Sidoarjo Mud (LUSI) or better known as Lapindo Mud is hot
mud that gushes out during drilling in Balongnongo Hamlet, Renokenongo Village,
Porong District, Sidoarjo, East Java, since May 29, 2006. In the occurrence of
the disaster, the volume of mud discharge was average that reaches 100,000 m3 /day,
but since 2012 the volume has decreased by 25,000 - 50,000 m3 /day.
As a result of continuing to spray the source of mud, resulting in the capacity
of the embankment that can be accommodated. So that the volume of embankment is
not full, BPLS discharges part of the mud into the Porong river, but this has a
negative impact on the environment. Another effort made is to use LUSI as a
solid for building materials, one of which is to process LUSI into a geopolymer
concrete base material.
Geopolymer concrete is currently being developed by
experts. This happens because geopolymer concrete is possible to be made with
residual materials that are not used anymore. Besides these waste materials can
be used to save or replace the function of cement. Geopolymer concrete which
does not use a mixture of cement at all, can reduce the release of carbon
dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. This can happen because each use of cement
as much as one ton can release approximately one ton of CO2 (Lloyd & Rangan,
2009).
Furthermore, in this study used scientific journal
references and previous research which was later developed by designing a
variation of 12 Molar SS/SH ratio of 0.5 with a solid level of activator
solution (W/S) of 0.35 so as to obtain the optimum ratio of addition Sidoarjo
Mud (LUSI) to fly ash on geopolymer mortars. The making of geopolymer mortar in
this research, has basic ingredients including: Sidoarjo Mud (LUSI), fly ash,
lime, water, and activator material in the form of a mixture of sodium silicate
and sodium hydroxide. This study shows the test results with data from
compressive strength test, porosity test, and cube mortar binding time test.
The results of the research carried out, concluded that
the use of Sidoarjo mud (LUSI) as a substitution of fly ash has decreased
compressive strength and increased porosity value. Optimum compressive
strength, occurs in specimens without Sidoarjo mud (LUSI), with 80% fly ash
content. Lime 20%, LUSI 0%, ratio (W / S) of 0.35, and (SS / SH 12 Molar) of
0.5, namely in mix design 2. With compressive strength at 28 days at 23.35 MPa,
and the smallest porosity value reached 12.23% at 28 days. On the other hand,
the vicat test experienced a significant decrease in the binding time. With the
binding time that occurs in mix design 2 to mix design 12 ranges from 30
minutes to 45 minutes for the initial binding time, and 285 minutes to 375
minutes for the final binding time of the geopolymer mortar.