PENGARUH WAKTU DISTILASI TERHADAP KADAR SITRONELLA DAN GRANIOL MINYAK SEREH WANGI | Renilaili | JURNAL ILMIAH TEKNO

PENGARUH WAKTU DISTILASI TERHADAP KADAR SITRONELLA DAN GRANIOL MINYAK SEREH WANGI

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Citronella is a plant that is widely used to make soap or mixture in the manufacture of perfumes and is currently further developed for the manufacture of vegetable disinfectant that is safe and environmentally friendly. Additionally citronella plant is widely used in the form of lemongrass oil . This research was conducted by distillation with water (water Distillation), the results obtained from the distillation known after 4 hours sitronella obtained 13.7 % and 19.4 % of this figure is quite significan Graniol after distillation time for 4 hours, but after a time 5 hours gained 9.42 % and 7.76% Graniol Sitronnella this means that % % graniol sitronella decreased and increased after 5 hours. During the distillation process conditions of temperature and pressure must be constant, because changes in temperature and pressure affect the quality of lemongrass, oil is produced.

Keywords: Citronella, Distillation, Sitronnella, and Graniol.