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: Pengayaan Superabsorben Onggok-Poliakrilamida dengan Urea Melalui Metode Perendaman.
Abstrak: Superabsorbent can be synthesized from onggok and polyacrylamide using ammonium persulfate and N,N'-methylene bis-acrylamide through grafting-crosslinking methods. Superabsorbent can be enriched with urea fertilizer with slow nutrient-release properties. This superabsorbent enrichment can overcome the losses caused by conventional urea use because urea contains nitrogen nutrient which utilization efficiency is difficult to be increased. Enrichment of superabsorbent with urea was carried out by soaking superabsorbent in urea solution. Maximum enrichment was obtained in superabsorbent soaked in 1000 ppm urea solution for 17 and 24 hours with loading percentage of 36.72 and 32.48%. The release of nitrogen was tested in static aqueous media. Superabsorbent immersed in 1000 ppm urea solution for 17 hours released nitrogen most slowly, in 5 days. Release rate of nitrogen was 0.0370 ppm/min, and the nitrogen release pattern was in accordance with the pattern of plant nutrient uptake.
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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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