Judul: Application of steel slag, dolomite, silica gel, and micro fertilizer in rice plant on peat soil
Abstrak: Steel slag as a by-product formed in the process of steel manufacturing consists of iron-making slag or blast furnace slag (BFS) and steel-making slag or electric furnace slag (EFS) had been used as Si fertilizer and liming materials. Steel slag containing silicate, micro elements, and bases can be used to improve chemical properties of peat soil that are poor in nutrients. Steel slag contains a lot of silicate needed by especially Si accumulator plants such as paddy rice plant. This research aimed to compare paddy rice plant’s response of IR64 and Air Tenggulang to EF slag, BF slag, dolomite, silica gel and micro fertilizer application for improving chemical properties of peat soil, to know the reason of paddy rice plant’s response on peat soil to steel slag application and to evaluate steel slag effect in content of hazardous heavy metal in brown rice. This research consisted of an incubation and a greenhouse experiments. Both of them were single factor experiment arranged in a completely randomized design. The treatments were both EFS and BFS (0%, 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% w/w of the soil), both dolomite and silica gel equivalent EFS dosage and also micro nutrients with three replications. The results showed that application of EFS on peat soil significantly improved the availability of Fe and Mn, BFS on peat soil significantly improved the availability of Si and Mg and dolomite on peat soil significantly improved soil pH and availability of Ca. Paddy rice grown on peat soil highly responded to steel slag application. Plant height, number of tillers, weight of spikilets, SiO2 of straw were significantly raised with EFS application and content of hazardous heavy metal in brown rice still within limit of food maximum pollution, but Pb and Hg were not detected. In general, the highest rice yield was achieved at dosage of EFS 8%. In conclusion, paddy rice grown responded to steel slag application was associated in increasing soil pH, the availability of Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn and Si on peat soil. Generally, Paddy rice grown on peat soil highly responded to EFS application better than the others. It meaned that not only silicate as the main factor in improving peat soil chemistry and rice yield, but also increasing soil pH, availability of Ca, Mg and micro nutrients.
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Judul: Pengaruh Residu Electric Furnace Slag, Blast Furnace Slag dan Unsur Mikro terhadap Sifat Kimia Tanah serta Pertumbuhan dan Produksi Padi Sawah Tanaman Kedua pada Tanah Gambut
Abstrak: Steel slag is a by-product formed in the process of steel manufacturing. Electric Furnace Slag (EF slag) and Blast Furnace Slag (BF slag) are two examples which were used in this research. Steel slag can be used as soil ameliorant. As soil ameliorants, EF slag and BF slag were able to improve chemical properties of peat soil, resulting in enchantment of growth and paddy rice yield of IR 64 on first plant. Toxic heavy metals content was below acceptable limit for rice produced. The objectives of this experiment were to evaluate residual effect of EF slag, BF slag and micro nutrient on chemical soil properties and growth and yield of paddy rice on peat soil as second plant. The results showed that residue of EF slag and BF slag significantly increased soil pH, exchangeable Ca and Mg. Residue of EF Slag and BF slag significantly increased SiO2 and micro nutrients (Fe and Mn). Growth and yield of paddy rice with residue of EF slag were significantly better than those of BF slag. Toxic heavy metals (Pb, Cd, As, dan Hg) in rice were below acceptable limit for rice product. So that rice produced on EF slag and BF slag is save for consumer.
Keyword: Peat, BF slag, EF slag

Judul: Closed Knight’s Tour pada Papan Catur Berbentuk Persegi Panjang dengan Ukuran Maksimal 8 × 8
Abstrak: Closed Knight’s Tour merupakan langkah kuda yang mengunjungi setiap kotak pada papan catur tepat satu kali dengan langkah kuda berawal dan berakhir pada kotak yang sama. Graf yang terbentuk dari closed knight’s tour dinotasikan sebagai graf G(m,n), dengan m adalah banyaknya baris dan n adalah banyaknya kolom. Graf tersebut memuat Hamiltonian cycle. Sebuah graf terhubung G adalah graf bipartite jika dan hanya jika graf tersebut tidak memiliki cycle dengan panjang ganjil. Papan catur yang memenuhi syarat cukup untuk memiliki closed knight’s tour adalah papan catur berukuran 5 × 6, 5 × 8, 6 × 6, 6 × 7, 6 × 8, 7 × 8, dan 8 × 8.
Keyword: bipartite, closed knight’s tour, hamiltonian cycle, knight’s tour, teori graf