Judul: IPB (Bogor Agricultural University)
Abstrak: The problem resulting from rain percolating through urban waste is transport of harmful bacteria and hazardous chemicals from dumps into groundwater and nearby lakes or streams. Another issue of the urban waste is exptosion of landfill gas and bum may cause death and property damage. This research is intended to find out: (1) the composition of polutant produced by leachate of urban waste (2) the composition of landfill gas (3) frequency of diseases around the landfill waste and (4) peroeption of the people who lived around landfill waste regarding the effect of the landfill waste. The research was conducted in TPA Bantar Gebang Sub District, Bekasi City. The research of the environmental pollution aspect was done by chembJl anatysis of sample leacheate by gas chromatography for landfill gas from Bantar Gebang landfill. Data was collected since year 1999 to 2002. The aspect of the environmental health was done by (1) survey of three residential locations with 60 respondents and (2) survey of Bantar Gebang Puskesmas. Similarly, the research of the economy aspect was carried out by survey of three residential locations and Samar Gebang site office.
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Judul: IPB (Bogor Agricultural University)
Abstrak: Daily activities of hospital are continuously delivering sewage on the receiving water environment. Part of the sewage is believed to be pathogenic and potentially damaging. The hospital's liquid waste is mostly containing microorganism, poisonous chemicals, radioactive matters, and other substances endangering the water environment. Hence. the hospital could ct as a source of illness, if not having a proper treatment on its sewage. This research a aimed to: (1) Analyzing the organic sewage from the hospital to the receiving water, (2) Analyzing the community perception on the sewage and its effect on their socio-economic condition, (3) Analyzing the behavior of the organic wastes in the water environment. Comparing the result of laboratory analysis to the Minister of Environment"s Decree No identified the pollution level. Kep-58/MENLH112J1995. Oneway ANOV A test on random group design was used for determining the different contents of organic sewage of the water environment The community perception and the effect of the hospital waste on the socio-economic condition were analyzed by using Chisquare method, while the behavior of the organic waste was analyzed using the Powersim 2.Sc. The result of the analysis shows that: (1) The receiving waters around the hospitals are having a high value in TSS, turbidity, BOD, COD, DO, Ammo~ Nitrate, Coliform, and E. coli. These IPgh parameter values indicate that the water environment has been polluted by the organic sewage from the hospitals. (2) The community has a negative perception on the hospital sewage problem, however this has no effect on their socioeconomic condition. (3) The increasing value of the parameters before sewage treatment consistent according to the increment of the total number of patients. (4) When the sewage treatment program is implemented such as the sewage processing installation, there will be a decreasing trend in the parameters value, except for the BOD, Coliform and E. coli which area estimated to remain above the standard. It is recommended that: (1) a sewage treatment should be carried out on the hospital wastes, before disposed to the receiving water environment. (2) A proper sewage treatment plant should be installed according to the regulation enforcement and socialization of the awareness on the needs of clean environment.
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Judul: Sintesis Nanorod Seng Oksida (ZnO) dengan Metode Sonokimia
Abstrak: Gelombang ultrasonik telah digunakan untuk membantu sintesis ZnO. ZnO terbentuk dari campuran ZnAc dan NaOH. ZnO disintesis dengan variasi konsentrasi ZnAc 0.5 M ( ZnO 1:1 ) dan 1.5 M ( ZnO 3:1 ) yang dicampurkan dengan NaOH konsentrasi 0.5 M. Sampel yang diporoleh dikarakterisasi dengan XRD dan SEM. Karakterisasi difraksi sinar-X menunjukkan bahwa struktur kristal ZnO yang dihasilkan merupakan heksagonal dengan pertumbuhan yang dominan pada orientasi bidang nonpolar a dengan indeks hkl 101. Kristalinitas dan kemurnian kristal ZnO 1:1 lebih baik dibandingkan ZnO 3:1 ditunjukan dengan intensitas puncak difraksi sinar-X yang lebih tinggi, sempit dan tajam. Untuk ukuran kristalit ZnO 1:1 mempunyai rata-rata ukuran kristalit 30.57 ± 4.31 nm sedangkan ZnO 3:1 mempunyai ukuran rata-rata 20.25 ± 7.12 nm. Dari ukuran kristal yang terbentuk partikel ZnO termasuk nanokristal. ZnO 1:1 terbentuk batang-batang nano (nanorods) sedangkan pada ZnO 3:1 tidak terbentuk batang-batang nano (nanorods). Untuk ukuran morfologi, ZnO 1:1 mempunyai rata-rata ukuran butiran kristal 230 nm dan lebih besar dibandingkan ukuran ZnO 3:1 yang mempunyai rata-rata ukuran butiran kristal 50 nm.
Keyword: nanorot, sintesis, sonokimia, ZnO