PENGARUH PENAMBAHAN KOMPOSISI ABU BAMBU TERHADAP SIFAT FISIK KERAMIK BERBAHAN DASAR KAOLIN

Rizka Fatimah Kirana; Agus Setyo Budi; Esmar Budi; Md. Rahim Sahar; Khamisah Abu Samah

doi:10.21009/0305020223

Authors

Rizka Fatimah Kirana Prodi Fisika Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jl. Pemuda No 10, Jakarta 13220
Agus Setyo Budi Prodi Fisika Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jl. Pemuda No 10, Jakarta 13220
Esmar Budi Prodi Fisika Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam Universitas Negeri Jakarta, Jl. Pemuda No 10, Jakarta 13220
Md. Rahim Sahar Jabatan Fizik Fakulti Sains Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia 81310
Khamisah Abu Samah Jabatan Fizik Fakulti Sains Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia 81310

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21009/0305020223

Abstract

Utilization of bamboo waste, especially ash from the combustion is rarely found as well as ceramic tile that made from agricultural waste. This experiment of making ceramics from agrowaste-bamboo used various composition. The composition of this making the ceramics is 30%, 40%, 50% and 60% of bamboo ash. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of bamboo ash composition on the physical characteristics of ceramic which is called density. The bamboo ash with a size of 100 microns was selected for testing. Sintering technique carried out at a temperature of 700Â°C to this kaolin based ceramic. Testing is done by using the Archimedes method. The addition of bamboo ash composition than caolin to produce lower density structures with the highest value 2.261885321 g/cmá¶Ÿ and the lowest is 2.195299124 g/cmá¶Ÿ. These results indicate that the addition of bamboo ash composition having an effect on the physical characteristics of ceramics.

Keywords: Ceramics, Agrowaste, Bamboo Ash, Sintering, Kaolin.