Jurnal Farmasi Higea
Vol 5, No 2 (2013)

Pembuatan Kalsium Karbonat Dari Batu Kapur Bukit Tui Kota Padang Panjang

Rusdi Rusdi (Fakultas Farmasi Universitas Andalas Padang)
Metalia Maryesri (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Farmasi (STIFARM) Padang)
Zulharmitta Zulharmitta (Fakultas Farmasi Universitas Andalas Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
03 Feb 2017

Abstract

A Research has been done about preparing calcium carbonat from limestone of Bukit Tui Kota Padang Panjang. The sample as much as 20 g was dissolved in HCl 6 M, the resulting filtrate  reacted with NH4OH 6 M to the pH of 8 and reacted with (NH4)2CO3 6 M until no more precipitate was  was formed. The precipitate was separated and dried in oven for 4 hours at 105º C. Ten g of the dried precipitate was determined complexometrically using EDTA as complexson and murexide as indicator. It was found that the limestone at Bukit Tui Kota Padang Panjang contained 67.2 % w/w calcium carbonate in comparison to reference compound 103.99 % w/w.

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