Judul: Pengembangan proses degradasi karet alam menggunakan lindi hitam sebagai bahan tambahan aspal termodifikasi
Abstrak: One way to improve the usability of natural rubber is by modifying natural rubber, for example by giving a chemical degradation treatment. Degradation of chemical compounds taken with the aid of a polymer chain breakers, in this study used black liquor. Degradation of natural rubber aims to adjust the physical properties of natural rubber in the mechanism of mixing with asphalt to produce a modified asphalt that is expected to improve and enhance the properties of asphalt in its application in road pavement. Chemical degradation pursued through three stages. The first stage is the formation process of latex into solid rubber in the form of crepes. The second stage is the process of rubber degradation using black leachate by using two variations of the treatment, immersion time of rubber in black leachate and drying time. While the third stage is mixing of degraded rubber with asphalt. The variation of immersion time and drying time significantly affected the amount of black liquor absorbed by the rubber, plasticity (Po), and softening point of modified asphalt. The best treatment in this study were treated R7K2 (rubber immersed for 7 hours and dried in the normal time plus 2 hours).
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Judul: Pemanfaatan Lateks Karet Alam Sebagai Bahan Pemodifikasi Aspal Untuk Meningkatkan Mutu Perkerasan Jalan Aspal.
Abstrak: Indonesia is the second largest producer of natural rubber in the world after Thailand. Indonesia's natural rubber production in 2007 reached 2.55 million tons per year. However, Indonesia's natural rubber production has decreased due to the global crisis that occurred in 2008. One of the sectors directly affected by the crisis is the automotive industry which is the largest consumer of natural rubber in the world. On the other hand, economic growth will increase the traffic load in terms of quantity, weight and speed. The burden of heavy traffic, road surface temperature reaches 70oC, high rainfall and the poor drainage, causing the road can be easily damaged. Therefore, paving way’s modification is required to fulfill those needs, one with the latex modified asphalt. The purposes of this study were to determine the effect of types and additional doses of latex in the asphalt toward penetration value and softening point which affecting the quality of asphalt pavement and to get the best mixture of asphalt to improve the quality of asphalt road pavement. This research methodology consiststed of two stages, namely preparation of raw materials (determination of the nature and characteristics of latex and latex depolymerization process) and the main research (the mixing process of latex into the asphalt and testing). Experimental design used in this study was Complete Random Factorial design with two replications for each treatment. Factors that influence were types and additional doses of latex rubber in the asphalt with each level of 8 and 3. There were two types of latex used in this study, namely concentrated latex which have dry rubber content (DRC) and depolimerization latex (latex which has decreased due to the molecular weight of polymer bonds break). Depolimerization latex in this study employed chemical methods with reduction-oxidation reaction (redox) with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as an oxidant and sodium hypochlorite (NaClO) as a reductant. In general, asphalt modification which has produced fulfill the quality requirements or quality standards for asphalt polymer at the value of penetration and softening point. Quality standard of penetration value is 50-75 dmm, whereas minimum value for softening point is 54oC. Modification of asphalt penetration values ranged from 49.33 to 61.25 dmm. There are two types of asphalt modifications outside the standard value, namely the modification of asphalt with a penetration of 49.52 and 49.33. Softening point value of asphalt modification ranged from 56.11oC to 65.27oC. The best asphalt modification was L5K5 sample (depolimerization latex with 5% additional doses of rubber in asphalt). Selection of the best asphalt modification was not only determined by the suitability of the penetration value and softening point with quality standard, but also was determined by homogenity between the asphalt dan rubber.
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Judul: Psittacosis Sebagai Zoonosis Penting Yang Berasal Dari Burung
Abstrak: Psittacosis atau ornithosis adalah penyakit menular dari burung kepada manusia. Agens penyebab psittacosis termasuk ke dalam virus psittacosis-lymphogranuloma venereum group yang disebut Chlamydia psittaci. C. psittaci hanya dapat berkembang biak di dalam jaringan hidup tetapi peka terhadap antibiotik. Penyebaran penyakit ini sangat luas, terdapat hampir di seluruh dunia. Di Indonesia penyakit ini belum pernah di diagnosa, tetapi mengingat terdapat demikian banyaknya jenis burung maka diperkirakan psittacosis ini sudah ada. Kasus pada manusia pertamakali ditemukan oleh Ritter pada tahun 1879, di Eropa. Waktu itu dikenal sebagai pneumotyphus. Chlamydia psittaci tidak hanya sebagai penyebab infeksi pada burung, juga bisa menyebabkan infeksi pada mamalia diantaranya sapi, kerbau, kambing, domba, babi dan kucing. Pada kucing dikenal sebagai feline pneumonitis. Pada domba atau kambing mengakibatkan enzootic abortion. Pada burung, kalkun merupakan unggas paling rentan diikuti oleh burung psittacine dan burung lain di luar famili psittacidae. Virulensinyapun berbeda-beda. Yang berasal dari kalkun bervirulensi tinggi, sedangkan yang berasal dari burung merpati bisa bervirulensi tinggi bisa juga bervirulensi rendah. Penularan terjadi melalui kontak langsung maupun ti- dak langsung. Penularan melalui telur tidak terjadi. Umumnya penyakit ini memperlihatkan gejala klinis berupa deman, lesu, lemah, anorexia, kurus, diarrhea ber- warna kekuningan, discharge dari mata dan hidung, conjunc- tivitis. Gejala khas pada kalkun adalah istirahat dengan sternum sebagai dasarnya, karena adanya tekanan dari bagian perut yang sakit. Sedangkan pada manusia memperlihatkan adanya demam, kadang-kadang merasa dingin, lesu, sakit kepala yang hebat, sakit pada bagian belakang badan dan photophobia…dst
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