FINAL YEAR PROJECT FINAL REPORT
Mineral Derived from Fine Clay Isolated from Potter Wasp Nest CoUected from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) Main Hall
by
MUHAMAD ASRI BIN ABU SAMAR 12306
Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Mechanical Engineering)
SEPTEMBER 2011
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS Bandar Seri Iskandar
31750Tronoh
Perak Darul Ridzuan
CERTIFICATION OF APPROVAL
MINERAL DERIVED FROM FINE CLAY ISOLATED FROM POTTER WASP NEST COLLECTED FROM UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI
PETRONAS (UTP) MAIN HALL
Approved:
By
MUHAMAD ASRI BIN ABU SAMAR
A project dissertation submitted to Mechanical Engineering Programme
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS In partial fulfillment to the requirement for the
BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING (Hons) (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING)
UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS TRONOH, PERAK
SEPTEMBER 2011
CERTIFICATION OF ORIGINALITY
This is to certify that I am responsible for the work submitted in this project, that the original work is my own except specified in the references and acknowledgements, and that the original work contained herein have not been undertaken or done by unspecified sources or persons.
MUHAMAD ASRI BIN ABU SAMAR
Abstract
This project is mainly about researching and experiment on a clay use by an insect to build their nest. There are several types of clays; assumption has been made that this insect called potter wasp has an instinct to choose fine clay to build their nest. Thus the idea of this research is to prove that either the clay use by the potter wasp is the fme clay from the
hypothesis. This project will be focusing on experiment and analyzing on the clay isolated. There are also several step involve before the experiment will start such as identification, sampling, washing and lastly analyzing. This report will represent in details on the introduction about the project which is to briefly about the study, the problem statement, the objectives and
methodology used in conducting the experiment.
TABLE OF CONTENT
ABSTRACT ... )
CHAPTER!: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Study ... ) 1.2 Problem Statement ... ) 1.3 Objective ... 4 1.4 Scope of Study ... 4 1.5 The Relevancy of Project ... 4
CHAPTER2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Potter Wasp ... ~
2.2 Kaolinite ... 7 2.3 Water ... 10 2.4 Ethanol ... 1 0 2.5 Acetone ... 11
CHAPTER3: METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Methodology ...
17.
3.2 Process Flow ... 13 3.3 Tools/ Equipment ... )&
3.4 Project Schedule ... ) 9 3.5 Project Activities ... 20
CHAPTER4: RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Result ···---·-·--··-·-·-···--·-~1 4.2 Discussion ···--·---····---·---···2.7.
CHAPTERS: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
4.1 Result ···-·--··--··-·-···-····---···---···----·--··-·---·----·-···-···-·JQ 4.2 Discussion ··-·-···-···---J.Q
REFERENCE ... 31
