Judul: Optimalisasi sintesis dan kajian adsorpsi gel kitosan-alginat terhadap[ ion Cu(II)
Abstrak: Limbah kulit udang dapat dimanfaatkan untuk membuat kitosan. Sifat reologi kitosan diperbaiki dalam bentuk gel dengan penambahan glutaraldehida dan hidrokoloid alami, seperti alginat. Sifat reologi gel yang diukur adalah kekuatan, titik pecah, ketegaran, pembengkakan, dan pengerutan gel, sedangkan parameter kitosan yang diukur ialah kadar air, kadar abu, derajat deasetilasi (DD), dan bobot molekul (BM). Pembuatan gel dilakukan dengan mencampurkan larutan kitosan 2.50% (b/v), glutaraldehida 4.00, 5.00, dan 6.00% (v/v), serta alginat 0.00, 0.75, dan 1.00% (b/v). Berdasarkan analisis proksimat, kitosan memiliki kadar air 5.89%, kadar abu 0.15%, DD 73.61%, dan BM 4.30 × 105 g mol-1
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Judul: Sintesis dan optimalisasi gel kitosan-gom xantan
Abstrak: Limbah kulit udang dapat disintesis menjadi kitosan. Sifat reologi kitosan diperbaiki dengan pengegelan menggunakan penambahan glutaraldehida dan hidrokoloid alami seperti gom xantan. Sifat reologi yang diukur meliputi kekuatan, titik pecah, ketegaran, pembengkakan, dan pengerutan gel. Parameter lain yang diukur ialah kadar air, kadar abu, derajat deasetilasi (DD), dan bobot molekul (BM). Pembuatan gel dilakukan dengan mencampurkan larutan gom xantan 0.0%, 0.5%, dan 1.0% (b/v), kitosan 2.5% (b/v), serta glutaraldehida 2.50%, 2.25%, dan 2.50% (v/v). Berdasarkan analisis proksimat, kitosan memiliki kadar air 5.89%, kadar abu 0.15%, DD 73.61%, dan BM 4.30 × 105 g mol-1. Gel optimum terjadi pada konsentrasi glutaraldehida 2.4028% dan gom xantan 1.00% yang memberikan kekuatan, titik pecah, sifat pengerutan, dan sifat pembengkakan gel maksimum, serta ketegaran minimum. Berdasarkan data tersebut kitosan dalam penelitian ini memenuhi spesifikasi kitosan niaga. Spektrum inframerah transformasi Fourier antara kitosan, gel kitosan-glutaraldehida, dan gel kitosanglutaraldehida- gom xantan menunjukkan puncak serapan spesifik pada 1563 cm-1 (gugus imina).
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Judul: Habitat characteristics of timor friarbird philemon inornatus in Camplong Landscape Kupang District, East Nusa Tenggara
Abstrak: Timor Friarbird (Philemon inornatus, G. R. Gray, 1846) is one of the six endemic birds of Timor and is a protected species. The population of bird is suspected to have been decreasing over the past six years along with the decreasing of the quantity and quality of physical and biotic factors of its habitat. Knowledge on landscape spatial pattern could be used to evaluate the quantity and quality of habitat. This research aimed at identifying spatial habitat characteristics of Timor Friarbird based on dominant factors of physical and biotic habitat components. Principle Component Analysis (PCA) on the physical habitat factors showed that variables that have strong correlation with the presence of the bird were Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), slope, distance from secondary forest, distance from bush, distance from cashew plantation, distance from crop plantation, and distance from roads. The biotic factors that have strong correlation with the presence of Timor Friarbird were the total number of plant species, number of plants used for food and cover, and mean height of trees. Height of poles was the only variable that has no correlation with the presence of Timor Friarbird. The most dominant physical and biotic factors that influent the presence of Timor Friarbird at a site are the density of foraging trees, slope, distance from the river, the distance from secondary forest, the density of cover pole and the distance from road. The estimation population of Timor Friarbird in Camplong region is low; this might be caused by low feeding tree density, high rates of poaching, the uneven distribution of feed vegetation and the flowering season, habitat degradation due to illegal logging, grazing cattle in the wild, and invasion of siam weed or chromolaena (Chromolaena odorata). The results of land cover classification at Camplong region based on Landsat_5 Thematic Mapper (TM) image with ArcGIS 9.3 and Erdas 9.1 obtained 11 land cover classes, with shrub as the dominant class. Keyword: Philemon inornatus, Habitat Spatial Characteristics, PCA, Population, Land Cover
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