High modulus pitch based carbon fibers (HM) were exposed to isothermal oxidation using tube furnace in carbon dioxide gas to study the oxidation kinetics under the temperature of 800-1100℃. The kinetic equation f=1--(-atb) was introduced and the constant b was obtained in the range of 1.02~1.42. The oxidation kinetics were evaluated by the reaction-controlling regime (RCR) depending upon the apparent activation energies with the conversion increasing from 0.2 to 0.8. The activation energies decrease from 24.7 to 21.0 kcal/mole with the conversion increasing from 0.2 to 0.8, respectively. According to the RCR, the reaction was limited by more diffusion controlling regime for the HM fibers with the conversion increasing. Therefore, it seems that the oxidation which is under the diffusion controlling regime takes place continuously from the skin to the core of the fiber.

Isotropic pitch based carbon fibers were exposed to isothermal oxidation in carbon dioxide gas to study the activation kinetics under the temperature of 800~1100℃. The kinetic equation f=1--(-atb) was introduced and the constant b was obtained in the range of 0.92~1.25. It was shown that the activated carbon fiber shows the highly specific surface area (SSA) when the constant b comes close to 1. The activation kinetics were evaluated by the reaction-controlling regime (RCR) according to changes of the apparent activation energy with changes of the conversion. It was observed that the activation energies increase from 47.6 to 51.2 kcal/mole with the conversion increasing from 0.2 to 0.8. It was found that the pores of the activated carbon fiber under the chemical reaction were developed well through the fiber.

사용후핵연료 금속전환체의 저장 안정성을 높이기 위해 금속전환체의 주성분인 금속우라늄과 산화 안정화물질로 알려져 있는 Nb을 첨가하여 모의 금속전환체 합금을 제작하였다. 모의 금속전환체 합금을 온도구간에서 순수 산소분위기로 산화시험을 수행하고 무게증가를 열중량 분석기(TGA)로 측정하였다. 산화 실험결과 U-Nb 모의 금속전환체는 순수 금속우라늄에 비하여 상당한 산화 저항성을 가졌다. U-Nb 합금의 경우 Nb의 함량 에 따라 각각 온도가 일 경우에는 1.61, 7.78, 11.76, 20.14배 , 에서 1.45, 5.98, 10.08, 11.15배, 에서 1.33, 4.82, 8.87, 6.84배 순수 금속우라늄에 비해 산화저항성이 향상되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 Nb 합금에 대한 활성화에너지는 kcal/mol 로 나타났다.