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폐폴리염화비닐수지(waste Polyvinyl chloride, RPVC)와 폐폴리에틸렌수지(waste polyethylene, RPE)의 블렌드를 용융 혼합으로 제조하였으며 상용화제로서 주쇄는 에틸렌 구조를, 측쇄는 에스터 그룹으로 이루어진 공중합체들을 첨가하여 모폴로지 및 인장특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. RPVC가 연속상인 조성비 85/15 wt%, 중간조성 50/50 wt%, RPE가 연속상인 조성비 15/85 wt%로 RPVC/RPE의 조성비를 변화시켜 이들 조성비에서의 상용화제의 영향을 조사하였다. 모폴로지 관찰로 볼 때 RPVC/RPE 블렌드는 $10\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상의 도메인 크기를 보여 상용성이 나쁘며 특히 중간조성에서 가장 나쁜 상용성을 나타내었다. 에틸렌비닐아세테이트 공중합체(EVA)와 에틸렌에틸아크릴레이트 메틸메타크릴레이트 그라프트 공중합체 (ethylene ethylacrylate-graft-methyl methacrylate copolymer, EEA-MMA)가 상용화제로서 우수한 결과를 나타내었다.

The polymer blends of waste polyvinyl chloride (RPVC) and waste polyethylene(RPE) were prepared by melt mixing, and their morphology and tensile properties were evaluated after the copolymers having an ethylene group in backbone and ester group in side position were added as comptatibilizers. The blend compositions were varied as follows ; RPVC/RPE 85/15 wt%, where RPVC formed a continuous phase : 50/50, mid composition : 15/85, RPE a continuous phase. The blends revealed a very low compatibility between component polymers because they showed domain sizes greater than $10\mu\textrm{m}$ over all compositions, especially the worst compatibility around mid composition. The blends showed higher compatibility when ethylene vinylacetate copolymer(EVA) and ethylene ethylacrylate-graft-methyl methacrylate copolymers(EEA-MMA) were added.

This paper investigated the applicability of polyester yarn coating using ther- moplastic polyester elastomer (TPEE) to replace polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coated yarn for blinds fabric. For this purpose, suitable TPEE for yarn coating was selected by measuring thermal and rheological properties and the yarn coating process conditions were investigated by changing variables such as extrusion temperature, die and nipple dimensions, take-up speed, and core yarn denier. TPEE coated yarns with a diameter of 0.3 and 0.4 mm were prepared, respectively. Tensile properties and cross-section uniformity revealed by a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the TPEE coated yarn were analyzed. Among several candidates, TPEE having a melt index of 35 and melting temperature of 153℃ was the most suitable for replacing PVC, and the opti- mum coating conditions for the TPEE coating yarn were a head temperature of 170℃ and core yarn denier of 420 denier. The selected TPEE coated yarns have enough ten- sile strength and uniformity to replace present PVC coated yarns, certified by SEM photograph.

Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy and precision of airborne metal analysis using polyvinyl chloride(PVC) membrane filter by pretreatment methods. Methods: A total of 75 spiked PVC samples for Cr, Fe and Mn ranged from 6 ug/sample to 40 ug/sample were used to evaluate recovery rates for three pretreatment methods: acid extraction, hot plate ashing and microwave digestion. For Mn, an additional 75 spiked mixed cellulose ester(MCE) membrane filters were analysed to compare the recovery rates of PVC samples. All samples were analysed with an inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer(ICP-OES) and manganese samples were additionally analyzed by atomic absorption spectrometer(AAS). Results: The overall mean recovery rates of PVC samples for Cr, Fe and Mn were 90% or higher regardless of pretreatment methods, but there were statistically significant differences in recovery rates for Cr(p<0.05) and Mn(p<0.01) samples by pretreatment methods. The biases and the coefficient variations of PVC samples for three metals pretreated with three kinds of pretreatment methods ranged from 1.7% to 4.7% and from 1.6% to 6.5%, respectively. The manganese PVC samples pretreated by microwave digestion and analyzed with ICP-OES had the lowest bias at 1.9% and also showed lower bias than the bias for MCE samples, 2.7%. Conclusions: In order to accurately analyze the metals sampled with PVC membrane filters, microwave digestion and ICP-OES can be recommended.

PVC 함유 가연성폐기물의 열분해시 Ca 계열 및 Fe 계열 산화물을 탈염 흡수제로 사용하여 생성물의 분포, 액상 생성물의 비점분포, 생성물의 염소 농도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. Fe 계열 산화물 분말을 액상에서 흡수제로 사용시 오일의 수율이 뚜렷하게 감소하였다. 이러한 현상은 산화철이 열분해시 일부 열분해 촉매의 역할을 하였을 가능성을 나타낸다. 반면에 오일의 비점분포가 낮아지는 현상은 발견되지 않았으며 이러한 현상은 산화철의 촉매 반응성이 크지 않기 때문으로 보인다. Ca 계열 산화물 분말을 흡수제로 사용한 경우 오일 수율이 감소하는 현상은 발견되지 않았으며 비점분포도 큰 변화가 없었으나 탈염성능이 산화철 분말 흡수제 보다 더 우수하였다.

The influences of Ca and Fe based oxides as dechlorination sorbents on the product distribution, boiling point distribution of liquid product, concentration of Cl of the products from the pyrolysis of PVC containing combustible wastes were investigated. With Fe based oxides as the sorbents, the yield of liquid product remarkably decreased whereas the decrease of the boiling point distribution of the liquid product was not noticeable. This phenomenon indicated that Fe based oxides worked as catalysts with weak catalytic activity. With Ca based oxides as the sorbents, the yield of liquid product did not decrease and the boiling point distribution of liquid product did not change significantly, but the dechlorination performance of these was much better than that with Fe based oxides.

Premature ventricular contractions are the most common of all arrhythmias and may cause more serious situation like ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in some patients. Therefore, the detection of this arrhythmia becomes crucial in the early diagnosis and the prevention of possible life threatening cardiac diseases. Most methods for detecting arrhythmia require pp interval, or the diversity of P wave morphology, but they are difficult to detect the p wave signal because of various noise types. Thus, it is necessary to use noise-free R wave. So, the new approach for the detection of PVC is presented based on the rhythm analysis and the beat matching in this paper. For this purpose, we removed baseline wandering of low frequency band and made summed signals that are composed of two high frequency bands including the frequency component of QRS complex using the wavelet filter. And then we designed R wave detection algorithm using the adaptive threshold and window through RR interval. Also, we developed algorithm to classify PVC using RR interval. The performance of R wave and PVC detection is evaluated by using MIT-BIH arrhythmia database. The achieved scores indicate average detection rate of 99.76%, sensitivity of 99.30% and specificity of 98.66%; accuracy respectively for R wave and PVC detection.

본 연구에서는 PVC 제품에 잔류하는 염화비닐 단량체(VCM)에 대한 정량분석방법을 제시하였다. 용출용매의 경우, 에탄올, THF, 아세톤에서 유사한 추출효율을 나타내었으나, 노말헥산을 이용한 경우에는 상대적으로 낮은 추출효율을 보였다. 분쇄 PVC 시료에 VCM 표준용액을 주입한 분석시료에 대한 VCM 함유량 측정 결과, GC/MS를 이용한 직접주입법이나 헤드스페이스법 모두 양호한 결과를 나타내었다. PVC 제품의 중간물질인 스펀지에서의 VCM 분석과 관련하여 5 개 시험전문기관의 시험소간 비교시험 결과, 각 시험소간 결과 편차가 크지 않은 것으로 나타나 본 연구에서 제시한 전처리 및 분석방법에 대한 플라스틱 제품내의 VCM 정량방법이 유효한 것으로 판단되었다.

This study presents a method for the quantitative analysis of residual vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) in PVC products. In elution solvent, the extraction efficiency was similar by ethanol, THF, and acetone, but using n-hexane, it indicated relatively low extraction efficiency. Measuring VCM in the pulverized PVC samples, it showed reasonable results in both the direct injection method and headspace method with GC/MS. Regarding analysis of VCM in the intermediate sponge samples, five laboratories showed good results, and from the results, it was considered that VCM quantitative method in this study was reliable.

본 연구에서는 현실적으로 실현가능한 플라스틱 제품의 재활용률을 산정하기 위하여 PVC프로파일에 대한 물질흐름도를 작성하는 것을 목적으로 연구가 수행되었다. 이를 위해 합성수지 및 제품별 생산 현황 조사, 폐기물 발생 및 재활용 현황 조사, 재활용 실태 현황 조사, 제품별 물질흐름 검토를 거쳐 내구성 플라스틱의 발생부터 폐기까지의 조사를 실시하여 물질흐름도를 작성하였다. 제품별 재활용이 가능한 비율을 산정한 결과, PVC바닥재와 PVC프로파일의 경우 국내에서 사용된 제품의 내수량의 합이 525,448톤이고, 폐기물 배출량은 105,853톤으로 나타났다. 재생제품과 재활용원료의 생산량 합계는 76,004톤으로 제품의 내수량에 대비하면 2009년 의무량 8.5%에 비교하여 연구를 통한 재활용량은 추정량 14.46%로 산출되었다. 향후 각 품목의 연도별 사용량은 해당제품의 생산량이 현재와 크게 차이가 없을 것으로 가정하고 연도별 생산량에 대입한 후 5~20년 뒤의 물질수지도를 작성한 결과, 재활용률은 지속적으로 상승하여 바닥재 및 프로파일은 2013년에 20% 수준의 재활용률에 도달될 것으로 예측되었다.

The objective of this study was to estimate the practical recycling rate of plastic products, so that the study was conducted to build material flow diagram for PVC profile. For this objective, product generation, waste generation and recycling status were investigated. Using collected and analyzed status data, analysis of material flow by product and building material flow diagram were conducted. As result of estimating the recycling rate by product, The sum of domestic demand was 525,448 ton and waste generation was 105,853ton in PVC flooring and profile. The sum of generation of recycling product and raw material was investigated to be 76,004ton(14.46%), which is higher compared to recycling obligation(8.5%) in 2009. To build the material flow diagram in the years(5~20years) ahead, prediction of future demand was based on the assumption that there will be no difference in annual generation of current and future. As the recycling rate of flooring and profile increases, it is estimated to reach 20% in 2013 according to the material flow diagram.

PVC(Polyvinyl Chloride)와 HDPE(High-density Polyethlene) 하수도관은 수많은 고분자 재료 중에도 높은 기계적 강도를 가지며, 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 하지만, PVC와 HDPE 하수관을 연결하기 위해 소모 접착제나 고무링 이용한 소켓 방법 이음 방법은 낮은 수밀성과 기계적 강도로 오 폐수의 누수가 발생되고, 이것이 흙에 스며들어 지하수, 하천 및 토양을 오염시키고 있다. 따라서, 대안으로 최근에는 열판을 이용한 맞대기 융착 용접을 PE 하수도 관에 제한적으로 적용하여 시공하고 있다. 그러나, PVC 하수관은 열을 가할 시 열에 의한 민감한 거동으로 인해 맞대기 융착 용접법이 적용되지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 하수도 관 중, 국내에서 가장 많이 사용되고 있는 내 충격 PVC 하수도관과 HDPE 이중 벽관의 DSC(Diffential Scanning Calorimeter), TGA(Thermogravimetric analyzer), TMA(Thermomechanical Analysis), DMA(Dynamic Mechanical Analysis) 분석으로 온도에 따른 열적 거동을 분석하여, 적절한 융착 온도 조건을 제시하였다. 또한 접합강도 향상을 위한 이음부 설계를 제안하여, 융착 용접 특성을 평가하였다.

본 연구에서는 건축자재로 널리 사용되는 PVC바닥상재 표면에 내오염성과 항균성을 증가시키기 위한 광경화형 코팅액 개발에 관한 것이다. PVC 바닥상재용으로 사용되는 우레탄-아크릴 수지에 수용성 대전방지제와 항균제를 배합하여 오염 및 정전기로부터 보호하고 미생물에 의한 전염성질환을 예방할 수 있는 광경화형 내오염/항균 코팅액에 관한 실험을 수행하였다. 연구결과, 수지에 수용성대전방지제 15%와 항균제 1%를 혼합하여 제조한 코팅액을 Bar-coater No.12로 코팅한 표면이 전기저항($10^9\Omega/cm^2$), 내오염도(매직 Test, 먼지부착 Test) 및 부착력(100%) 양호, 항균성(99.99%)로 가장 좋은 물성을 보였다.

Metal(Zinc) soap and mixed metal(Zn/Ba) soap were synthesized with good structures and characterized by IR and H-NMR. The H-NMR spectrums of the synthesized soaps were in very good accordance with the structures proposed by earlier workers. The mixed metal soaps with various costabilizers(acid or metal content effect), which added in order to investigate the thermal stabilization effect at low and high temperature, were investigated the thermal stabilization effect. The temperature effect is relation to the metal content effect than acid effect. In case of mixed metal soap, the high thermal stabilization effect improved with increasing Barium content. As the Zinc content increase the low temperature thermal stabilization effect improved, but the high temperature thermal stabilization effect showed an opposite tendency.

A marine bacterium was isolated from Mai Po Nature Reserve of Hong Kong and identified as Vibrio cholerae MP-1. It contains a small plasmid designated as pVC of 3.8 kb. Four open reading frames (ORFs) are identified on the plasmid, but none of them shows homology to any known protein. Database search indicated that a 440 bp fragment is 96% identical to a fragment found in a small plasmid of another V. cholerae. Further experiments demonstrated that a 2.3 kb EcoRI fragment containing the complete ORF1, partial ORF4 and their intergenic region could self-replicate. Additional analyses revealed that sequence upstream of ORF1 showed the features characteristic of theta type replicons. Protein encoded by ORF1 has two characteristic motifs existed in most replication initiator proteins (Rep): the leucine zipper (LZ) motif located at the N-terminal region and the alpha helix-turn-alpha helix motif (HTH) located at the C-terminal end. The results suggest that pVC replicates via the theta type mechanism and is likely a novel type of theta replicon.

This study was Performed to survey and evaluate the contents of Plasticizers such as DEP(diethyl phthalate), DPrP(di-n-Phthalate), DBP(di-n-butyl Phthalate), DPP(di-n-pentyl Phthalate), DCHP(dicyclohexyl phthalate), BBP (butylbenzyl phthalate), DEHP(di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate) and DEHA(di-(2-ethylheryl) adipate), which are suspected as endocrine disruptors, in food and drug PVC packaging. Tested samples were 5 food wraps, 35 food containers, 40 food and drug packages(type of tablet and capsule) in Gyeonggi-Do area. The contents of DEHA in wrap were 188.9g/kg, 203.1g/kg, 238.4g/kg, 290.9g/kg and 308.3g/kg, respectively, while the other plasticizers were not detected. DEHP was used in 4 samples of food containers and DEHP contents were 4.7g/kg, 30.7g/kg, 35.8g/kg and 53.4g/kg, respectively. In food and drug packaging materials(type of tablet and capsule), the plasticizers were not detected.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new sampling and analytical method for the determination of airborne hexavalent chromium, Cr(Ⅵ), in a field plating operation. The procedures of this new method (Shin & Paik's Method) are as the following: Airborne hexavalent chromium is collected on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) filter according to the National Institute iota Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Method 7600, and the filler sample is placed in a screw-capped vial and soaked with 2% NaOH/3% Na₂CO₃ solution immediately after sampling. The Cr(Ⅵ) sample is analyzed by ion chromatography/visible spectrophotometry (IC/VS) according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 218.6. The airborne Cr(Ⅵ) concentrations measured by this method were compared with those determined by three reference methods: One (NIOSH/EPA Method) consisted of sampling airborne Cr(Ⅵ) on PVC filters and storing the sample filters in strew-capped vials according to the NIOSH method, and analyzing Cr(Ⅵ) in samples using IC/VS according to the EPA method. The second method (Impinger Method/NaHCO₃) consisted of absorbing airborne Cr(Ⅵ) into 0.02 M NaHCO₃ solution in midget impinger, and analyzing the Cr(Ⅵ) in samples using IC/VS. The third method was the OSHA Method ID-215. Using these four different methods, lour replicates of air samples were collected at an electroplating process and analyzed simultaneously. Two-way ANOVA and paired t-test were used to test difference among values determined by the methods. There was no significant difference and a strong correlation (r²:0.99) between Cr(Ⅵ) concentrations measured by the Shin & Paik's Method and an impinger method (p>0.05). However, Cr(Ⅵ) concentrations determined by Shin & Paik's Method were significant1y different from those by the NIOSH/EPA Method (p<0.05) or the OSHA method (p<0.05). The Cr(Ⅵ) concentrations of Shin & Paik's Method were significantly higher than those of the NIOSH/EPA Method or the OSHA method. This result indicated that the Shin & Paik's Method may prevent Cr(Ⅵ) losses caused by reduction and give more reliable results of airborne Cr(Ⅵ) concentrations in work environments.