Particular interest in the role of convection in vapor crystal growth has arisen since some single crystals under high gravity acceleration of $10g_0$ appear considerably larger than those under normal gravity acceleration ($1g_0$). For both ${\Delta}T=60\;K$ and 90 K, the mass flux increases by a factor of 3 with increasing the gravity acceleration from $1g_0$ up to $10g_0$. On the other hand, for ${\Delta}T=30\;K$, the flux is increased by a factor of 1.36 for the range of $1g_0{\leq}g{\leq}10g_0$. The maximum growth rates for $1g_0$, $4g_0$, $10g_0$ appear approximately in the neighborhood of y = 0.5, and the growth rates shows asymmetrical patterns, which indicate the occurrence of either one single or more than one convective cell. The maximum growth rate for $10g_0$ is nearly greater than that for $1g_0$ by a factor of 2.0 at $P_B=20\;Torr$. For three different gravity levels of $1g_0$, $4g_0$ and $10g_0$, the maximum growth rates are greater than the minimum rates by a factor of nearly 3.0, based on $P_B=20\;Torr$. The mass flux increases with increasing the gravity acceleration, for $1g_0{\leq}g_y{\leq}10g_0$, and decreases with increasing the partial pressure of component B, xenon (Xe), $P_B$. The $|U|_{max}$ is directly proportional to the gravity acceleration for $20\;Torr{\leq}P_B{\leq}300\;Torr$. As the partial pressure of $P_B$ (Torr) decreases from 300 Torr to 20 Torr, the slopes of the $|U|_{max}s$ versus the gravity accelerations increase from 0.1 sec to 0.17 sec. The mass flux of $Hg_2Cl_2$ is exponentially decayed with increasing the partial pressure of component B, $P_B$ (Torr) from 20 Torr up to 300 Torr.

Our computational studies for the physical vapor transport crystal growth of $Hg_2Cl_2-Cl_2$ system evidence suggests that the PVT growth process exhibits the diffusion-dominated behaviors for aspect ratios more than and equal to 10, which would provide purely diffusive transport conditions adequate to microgravity environments less than $10^{-3}g_0$. Also, the regimes of high temperature difference based on the fixed source temperature of $380^{\circ}C$, where ${\Delta}T$ is relatively large enough for the crystal growth of mercurous chloride, the transport rates do not keep increasing with ${\Delta}T$ but tend to some constant value of $2.12\;mole\;cm^{-2}s^{-1}$. For the aspect ratios of 5, 10, and 20, the transport rate is directly proportional to the total pressure of the system under consideration. For Ar = 5, the rate is increased by a factor of 2.3 with increasing the total pressure from 403 Torr to 935 Torr, i.e., by a factor of 2.3. For both Ar = 10 and 20, the rate is increased by a factor of 1.25 with increasing the total pressure from 403 Torr to 935 Torr.

The preparation and characterization of niobium carbide crystallites were investigated in this study, and in particular, the effect of preparation conditions were studied on the synthesis of niobium carbides crystallites. For this purpose, various characterization techniques including x-ray diffraction, BET surface area, and oxygen uptake measurements were employed to characterize the synthesized niobium carbide crystallites. The niobium carbide crystallites were prepared using niobium oxide and methane gas or methane-hydrogen mixture. Using x-ray diffraction a lattice parameter of $4.45{\AA}$ and a crystallite size ranging from $52{\AA}$ to $580{\AA}$ was found. BET surface areas ranged from $3.2\;m^2/g$ to $16.6\;m^2/g$ and oxygen uptake values varied from $0.5{\mu}mol/g$ to $6.1{\mu}mol/g$. It was observed that niobium carbide crystallites were active for ammonia decomposition reaction. While the BET surface area increased with increasing the oxygen uptake, the conversion of ammonia decomposition reaction decreased. These results indicated that the ammonia decomposition over these materials was considered to be structure-sensitive.

새로운 $CaZrO_3$, 축광성 형광체를 고온의 약한 환원 분위기에서 전통적인 고상반응법으로 합성하였다 광발광 분석 결과 $Tb^{3+}$ 이온을 첨가한 $CaZrO_3$ 축광성 형광체는 $^5D_3$, $^5D_4$ 에너지 준위에서 $^7F_1{\sim}^7F_6$ 준위로의 전이에 의해 황녹색의 발광을 나타내며, 고온의 질소분위기에서 합성한 경우의 축광성 형광체에 대한 스펙트럼의 주 피크는 $^5D_4{\rightarrow}^7F_5$ 전이에 의한 542 nm의 발광 피크가 생성되었다. $CaZrO_3:Tb^{3+}$ 축광성 형광체의 잔광 발광 스펙트럼은 좁은 영역의 546 nm의 피크가 강하게 생성되었다 잔광 휘도는 254 nm 자외선을 조사하고 전원을 끈 후에 측정하였으며, 녹황색의 축광성 형광체가 사람이 어두운 곳에서 인지 가능한 $0.32\;mcd/m^2$까지 8시간 지속됨을 관찰하였다.

$Cr^{6+}$의 고용화 가능성과 lignin계 혼화제의 성능을 조사하기 위하여 과잉의 $Cr^{6+}$을 첨가하여 KSLI, 미국 TCLP법, Soaking Procedure를 이용하여 각 기준에 따른 용출 특성을 조사하였다. 그 결과 lignin계 혼화제는 첨가에 따라 모르타르 강도 증진을 보였으며 용출 특성에 큰 변화는 없었다.

Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solution was investigated using $TiO_2$ coated on various acid modified activated carbon fiber (ACF). The ACFs/$TiO_2$ composites were prepared from titanium n-butoxide (TNB) as titanium precursor and various acid modified ACFs. The prepared samples are heat treated at 973 K. Then the ACF/$TiO_2$ composites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX). Moreover, photocatalytic degradation of MB by the ACF/$TiO_2$ composites was determined under UV irradiation. The results shows that the photocatalytic activity of ACF/$TiO_2$ composites ($AT1{\sim}AT4$) prepared with TNB and various acid modified ACF was much better than that of ACF/$TiO_2$ composite (AT) prepared with TNB and non-acid modified ACF, and the effects improved with order of sample AT3 > AT4 > AT1 > AT2.

산업용 뿐만 아니라 보석용으로 가치가 있는 사파이어는 매우 다양한 방법으로 합성 사파이어를 만들어 왔다. 그 중 천연 사파이어와 매우 유사하며 보석용으로 가치가 높은 Chatham사의 플럭스 사파이어를 사용하여 천연 사파이어와 비교하였다. 먼저 WD-XRF(Wavelength dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometer)를 사용하여 천연과 합성의 화학 조성을 비교하였다. 천연 사파이어는 화학 조성이 매우 다양하였으나 플럭스 사파이어는 천연과 유사한 화학 성분과 특히 Mo, Pt, Pb 미량원소가 검출되었다. Pt는 플럭스 사파이어라는 결정적인 증거가 된다. 다음으로 $1300^{\circ}C$와 $1500^{\circ}C$의 고온에서 열처리를 한 후 자외선-가시광선 분광광도계(UV-VIS Spectrophotometer)를 사용하여 분광학적 특성을 조사함으로써 천연 사파이어는 $Cr^{3+}$와 관련된 약 690nm의 형광과 관련된 흡수 피크의 변화를 관찰할 수 있었고 플럭스 사파이어는 $Cr^{3+}$와 관련된 약 690nm의 피크와 376nm, 388nm의 $Fe^{3+}$의 흡수 피크가 변화함을 볼 수 있었다. 고온 열처리에 의해 플럭스 사파이어의 흡수 피크의 변화가 천연 사파이어의 흡수 피크의 변화보다 더 큰 것을 알 수 있었다 화학조성 및 분광분석 실험을 통하여 천연 사파이어와 flux 합성 사파이어의 특성을 비교 분석하였다.