• Reducing Soil Loss and Pb Stabilization of Berms using Hydrated Lime in Military Rifle Shooting Ranges under Rainfall Simulation

  • Il-Ha Koh1*, Chang Koo Park1, Kwang Young You2, Seung Cheon Noh2, and Won Hyun Ji3

  • 1National Environment Lab. (NeLab), Seoul 02841, Korea
    2Environmental Division, Engineer Office, Republic of Korea Army Headquarters, Gyeryong 32800, Korea
    3Department of Energy & Climate Environment Fusion Technology, Graduate School, Hoseo University, Asan 31499, Korea

  • 인공강우 모사를 통한 소석회의 군 소화기 사격장 피탄지 토양유실 억제 및 납 안정화 효과

  • 고일하1*ㆍ박창구1ㆍ유광영2ㆍ노승천2ㆍ지원현3

  • 1환경기술정책연구원 (NeLab),
    2육군본부 공병실 환경과,
    3호서대학교 일반대학원 에너지환경융합기술학과

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(5): 67-74

    Published on Oct 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.5.067
  • Received on Sep 3, 2025
  • Revised on Sep 20, 2025
  • Accepted on Oct 3, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Il-Ha Koh

  • National Environment Lab. (NeLab), Seoul 02841, Korea

  • E-mail: ilha@nelab.re.kr