Pemanfaatan Asap Cair sebagai Bahan Koagulan pada Pengolahan Karet Alam di PTP Nusantara III Kebun Bandar Betsy

Abstract

Research has done on latex coagulation process using liquid smoke at various concentrations in PTP Nusantara III Gardens Bandar Betsy Simelungun. Liquid smoke used is derived from the domestic industry with raw material coconut shell. Variations in the concentration of liquid smoke used was 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25%. Smoke mixing process carried out in the liquid and latex coagulation bath for 2-4 hours. The results show that for concentrations of 5-10% is obtained with quality rubber RSS 1 to 3 days of curing, whereas the concentration of 20-25% is obtained with quality rubber RSS 2 to 3 days of curing.