Judul: Karakteristik Kulit Ceker Ayam dengan Penyamakan Kombinasi Krom dan Penyamak Nabati
Abstrak: Penyamakan kulit merupakan proses yang bertujuan untuk mengubah kulit mentah yang mempunyai sifat tidak stabil menjadi lebih stabil. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kombinasi optimal antara penyamak krom dan nabati, sehingga dampak negatif penyamak krom terhadap lingkungan dapat dihindari. Penelitian ini menggunakan kulit ceker ayam. Perlakuan proses penyamakan kulit terdiri atas 4 taraf konsentrasi yang dimodifikasi dari konsentrasi bahan penyamak awal (8%) yang kemudian dianggap sebagai perlakuan P0 yaitu 100% krom ; P1 75% krom + 12.5% ekstrak daun jambu biji + 12.5% ekstrak daun teh; P2 50% krom + 25% ekstrak daun jambu biji + 25% ekstrak daun teh; dan P3 25% krom + 37.5% ekstrak daun jambu biji + 37.5% ekstrak daun teh, masing-masing dengan 3 ulangan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa perlakuan P0 memberikan pengaruh yang sama dengan perlakuan P1 serta perlakuan P1 sama dengan perlakuan P2 dan P3 pada kekuatan tarik. Perlakuan P0, P1, P2 dan P3 memberikan pengaruh yang sama pada kekuatan regang dan kekuatan sobek. Penggunaan ekstrak daun jambu biji dan ekstrak daun teh sebanyak 25% yang dikombinasikan dengan 75% krom memberikan kekuatan tarik yang sama dengan penggunaan 100% krom.
Keyword: daun jambu biji, daun teh, kulit ceker ayam, penyamak krom

Judul: Karakteristik Kulit Ceker Ayam yang Disamak dengan Kombinasi Krom dan Mimosa serta Ekstrak Daun Teh (Camelia sinensis).
Abstrak: Skin tanning is process of converting rawhide skin protein into skin tanned by tanning materials, that result a change in the physical properties of unstable to stable and resistant to environmental influences such as physical pressure, weather, and microorganisms. Waste from tanning process is solid waste, gas, and liquid. For not polluting the environment, liquid waste containing chromium (0.7%) should be processed in the mix with natural tanning materials, like tea. This research used the skin of chicken claw that used combination of tanning (chemical tanning and tea extract) with different concentrations of chrome and nature tanning materials (mimosa and tea extracts) (70:20:10), (60:20:20) and (50:20:30), respectively. Parameters in this reseacrh was the quality of the skin tensile test, elongation test and skin rips test. The best concentration of tea extract for physical characteristics of the tanned chicken claw leather is addition of tea extract 10% intensile test, 20% tea extract in elongation test and 30% tea extract in skin rips test.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), tea, tanning, eather

Judul: Utilization of terra/MODIS L1B data for analysis of horizontal wind profile in the troposphere
Abstrak: This study was concerned with horizontal wind derived from data collected with the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board the NASA’s Earth Observation System (EOS)-Terra satellite. The aim of this study is to develop a method for the estimation of horizontal wind movement in the troposphere based on Navier-Stokes equation. The method was applied to a calibrated and geolocated Terra/MODIS L1B 1 km data set. The data inputs to estimate surface temperature are retrieved from TIR (Thermal Infrared) bands 31 (10.780 μm to 11.280 μm) and 32 (11.770 μm to 12.270 μm). The obtained surface temperatures were later used to approximate geopotential height on a constant-pressure surface by using the modified Poisson equation. The main assumptions used are the hydrostatic equilibrium, ideal gas law, constant lapse rate and constant acceleration of gravity. Based on the distribution of geopotential height, the pressure gradient force is measured by the gradient of geopotential on an isobaric coordinate to present the horizontal wind profile. For certain topographic areas especially in the mountain ranges, there was a disadvantage of using pressure as a vertical coordinate which lead to inaccuracy. In spite of that, Terra/MODIS L1B data with 1 km spatial resolution can be used to estimate the horizontal wind movement in the troposphere.
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