Sifat fisik, kimia, dan morfologik kulit jaket kambing tersamak menggunakan krom hasil recovery air limbah penyamakan

The purpose of this study was to recover chrome in tanning waste water to reduce environmental pollution and to utilize chrome as tanning agent. Chrome in tanning waste water leaching out of the drum was filtered and put in the tank and subsequently it was added with NaOH to generate chrome hydroxide. Furthermore, chrome hydroxide was converted to chrome sulfate as tanning agent by addition of concentred sulfuric acid. Cr2O3 content of chrome sulfate was determined before being used for tanning. The result showed that Cr2O3 content was 3958.6 mg/l. Variation of recovered chrome sulfate concentrations for tanning jacket leather were 25, 50, 75 and 100% respectively. Controls were made with the use of 100% of industrial grade chrome sulfate. The best result were goat jacket leather tanned with recovered chrome of 75 and 100 % for its physical properties and 25% for its chemical properties. Test results of SEM showed that chrome was morphologically presence in tanned goat leather mass