Judul: Kopolimer karet alam-stirena irradilasi sebagai aditif viscosity index improver dalam minyak pelumas
Abstrak: Aditif viscosity index improver berfungsi untuk menstabilkan viskositas minyak lumas terhadap perubahan suhu telah dibuat berdasarkan proses kopolimerisasi lateks karet alam dengan stirena. Proses ini menggunakan iradiasi sinar gamma dari Co. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendapatkan konsentrasi aditif peningkat indeks kekentalan terbaik dari kopolimer lateks karet alam-stirena dalam minyak lumas skala laboratorium yang dalam penelitian lebih lanjut diharapkan dapat ditingkatkan menjadi skala komersil. Dosis radiasi diambil dari penelitian terdahulu sebesar 30 kGy. Produk yang dihasilkan berbentuk kopolimer karet alam stirena dengan konsentrasi 50, 100, dan 200 psk (perseratus bagian bobot karet) yang selanjutnya digiling, dicacah, dan dilarutkan dalam xilena dengan konsentrasi sekitar 20% w/v sebagai aditif. Larutan kental ini dilarutkan lagi ke dalam beberapa bahan baku minyak lumas untuk dilihat kelarutannya secara kualitatif. Bahan baku minyak lumas yang terbaik melarutkan aditif dipilih sebagai bahan baku utama. Dalam studi ini dicoba membuat formulasi sederhana dengan mencampur aditif dengan bahan baku minyak utama dengan komposisi 2.5% dan 1% v/v, kemudian diperiksa nilai indeks viskositasnya. Minyak lumas A, B, dan C yang beredar saat ini sebagai pembanding nilai indeks viskositas. Hasil pemeriksaan menunjukan bahwa aditif larut baik dalam bahan baku minyak lumas HVI (high viscosity index) 650. Minyak lumas berupa aditif 1% v/v kopolimer karet alam stirena 200 psk dalam HVI 650 dapat meningkatkan indeks viskositas dari 93 menjadi 110. Sementara itu, indeks viskositas minyak lumas komersial adalah 125-135.
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Judul: Pemanfaatan Kopolimer Cangkok Karet Alam dan Stirena sebagai Aditif Peningkat Indeks Viskositas Minyak Lumas
Abstrak: Thermoplastic elastomer which is produced from graft copolymerization of styrene onto natural rubber can be used as lubricant additive. This additive has a function as index viscosity improver. Index viscosity is one of the important aspect to classify the lubricant quality since it has an influence on temperature stability of the lubricant oil. Graft copolymerization by free radical mechanism on emulsion polymerization v technique was conducted at ratio 85:15, ammonium peroxidisulfate as initiator, and sodium dodecyl sulfate as surfactant at 65oC for 7 hours. The graft copolymer was creeped and soaked into acetone to separate the homopolymer of styrene. The pure graft copolymer was dried and masticated. The pure graft copolymer was made into main solution by dissolving on xylene at 20% concentration. The main solution was added on base oil (HVI 60 and HVI 650) at concentration of 1%, 3% and 5%. The result showed that the grafting efficiency was 56.48%. The base oil HVI 60 and HVI 650 has initial index viscosity as 100 and 92, respectively. Further after the addition of graft copolymer the index viscosity was increased to 181, 185, 186 and 141, 143, 145, respectively. The other characterizations include ash content 0.01%, Mg content as 0.003%, density 0.86 g/ml and 0.89 g/ml, and pH 5. Thus the grafted copolymer of natural rubber and styrene can be used as index viscosity improver at concentration 5%.
Keyword: Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), viscosity index, thermoplastic elastomer, lubricating oil, graft copolymerization

Judul: Lejeuneaceae Subfamily Ptychanthoideae (Hepaticae) in  West Java
Abstrak: Subfamily Ptychanthoideae of the family Lejeuneaceae (Hepaticae) in West Java is still poorly known. Publications on this subfamily are out of dated and written in the 19th or early of 20th century. The last taxonomic treatment of Ptychanthoideae of West Java was in 1933, many species names have changed since then. Studies on Ptychanthoideae of West Java are urgently needed. Studies on the Ptychanthoideae were based on the specimens collected from West Java. A total number of 361 of specimens deposited in the Herbarium Bogoriense (BO), Herbarium Biotrop (BIOT), Gottingen Herbarium (GOET) and Bangi Herbarium (UKMB) were examined, those are old and several recent specimens collected in West Java. Recent collections were made from Telaga Warna, Ciater, Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, Cibodas Botanical Garden, Bodogol Education Center and Conservation (Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park), University of Indonesia Campus Depok, including several collections from Banten Province. Twenty four species of Lejeuneaceae subfamily Ptychanthoideae are known from West Java, belonging to 8 genera namely Acrolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (2 species), Archilejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (1 species), Lopholejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (10 species), Mastigolejeunea (Spruce) Schiffn. (3 species), Ptychanthus Nees (1 species), Schiffneriolejeunea Verd. (1 species), Spruceanthus Verd. (2 species) and Thysananthus Lindenb. (4 species). Two new records of Ptychanthoideae: Mastigolejeunea indica Steph. and Thysananthus minor Verdoorn are reported for Java. A determination key to the species is presented including their descriptions and illustrations.
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