Magnetic properties and morphology of natural sand has been determined. The natural sand was collected from Logas Village, Kuantan Singingi Regency. Magnetic and non magnetic particles of the samples were separated using Iron Sand Separator (ISS) prior to ball milling process. The product of ISS was then milled for 90 hours with the milling ball diameter of 1.5 cm. The second step of milli…
The synthesis of activated carbon derived from avocado seed biomass waste (Persea americana mill) for supercapacitor electrodes have been performed through three different physical activation temperature. Preparation of activated carbon electrodes begins with a pre-carbonization process. Next, the samples were chemically activated with 0.1 M potassium hydroxide. The pyrolysis process was s…
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. One type of cancer is oral cancer, which is difficult to diagnose at an early stage so that it is fatal and can cause death. This study aims to synthesize and characterize gold nanorods and to analyze the potential applications of gold nanorods in the treatment of oral cancer cells. The method used to synthesize gold nanorods is the…
Activated carbon is an ideal material for supercapacitor electrodes. This is due to abundant, renewable, and cost-effective production. In this work,activated carbon monolith materials through carbonizing bamboo stems wastes and treating them with ZnCl2 in high-temperature pyrolysis as binder-free electrode of supercapacitor application have been developed. ZnCl2 impregnation was carried o…
Maharatu Village, Marpoyan Damai District in Pekanbaru City is known for its secondary crops agricultural activities. These activities can cause groundwater pollution or contamination due to excessive use of fertilizers. This study was aimed to determine the water qualities in surrounding area of Maharatu Village. The parameters measured were pH, COD, BOD and TDS value, Coli bacteria conten…
Determination of magnetic and morphological properties of sand from Kata Pariaman Beach, West Sumatera have been carried out using a Pasco Magnetic Probe and Scanning Electron Microscope test. The sand sample was dried first and then separated using Iron Sand Separator, before the crushing using Ball Milling 2 steps. The first step of Ball Milling was carried out for 40 hours with milling ball …
This study aims to analyze the results of groundwater filtrasion systems in the village of Bangun Sari Kampar Kiri Hilir using the slow sand filter method. Analysis in this study was carried out based on physical and chemical parameters namely conductivity, pH, ferrous metal (Fe), color/level of turbidity of water, phosphate, nitrate and nitrite with variations in alum coagulant, clay and m…
This research was conducted for the fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSC) based on ZnO nanorod. One of the efforts to increase DSSC efficiency is by supporting ZnO active material. Nanorod ZnO materials have doped with 2% mole, 4% mole, 6% mole, 8% mole and 10% mole titanium has been successfully grown using a seed mediated hydrothermal method. The results of the synthesis were …
Physical activation greatly effects the quality of carbon electrodes in a supercapacitor cell. Carbon electrondes are the main components in a supercapacitor cell. Carbon electrodes in this research were produced from rubber seed shell biomass through some step process which are a pre-carbonization process, ballmilling, chemical activation with KOH 0,5 M as activator, monolith pellets prin…
Indonesia as an archipelagic country with a large water area has the potential for fisheries cultivation. Often there are errors in calculating fry that are done manually and fry counting instruments are relatively expensive and difficult to obtain on the market, so a relatively cheap, simple, high-sensitivity and high accuracy fry counter is needed, therefore, research conducted on fry counter…
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) is made with sandwich arrangement consisting of Fluorine Tin Oxide (FTO), Zinc Oxide (ZnO), dye, electrolyte, and plastisol. DSSC modifications have been made by dopping aluminum (Al) on the ZnO nanorod and adding silver (Ag) to the dye molecules. Al dopping in ZnO grown using the seed mediated hydrothermal method at 90 for 8 hours it was carried out at a conce…
Synthesis of magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) of beach sand of Padang, West Sumatra using 2-stage ball milling method and its application for the degrading of methylene blue has been done. Identification of the elements in the sample was carried out using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF). The morphological properties of magnetic nanoparticles were studied using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). T…
Preparation of Barium Zirconium Titanate solution using sol-gel method has been succesfully done. The chemical materials used are Barium Carbonate, Zirconium Oxide and Titanium Oxide with different composition, they are BaZr0,40Ti0,60O3, BaZr0,45Ti0,55O3, BaZr0,50Ti0,50O3 and each of them was annealed at temperature of 600°C and 650°C for 1 hour. The aim of this research is to find out the va…
Thin films of Barium Zirconium Titanate (BaZrxTi1-xO3) with various composition, namely x = 0,55; 0,60 and 0,65 have been successfully prepared using the sol-gel method. The films were annealed at 600 ° C and 650 ° C for 1 hour. The thin films were characterized using UV-Vis spectroscopy and X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD). UV-Vis spectroscopy provides absorbance data, that can be used to obtain t…
Carbon electrode is one of the main components contained in supercapacitor which plays a role in storing energy. Activated carbon electrodes made from waste biomass of palm rind with variations in the concentration of KOH activator have been fabricated. The initial step was started with a pre-carbonization process for 1 hour at 200ᵒC. Then the sample was mashed and sieved using a 53 mesh siev…
The biosynthesis of metal nanoparticles using plants, enzymes, and microorganisms has been recognized as an environmentally friendly procedure as an alternative to physical and chemical methods. In this research, ZnO nanoparticles was synthesized using Zn(NO3)2 and pineapple peel extract (ananascomosus) as precursor and bioreductor, respectively. The synthesis process was carried out by mi…
A synthesis of cocoa shell based carbon as electrodes for supercapacitor cell application has been done succesfully. This study was conducted to analyze the effect of ZnCl2 activator concentration to physical properties of carbon monolith such as thermal stability, density, microcrystallin dimension, surface morphology, composition, and specific surface area as well as the specific capacita…
The Barium Zirconium Titanate (BaZrxTi1-xO3) thin films were deposited on a glass substrate using sol-gel method with variations in composition and annealing temperature. The deposition of the films was assisted by the spin coating process at speed of 3000 rpm for 30 seconds. BaZrxTi1-xO3 thin films were annealed for 1 hour at temperature of 600oC, and 650oC for each composition variations,…
The ferroelectric material of Barium Zirconium Titanate has been successfully made into a thin films using the sol-gel method with annealing temperature variations. The BaZrxTi1-xO3 thin films was annealed for 1 hour and was held at a temperature of 600oC and 650oC at each composition variation. Characterization of the thin films was carried out using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy and X…
ZnO nanorods has successfully been grown on the surface of FTO (Flourine Thin Oxide). The growth of ZnO nanorods was carried out using the seed mediated growth method, whereas the Ni doping was carried at different concentration. The effect of nickel doping at ZnO nanorods was observed using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), Energy Diseperssive X rays (EDX), UV-Vis Spectr…