This work was aimed to improve the carbon black from waste tires for printing ink using coupling agent to disperse carbon black particle for making an oil-based offset ink. This experiment used 2 coupling agent these were silane coupling and derivative fatty acid and used to produce offset inks for the 7 formulas. Formula 1 Commercail carbon blackFormula 2 carbon black was not washed by Nitric acid formula 3 carbon black was not washed by Nitric acid and was added silane coupling agent formula 4 carbon black was not washed by Nitric acid and was added fatty acid modified emulsifier formula 5 carbon black was washed by nitric acid formula 6 carbon black was washed by nitric acid and was added silane coupling formula 7 carbon black was washed by nitric acid and was added fatty acid modified emulsifier. Bring all 6 formulas to test property to compare with offset ink commercial. First find the smallest particle of carbon black for 90 minutes. It was found that formula 4 took 20 minutes to make particles 12 micron and it is smalles particle of all. Then measured ink flow by Spread-O-Meter and measured diameter after 1 minute. It was found that formula 3 and 3 were 77 mm. and approximate commercial ink. Then measured tack of ink with Ink-O-Meter it was found that formula 2 3 4 6 and 7 were 2.4 and formula 5 was 2. Then measured viscosity and yield value of ink by Lary viscometer. It was found that formula 2 had 77 poise of ink viscosity and 670 dyne.s/cm2 of ink yield value that was approximate commercial ink. Finally measured Emulsification capacity (%) by Kershaw Water Pick up Tester. It was found that formula 6 had 74% and it was approximate commercial ink.

Activated carbon also called activated charcoal or activated coal is a form of carbon that has been processed to make it extremely porous and thus to have a very large surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions. In this research studies environmental impacts of activated carbon production processes which produced from two types of agricultural by-products namely : coconut shells and palm-oil shells . SimaPro software is applied to evaluate the environmental impacts of both processes. The results have shown that the environmental impacts for the process using coconut shells as raw material is higher than that using palm –oil shells as raw material.

In this research palm oil fuel ash was utilized as a pozzolanic material in blended Portland cement mortar. The mortar was tested on the normal compressive strength and the negative effect of carbonation in indoor environment using the accelerated carbonation test of 5% CO2 in 50% relative humidity. Three palm oil fuel ash fractions of different fineness viz. coarse original palm oil fuel ash (CPOA) medium palm oil fuel ash (MPOA) and fine palm oil fuel ash (FPOA) were used for the study. Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) was partially replaced by these palm oil fuel ashes at the dosages of 20% and 40% by weight of binder. The results showed that the incorporation of the ashes affected the strength and the carbonation depths of mortars. The strengths of mortar slightly decreased with the increases in the dosage of the ash. The fineness of ash on the other hand improved the strength and the carbonation of the mortars. The mortars containing FPOA exhibited high strength and relatively low carbonation in comparison to those using coarser MPOA and CPOA. The use of FPOA resulted in a strong and dense mortar owing to the increased packing effect and pozzolanic reaction. It was therefore demonstrated that the FPOA could be used as a pozzolanic material to replace part of Portland cement for use in the indoor environment.

In this paper the effects of carbonation on pore structure of blended pozzolan cement pastes were investigated. Ordinary Portland cement _OPC_ was partially replaced with ground palm oil fuel ash _POA_ ground rice husk ash _RHA_ and classified fine fly ash _FA_. The strength total porosity specific surface area and pore size distribution were tested. In general incorporation of pozzolans increased the total porosity of blended cement pastes in comparison to that of OPC paste. Carbonation of pastes under 5% CO2 and 50% relative humidity _RH_ for 28 days resulted in filling of the pore voids and possible attack on calcium silicate hydrate _CSH_ depending on the type of pozzolan used. After carbonation total porosity decreased and specific surface areas of the blended pozzolan cement pastes reduced indicating the infilling of voids. Pore size distributions of POA and RHA pastes were different to those of FA pastes. Large pores of the POA and RHA pastes were increased indicating coarsening of pores owing to possible attack on CSH. It is possible that POA and RHA were highly reactive and hence their uses resulting in severe carbonation compared to use of FA.

This is the study of a conductive sheath-core bicomponent fibers. The intentions of the experiments were to investigate feasibility of conductive sheath-core bicomponent fiber forming using selected materials and the fibers’ properties. The trails were to extrude the bicomponent fibers with conductive materials in sheath section and supporting materials in core section. The conductive carbon black was selected as conductive material to compound with polypropylene. The virgin polypropylene was chosen as core material in the fibers. It was problematic to form fibers using the conductive carbon black polypropylene compound alone therefore the virgin polypropylene was used as the core section in the fibers to promote production stability. The sheath-core carbon black compound bicomponent fibers were steadily produced with designated machine settings. The produced fibers were tested for their physical and mechanical properties and electrical conductivity. The results shows that the fibers with the carbon black polypropylene compound as the fibers’ sheath section and the virgin polypropylene as the fibers’ core section have conductive property. The conductivity of the fibers increased when their sheath sections were thicker as the ratio of the carbon black compound become higher. Even though thicker sheath section of the fibers (40% and over) have higher conductivity the physical properties of the fibers become weaken and less applicable as textile fibers.