Рrecipitation of platinum group metals (Rh, Ru, Pd, so-called MPG) from the melt essentially affects the reliability of installations for vitrification of high-level liquid radioactive waste (HLW). To date, it is difficult to find an approach which allows simultaneous recovery of all three metals. The aim of our work was to select a sorbent that would provide simultaneous up to complete recovery of given metals. The following inorganic materials were tested as sorbents – yellow blood salt (YBS).and hexacyanoferrates of iron, aluminum, copper and nickel. The degree of metal recovery was studied is influenced by the temperature and concentration of nitric acid. Only palladium was completely recovered using YBS. At the same time, specially prepared iron hexacyanoferrate (HCF-Fe) under optimal experimental conditions recovers almost all Pd and more than 95% and 90% of Rh and Ru, respectively. The behavior of fission products, including the main dose-forming components of HLW (Cs, Sr) and Mo, U, Ag, REE) in the course of MPG recovery was studied. The experiments were carried using both multicomponent model solutions and real raffinates. Options for further management of the recovered metals have been worked out. Thus, the proposed method of metal recovery seems promising for the development of a technology for the removal of MPG from nitric HLW during the reprocessing of the spent nuclear fuel (SNF) before vitrification. The recovered metals can be probably used in various technological processes. Also, this method can provide the MPG recovery from low-concentration tail solutions.

SiHCl3를 제조하는 공정에서 배출되는 클로로실란 혼합가스 중 수소의 재이용을 위하여 분리공정이 필수적이며, Pd계 분리막이 사용될 수 있다. 일반적인 Pd분리막의 경우 300°C 이하에서 수소 흡착에 의한 취성문제와 공존하는 불순물가스에 의한 손상문제가 있을 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이를 해결하고자 Pd layer 위에 Ru을 무전해 도금하여 Pd/Ru 복합 분리막을 제조하였고 저온에서 수소 투과도 및 안정성을 평가한 결과 180°C에서 50일 동안 수소에 의한 취성이 발생하지 않았으며 1.8 m3m-2h-1의 안정적인 투과량을 나타내었고. 또한 5% HCl, 0.5% SiHCl3가 포함된 가스를 225°C의 온도에서 2 bar로 주입하였을 때 9 hr 동안 Pd/Ru 복합 분리막이 손상되지 않고 수소의 투과량이 2.0 m3m-2h-1 이상으로 유지됨을 확인하였다.

The potential application of palladium-ruthenium composite membranes to the separation of hydrogen from chlorosilane gases in silicon-based industries was investigated. Ru/Pd/Al2O3/PSS membranes were prepared by electroless plating. Hydrogen permeation tests and temperature programmed desorption analysis revealed that the addition of a Ru over layer on Pd changed the hydrogen adsorption characteristics, resulting in improved stability of the membrane at low temperatures. The Ru/Pd/Al2 O3/PSS composite membrane had a stable hydrogen permeation flux of 1.8 m3m-2h-1 over a period of 1,200 h at 180°C without suffering hydrogen embrittlement. After exposure to impurities such as HCl and SiHCl3 , the hydrogen permeation flux of the Ru/Pd/Al2 O3/PSS composite membrane was stable over a period of 9h with feed pressure of 2.0 bar at 225°C.

Well-dispersed platinum catalysts on ruthenium oxide nanofiber supports are fabricated using electrospinning, post-calcination, and reduction methods. To obtain the well-dispersed platinum catalysts, the surface of the nanofiber supports is modified using post-calcination. The structures, morphologies, crystal structures, chemical bonding energies, and electrochemical performance of the catalysts are investigated. The optimized catalysts show well-dispersed platinum nanoparticles (1-2 nm) on the nanofiber supports as well as a uniform network structure. In particular, the well-dispersed platinum catalysts on the ruthenium oxide nanofiber supports display excellent catalytic activity for oxygen reduction reactions with a half-wave potential (E1/2) of 0.57 V and outstanding long-term stability after 2000 cycles, resulting in a lower E1/2 potential degradation of 19 mV. The enhanced electrochemical performance for oxygen reduction reactions results from the well-dispersed platinum catalysts and unique nanofiber supports.

본 논문에서는 전기화학발광 소재로 널리 이용되는 Ruthenium 착화합물을 함유한 전기화학발광 소자의 활 성층 제작시, 인쇄성 및 공정성을 향상시키기 위해 Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)를 첨가하였을 때, PMMA의 함유량이 전기화학발광소자의 발광층 내 이온들의 이동 현상에 미치는 영향에 대하여 살펴보았다. 이를 위해, Ruthenium 착화합물과 이온성 액체가 9:1 비율로 섞인 용질이 Acetonitrile에 20 mg/ml 농도로 녹여진 용액과 Dichloromethane에 PMMA가 25 mg/ml의 농도로 용해된 용액을 세 가지 (10:0.14, 10:1 그리고, 10:3) 중량비로 섞어 서 준비한 용액으로부터 발광층을 형성하여 전기화학발광소자를 제작하고, 소자의 전기적 특성을 평가하였다. 그 결 과, 발광층 내의 PMMA 함유량이 증가할수록 Ruthenium 착화합물 기반 전기화학발광소자의 구동 전압은 점차 증가 하였고, PMMA의 양이 줄어들면 순방향 전압하의 전류와 역방향 전압하의 전류 차에 따라 나타나는 이력곡선 (hysteresis)이 점차 사라지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

Aluminum oxide 지지체를 사용하여 루테늄 촉매가 개발되었고, 이 루테늄 촉매는 수중에서 일차 아민또는 니트릴을 기질로 하여 일차 아미드 합성에 적용되었다. 방향족, 비활성화 된 지방족, 환 모양의 헤테로 원자 등의 다양한 기질들의 아민 또는 니트릴이 최종 생산물인 일차 아미드로 높은 수율을 보이며전환되었다. 그리고 이 반응들에서 산 또는 염기와 같은 첨가물이나 일반적인 산화제 등의 도움없이 반응이 수중에서 진행되었다. 사용된 촉매는불균일 촉매임이 분명하였고, 그 촉매는 단순여과에 의해metal-leaching 없이 회수되었으며, 회수된 촉매는 촉매 성능의 변화없이 여러 번 재사용되었다.

The chemical kinetics of steam reforming of polystyrene (PS) and polypropylene (PP) pyrolysis oil were studied using a ruthenium-based catalyst. The experiments were performed in a tubular flow reactor at temperatures of 530-680°C, Weight Hourly Space Velocities (WHSVs) of 0.453-7.916 h−1, and different steam and pyrolysis oil gas-phase concentrations. The activation energy of steam reforming of polypropylene oil and polystyrene oil is 136 and 142 kJ/mol, respectively. The reaction orders of polypropylene and polystyrene oils were 0.42 and 0.37, respectively. Conversions of polypropylene and polystyrene oils were 2.0-50.3 and 1.9-45.3%, respectively. Indeed, a Langmuir-Hinshelwood (LH) mechanism requiring the dissociative adsorption of pyrolysis oil and steam at two different sites on plastics appeared to be the most plausible pathway for the steam reforming reaction.

The chemical kinetics of the steam reforming of the pyrolysis oil of polypropylene (PP) over a ruthenium-based catalyst has been examined as a function of pyrolysis oil and steam partial pressures at various temperatures. The activation energy of steam reforming over Ru/Al2O3 catalyst is 136 kJ/mol, and the reaction orders of pyrolysis oil and steam are 0.42 and 0.24, respectively. Fitting the experimental data to the Langmuir?Hinshelwood expression shows that the steamreforming reaction probably proceeds via the dissociative adsorption of pyrolysis oil and steam on two different sites.

세포내 칼슘은 다양한 세포에서 중요한 생리적 반응을 일으키며, ruthenium red와 ryanodine은 중요한 칼슘 조절자로 작용한다. Ruthenium red는 세포내 칼슘 저장고에서의 calcium induced calcium release(CICR)를 저해한다. Ryanodine은 ryanodine 통로를 통한 칼슘 방출을 촉진한다. 본 실험은 두 조절자가 생쥐 난자와 초기배아의 세포내 칼슘이온 농도에 영향을 미치는지 여부와 그 유효농도를 알