The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of a high-energy milling (HEM) process on the particle morphology and the correlation between a thermal treatment and tetragonal/monoclinic nanostructured zirconia powders obtained by a precipitation process. To eliminate chloride residue ions from hydrous zirconia, a modified washing method was used. It was found that the used washing method was effective in removing the chloride from the precipitated gel. In order to investigate the effect of a pre-milling process on the particle morphology of the precipitate, dried Zr(OH)4 was milled using a HEM machine with distilled water. The particle size of the Zr(OH)4 powder exposed to HEM reduced to 100~150 nm, whereas that of fresh Zr(OH)4 powder without a pre-milling process had a large and irregular size of 100 nm~1.5 μm. Additionally, modified heat treatment process was proposed to achieve nano-sized zirconia having a pure monoclinic phase. It was evident that two-step calcining process was effective in perfectly eliminating the tetragonal phase, having a small average particle of ~100 nm with good uniformity compared to the sample calcined by a single-step process, showing a large average particle size of ~300 nm with an irregular particle shape and a broad particle size distribution. The modified method is considered to be a promising process for nano-sized zirconia having a fully monoclinic phase.

Caprylic/Capric triglyceride-in-water emulsions stabilized by Nikkol HCO-60 and HCO-10 were prepared using emulsion inversion point method at different HLB values. Emulsions with various droplet sizes were formed, and emulsion inversion point was detected by electrical conductivity. The change in emulsion droplet sizes and long term stability were monitored using laser scattering method and visual method. The droplet sizes and stability of emulsions were affected by HLB of surfactant. At emulsion inversion point, the water volume fraction increased as the HLB of surfactants decreased. According to our analysis, this resulted from a tendency of forming the W/O (water-in-oil) emulsion as the HLB of surfactants was decreased. The emulsion inversion point was clearly detected by the microscope and the electric conductivity meter. Nanometer-sized emulsion was obtained at the optimum HLB by using emulsion inversion point method. The main pattern of instability of emulsions in HLB 12 and 13 systems was Ostwald ripening. However, The patterns of instability of emulsions below 11 of HLB systems were Ostwald ripening and coalescence. All emulsions produced with surfactants in the range of HLB 8-13, creaming caused by density difference between water phase and oil phase.

The phase stability of tetragonal phase in Y-TZP was investigated in terms of the distribution of grain sizes and heat-treating atmosphere. Y-TZP with various grain sizes were prepared using duration time at 1600℃ as experimental parameter. Accumulated grain size distributions were built from the SEM micrographs and the amount of tetragonal phase were measured using XRD. Both results were compared to determine the critical grain size before and after heat-treatment in vacuum. The critical grain size drastically decreased compared with the small increase of average grain size due to the autocatalytic effect which critically affects the tetragonal to monoclinic phase transformation. After heat-treatment in reductive atmosphere critical grain size relatively increased due to the stabilization of tetragonal phase. The formation of oxygen vacancies during heat-treatment was ascribed to the increase of stability.

Alpha-SiAlON ceramics having various compositions and modifying cations were investigated with respect to their phase stability, transformation kinetics. and resulting microstructures. Each composition was heat treated at 150 for 1h and measured the -SiAlON transformation. The phase-boundary composition in the single-phase -SiAlON region showed sluggish transformation from - to -SiAlON compared to the phase-center composition in the diagram. Using the different rare earth modifying cations, dependence of transformation kinetics on the phase stability in a fixed composition was also explained. By changing size of the stable u-phase region with exchanging cations, systematic change in transformation was observed. Transformation rate of -SiAlON at low temperature has an important role on controlling the final microstructure. Less transformation gives more chances to develop elongated grain in the microstructure.

초청장 Si(111)기탄상에 초고진공 챔버에서 Ti을 증착하여 TiSi2를 에피층으로 성장시켰다. 재구성된 (reconstructed) Di(111)표면에 상온에서 50Å 두께의 Ti을 증착한 후 100˚C간격으로 800˚C까지 열처리 하였다. TiSi2박막의 구조는 전자회절 패턴 분석을 통하여 준안정상인 C49상임을 확인하였다. SEM 사진은 세가지 형태의 island를 보이고 있다. 각 island 는 단결정이며 그 구조는 서로 다른 결정학적 방향을 갖는 에피구조이다. 이러한 TiSi2 island[112]C49 TiSi2/[110]Si, (021) C49 TiSi2/(111)Si의 방향관계를 가지고 있다.

지난 10여 년간 미항공우주국 주도로 진행된 화성탐사 연구는 화성 암권의 주요 자성광물임을 적철석으로 판명하였다. 금번 연구에서는 적철석의 열잔류자화와 저온 실온포화잔류자를 이용하여 화성 암권에 존재하는 적철석의 자화안정도 검증을 시도하였다. 적철석의 실온포화잔류자화는 모린변환온도인 260 K를 기점으로 급격히 감소한다. 10 K까지 냉각시킨 적철석 시료를 가열하면 260~265 K에서 자화회복이 발생하며, 잔류자화기억도는 37%이다. 실제 화성지표의 일교차는 모린변환온도를 포함하므로, 화성 지표에서 적철석을 함유하는 암체의 자화는 모린변환에 의한 자화안정도가 고려되어야 한다. 지표용암의 고결과 동시에 생성되는 열잔류자화의 강도는 50 μm 이하 크기에서 적철석 입자반경에 비례하며 증가한다. 화성의 온도구배가 관측된 적은 없지만, 지구의 온도구배를 기준으로 유추하면 대략 1.5 km 이하의 화성 암권은 모린변환온도와 무관하게 적철석의 자화보유가 상시 가능하다. 따라서 행성의 진화가 멈춰진 대략 40억 년 이전에 존재하던 내부기원의 화성자기장 기록이 화성의 암권에 현재까지 보전되어 화성 암권의 자기이상을 유지해온 것으로 해석된다.