Peningkatan Kualitas Pasir Silika Lokal Asal Sidrap sebagai Pasir Standar untuk Pengujian Mutu Semen

Wieke Pratiwi, Gaos Abdul Karim, Titi Rachmawati

Abstract


Silica sand from Sidrap, South Sulawesi has been processed to substitute for Ottawa sand as a standard sand in testing of cement quality. The main processing was milling in a 3.5 L replica ball mill made of 2 mm steel with a rotational speed of 30 rpm for 30 minutes. Milling was carried out using ceramic or steel grinding balls with diameters of 13 and 17 mm. This milling resulted the following cumulative particle size distribution: 9.6% (+18, retained in 18 mesh sieve), 66.0% (+35), 11.6% (+50), 7.2% (+100), 3.6% (+170) and 2.0% passed through 170 mesh sieves. This particle size distribution  was more or less similar to that obtained from a standard laboratory ball mill having the same dimensions. This particle size distribution also met that the standard sand for the testing of cement quality. Milling caused a surface abrasion of Sidrap sand particles resulting a change in roundness (representing the smoothness of the surface). Milling of Sidrap sand using this replica ball mill gave a roundness of 0.27 (using ceramic milling balls), and 0.24 (steel balls), while Ottawa sand as a comparison has a roundness in the range of 0.27 - 0.30.


 

Pasir silika asal Sidrap, Sulawesi Selatan telah diolah untuk dijadikan pengganti pasir Ottawa sebagai pasir standar untuk pengujian mutu semen. Pengolahan utama adalah penggerusan di dalam sebuah ball mill replika volum 3,5 L yang dibuat dari baja 2 mm dan kecepatan putar 30 rpm selama 30 menit. Penggilingan dilakukan dengan bantuan bola-bola penggerus dengan diameter 13 dan 17 mm dari bahan keramik atau bola baja. Penggerusan ini berhasil menjadikan pasir Sidrap memiliki distribusi ukuran partikel kumulatif sebagai berikut 9,6% (+18, tertahan pada ayakan 18 mesh), 66,0% (+35), 11,6% (+50), 7,2% (+100), 3,6% (+170) dan 2,0% lolos ayakan 170 mesh. Distribusi partikel hasil penggerusan dengan ball mill replika ini mirip dengan yang dari standard laboratory ball mill dengan dimensi sama. Distribusi ukuran partikel ini juga memenuhi distribusi ukuran partikel pasir standar untuk pengujian mutu semen. Penggerusan juga menghasilkan abrasi permukaan partikel pasir Sidrap, sehingga terjadi perubahan roundness (indeks kebundaran) yang mencerminkan kemulusan permukaan. Penggerusan dengan ball mill replika menghasilkan indeks kebundaran 0,27 (dengan bola penggerus keramik), dan 0,24 (bola baja), sedangkan pasir Ottawa sebagai pembanding memiliki indeks kebundaran antara 0,27 – 0,30.


Keywords


milling, particle size distribution, milling ball, replica ball mill

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.37209/jtbbt.v8i2.120

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