Judul: Sintesis Superabsorben Onggok-Poliakrilat yang Diperkaya dengan Urea
Abstrak: Fertilizer-enriched superabsorbent polymer (SAP) could be used to help water savings, especially in dry areas, and improve the efficiency of fertilizer application compared with conventional method, stocking of fertilizer on the soil surface. In this research, several kinds of SAP were synthesized by grafting copolymerization of 40% neutralized acrylic acid with onggok (solid waste of tapioca factory) by using ammonium persulfate as initiator and by varying the amount of crosslinker N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide and urea added. Water absorption capacity of SAP before enrichment was 730.48 g/g with nitrogen content of 4.12%, and decreased after enriched by urea. For 0.025, 0.050, and 0.100 g of crosslinker, water absorption capacities were 293.38, 227.34, and 209.20 g/g and nitrogen contents were 17.99, 16.49, and 16.83%, respectively. Nitrogen release study of enriched SAP with 0.025 and 0.050 g of crosslinker showed nitrogen release of 6.29 and 7.35%, respectively while SAP with 0.100 g of crosslinker at the same time only released 23.92% of nitrogen. These results indicated that the amount of crosslinker greatly influenced the pattern of release of urea.
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Judul: Enrichment of Onggok-Polyacrylamide Superabsorbent by Mixing Superabsorbent with Urea-Starch.
Abstrak: Polimer superabsorben (SAP) berbahan dasar onggok disintesis dengan metode pencangkokan-penautan-silang yang telah dioptimasi menggunakan inisiator amonium persulfat, monomer akrilamida (Aam), dan penaut-silang N,N’- metilena bis-akrilamida. SAP disaponifikasi dengan NaOH 1 M untuk meningkatkan daya serapnya terhadap air. Pengayaan SAP dilakukan dengan mencampurkan urea-pati dengan SAP secara fisik dengan variasi komposisi 2:1, 3:1, dan 4:1. Keberhasilan sintesis dan saponifikasi SAP ditunjukkan oleh pita serapan khas onggok, Aam, dan anion karboksilat pada spektrum inframerah transformasi Fourier serta peningkatan daya serap SAP. Seluruh SAP yang telah diperkaya urea diaplikasikan dalam media air statis dengan selang waktu tertentu untuk melihat pola pelepasan urea terbaik. Campuran SAP dengan nisbah 2:1 memberikan pola pelepasan terbaik dengan waktu pelepasan optimum 4 hari, pelepasan nitrogen sebesar 41.13% (42.6187 ppm), dan laju pelepasan urea sebesar 0.8893 ppm/menit.
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Judul: Etno-ornitologi Burung Kancilan Flores (Pachycephala nudigula nudigula Hartert 1897) pada Masyarakat Lio di Taman Nasional Kelimutu
Abstrak: Bare-throathed whistler is one of several wild birds in Kelimutu National Park (TNKL) that is believed to have correlation with Lio Community‟s belief. The estimation of Bare-throated whistler‟s population in Kelimutu National Park was about 186.41-1668.07 individual by the density about 0.0389-0.3481 ind/ha with the sex ratio 6.2:1 that spreaded on area with height of 1100 – 1600 masl. The characteristic of Bare-throated whistler‟s habitat is a natural forest with various canopy level, high plant species diversity and high density. The habitat characteristics related to the availability of food in the form of insects, cover, safety and a nesting site. Generally the most of Lio community knew the existence of Bare-throated whistler directly or from their parents‟ stories. The perceptions of Lio Community to the Bare-throated whistler‟s existence is generally support the conservation efforts. The perceptions construct the Lio Community‟s atitude that tend to be conservative to the existence of Bare-throated whistler. The attitude shown by their behavior that not cathing the Bare-throated whistler from the TNKL‟s area or the outside. The attitude have an important role to the existence of Bare-throated whistler in Kelimutu National Park‟s area.
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