Potensi Pemanfaatan Sabut Pinang (Arecha cathecu L.) Kecamatan Lengayang sebagai Sumber Karbon untuk Bahan Baku Material Maju

Abstract

Carbon material is one of the developments of advanced materials. Carbon is the result of the decomposition of an organic compound through an incomplete carbonization process. Carbon can be utilized from organic waste materials such as areca fiber. The composition of areca nut is 32.98% hemicellulose, 7.20% lignin, 53.20% cellulose, and 4.81% other components remaining in areca nut. Cellulose in areca fiber can potentially be a source of carbon material for advanced raw materials. The method used for the manufacture of areca fiber carbon is calcination at various temperatures of 250oC, 300oC and 350oC. Proximate analysis of carbon was carried out by testing the ash content, vapor content and bound carbon content. In this research, the standard used is SNI 06-3730-1995. The results of the analysis showed that the ash content obtained increased with the increase in the calcination temperature, while the vapor content decreased with the increase in the calcination temperature. The carbon content obtained decreases with increasing calcination temperature. The optimum conditions for areca coir carbon were obtained at carbon with a calcination temperature of 250oC, with an ash content of 8.85%, a vapor content of 3.12% and a bound carbon content of 88.03%