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Scientists Develop Solar Cells Out Of Fluorine
SEOUL — A group of South Korean scientists have developed highly stable and cheap solar cells made out of fluorine, a state-run institute said Tuesday. The team led by Kim Jin-young from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed the edged selectively fluorinefunctionalized graphene nanoplatelets with structure of perovskite solarcells that can achieve a stability of 82 percent. A perovskite solar cell is a type of cell which includes a perovskite structured compound, considered a next-generation technology […]
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Hydrofluoric Acid Leaked from a Containership
SEOUL, KOREA – The government authorities launched a joint investigation as hydrofluoric acid leaked from a container ship which sailed from China to the Port of Busan. Results of the first investigation showed that the leakage of hydrofluoric acid caused no loss of lives or major marine pollution. At 5:50 pm of October 14, the […]
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Contract worker gets subsidy for toxic injury
A Seoul court on Tuesday ruled in favor of a 45-year-old man who requested state subsidy for a nerve disorder he reportedly suffered from exposure to hydrofluoric acid at Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor plant. In May 2012, the man, surnamed Yoon, an employee of a Samsung Electronics’ subcontractor, did not wear protective equipment including gloves when […]
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Samsung under pressure amid growing health fears
As thousands of workers stream out of Samsung Electronics’ semiconductor plant in the South Korean town of Hwaseong, Mr Lee, a 58-year-old restaurant owner, regards them with mixed emotions. The factory across the road guarantees his livelihood – about two-thirds of his customers work there, he estimates. But his views on the plant have shifted […]
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Toxic gas leak injures 3 at Samsung chip plant
HWASEONG — Highly poisonous hydrofluoric acid gas leaked at Samsung Electronics Co.’s main chip plant in this southern city on Thursday, injuring three workers, the company said. The incident comes roughly three months after up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that can damage the lungs and bones and even […]
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Samsung gas leak-briefing
HWASEONG — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday held a briefing for local residents where it announced developments in the aftermath of a fatal gas leak and announced plans to beef up safety measures. The briefing, organized for local accidents, comes roughly two months after up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid leaked at the […]
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Samsung Electronics apologizes for hydrofluoric acid leakage
SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) — A senior official at Samsung Electronics Co. apologized on Sunday for problems caused by the hydrofluoric acid leakage at the company’s chip plant in late January, vowing to prevent the recurrence of similar accidents. Hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that can damage the lungs and bones and even affect […]
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Evidence contradicts Samsung’s claim about hydrofluoric acid leak
Police confirm Samsung used blast fans to get rid of gas, contrary to earlier claim Samsung Electronics was using portable blast fans to force air out of its sealed semiconductor plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi province, at the time of a hydrofluoric acid leakage there last month that left one dead and four injured, police reported. […]
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Hydrofluoric acid leaks from Samsung factory: police
SEOUL/HWASEONG, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) — Hydrofluoric acid was discharged from a Samsung Electronics Co. chip plant into the environment following a fatal leakage last month, police said Friday, in stark contrast to the company’s earlier announcement that the situation had been contained. Up to 10 liters of diluted hydrofluoric acid, a colorless acute poison that […]
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Alert over South Korea toxic leaks
Government moves to tighten oversight after string of hydrogen fluoride accidents. Gumi, South Korea By mid-December, the chill winter winds had stripped South Korea’s trees bare. But around the city of Gumi, about 280 kilometres south of Seoul, blighted branches still bore a shroud of brown, withered leaves — reminders of the chemical accident that […]
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