinkage crack in winter. However, that agglutinated polymers help adhesion to aggregate increased comes up with preventing the crack opening when the number of capillary tubes of SBR latex get decreased in the hydration process of cement. Therefore, in this study, it is suggested that the evaluation of the field applicability of soil pavement be conducted through the performance lab test in terms of strength increment, adhesion improvement, and crack resistance based on SBR latex addition rate. METHODS: In order to evaluate the field applicability of soil pavement, SBR latex was added 0 to 3% by 1% increment, with fixed cement contents of 3% and 5%. The resistance of shear failure and crack of soil pavement were evaluated by performing the uniaxial compressive strength test and indirect tensile strength test at -20 and 20℃, respectively. RESULTSCONCLUSIONS: It was found out that from both tests, resistance of shear failure and crack were improved with increment of curing time, and especially more than 2% of SBR latex addition rate and 5% cement content gave better results.

The blending effects of surfactants on the polystyrene emulsion polymerization were studied. The blending of Triton X-100 and SDS affects to the interfacial properties of the styrene monomer and water phases, and finally, the properties of the polystyrene latex particles. As the blending ratio of SDS/Triton X-100 increases, the interfacial tension and CMC of the blended surfactants were decreased and results in a reducing the size of the latex particles. It was found that the interfacial tension was reduced when the surfactant were blended. By increasing the SDS content, the interfacial tension was reduced, and, at a certain condition, the interfacial tension was reached to an extremely low value to form micro-emulsion and the nano-sized latex particles (80~110 nm).

초속경 라텍스개질 콘크리트(VES-LMC)를 포함한 고성능 콘크리트는 낮은 물-시멘트비, 높은 결합재량 및 고성능감수제의 사용 등으로 인해 자기수축(Autogenous Shrinkage)이 1종 콘크리트(OPC)보다 크게 나타난다. 초속경 라텍스개질 콘크리트의 배합특성은 낮은 물-시멘트비(0.38), 높은 단위시멘트량(390kg/m3) 및 라텍스첨가(단위시멘트량 대비 15%)로 구성되므로, 자기수축이 크게 발생할 수 있고, 또한 콘크리트 타설 후 3시간 이내에 발생하는 급격한 수분소산(Water Dissipation)과 수분증발은 자기수축을 증가시킬 수 있다. 본 논문의 목적은 현장에서 작업시간 확보를 목적으로 사용되는 지연제 첨가량 변화에 따른 초기수축, 온도변형 및 자기수축을 평가하는 것이다. 실험결과 지연제의 첨가는 콘크리트의 최대 수화열에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났으며, 초속경 라텍스개질 콘크리트의 초기 팽창은 일부 자기팽창의 영향이 있기는 하지만 대부분이 열팽창에 기인하는 것으로 나타났다. 지연제 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 자기수축이 감소하는 것으로 나타났지만, 지연제의 과도한 사용은 과도한 초기 팽창을 일으킬 수 있으므로 현장조건을 고려하여 신중하게 결정되어야 한다.

Kevlar was chemically surface modified with resorcinol-formaldehyde(RF) prepolymer and VP rubber latex for application to high strength tirecords. RF prepolymer was easily obtained by polymerization at room temperature in the presence of a base catalyst. The mechanical and thermal properties of Kevlar were not significantly changed during surface treated under various conditions. The change of adhesion with rubber were investigated through H-test method. Maximum increase of adhesion force between rubber and Kevlar was obtained up to 40% than that of untreated one when the fiber was soaked in RFL dipping solution and thermally treated at 170℃ for 3 - 5min.

Core-shell polymers of methyl methacrylate-styrene system were prepared by sequential emulsion polymerization in the presence of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate(SDBS) as an emulsifier using ammonium persulfate(APS) in an initiator and the characteristics of these core-shell polymers were evaluated. Core-shell composite latex has the both properties of core and shell components in a particle, whereas polymer blends or copolymers show a combined physical properties of two homopolymers. This unique behavior of core-shell composite latex can be used in various industrial fields. However, in preparation of core-shell composite latex, several unexpected matters are observed, for examples, particle coagulation, low degree of polymerization, and formation of new particles during shell polymerization. To solve this matters, we study the effects of surfactant concentrations, initiator concentrations, and reaction temperature on the core-shell structure of PMMA-PSt and PSt-PMMA. Particle size and particles distribution were measured by using particle size analyzer, and the morphology of the core-shell composite latex was observed by using transmission electron microscope. Glass temperature was also measured by using differential scanning calorimeter. To identify the core-shell structure, pH of the composite latex solutions was measured.