THE FEASI

BILI
TY OFJACKFRUI
T(Art
ocarpus

het
erophyl
lus)SAPASONE OFTHE

ADDI
TIVE COMPONENTSI
N

MAKI
NG ROOFSEALANT

Submi
ttedi
npar
tialf
ulfil
mentoft
her
equi
rement
sinResear
ch

Tagui
gSci
enceHi
ghSchool

Hagonoy
,Tagui
gCi
ty

SY2013-
2014

Er
icaAdamos

Ni
naCat
che
te

Char
leneFer
rer

Char
mai
neRosar
io

Mr
s.Janet
hG.Mamansag
 Resear
chTeacher

Acknowl
edgement
s

The r
esear
cher
s woul
dli
ke t
othank ev
eryone who hel
ped t
hem i
n

maki
ngt
hisr
esear
ch possi
ble.Thi
shasbeen an unf
orge
ttabl
eexper
iencef
or

al
loft
hem.

The r
esear
cher
s woul
dli
ke t
o ext
end t
hei
r deepes
tgr
ati
tude f
or our

advi
ser
,Mr
s.Jane
th G.Mamansag ,f
or hel
ping t
he r
esear
cher
s fini
sh t
he

s
tudy and f
or s
tayi
ng wi
tht
hem even when cl
asses ar
e al
ready over
.the

r
esear
cher
s ar
egr
atef
ulf
oral
ltheencour
agementandcont
inuousadvi
cet
hat

youhavegi
venus.

Toal
lthepr
ofessor
swhohavegui
ded t
her
esear
cher
s,Ther
esear
cher
s

coul
dnothav
efini
shedt
hest
udywi
thoutal
lthei
rsuppor
t.

To t
he r
esear
cher
sfami
ly who have al
ways been t
her
efort
hem ev
en

when t
heybecomehar
dtounder
stand.Ther
esear
cher
sthankt
hem f
orgi
ving

emot
ionalandfinanci
alsuppor
t.
 The r
esear
cher
s ar
eindebt
ed f
ort
hei
rschooland t
he ent
ire st
aff f
or

gi
vingt
hem apl
acet
oconductt
hei
rst
udyandal
lowi
ngt
hem t
ouset
heneeded

appar
atus.Ther
esear
chwoul
dneverhav
ebeenfini
shedwi
thoutal
loft
hehel
p

ext
ended.

Ther
esear
cher
sthankGod,mos
tofal
l,f
orgui
dingt
hem t
oal
lther
ight

pat
hst
hey’
vet
aken.Thebl
essi
ngswer
eal
wayst
her
ewhenweneededt
hem.We

woul
dal
waysl
oveandpr
aiseyou.
 CHAPTER I

I
ntr
oduct
ion

Thi
schapt
erdeal
swi
tht
hei
ntr
oduct
ion andt
hebackgr
oundof

t
he pl
ant
,Jackf
rui
t(Ar
toc
arpus het
erophyl
lus)and i
ts seal
ing pr
oper
ty.I
t

i
ncl
udedt
hescope,l
imi
tat
ionsanddel
imi
tat
ions.

Backgr
oundoft
hepr
obl
em

The j
ackf
rui
t(Ar
toc
arpus het
erophyl
lus)i
s a speci
es ofa t
ree oft
he

mul
ber
ryf
ami
lynat
ivet
opar
tsofsout
h andsout
h Asi
a.I
t’
ssui
tedi
ntr
opi
cal
l
ands.I
tsf
rui
tisl
esst
han about25 cm (
10 i
n)i
n di
ame
ter
.Thej
ackf
rui
tis

ver
y popul
ar i
n many par
ts oft
he wor
ld.The j
ackf
rui
tis nat
ivet
oIndi
a,

Phi
li
ppi
nes,Bangl
adesh,Nepal
,andSr
iLanka.

Jackf
rui
tcont
ainsLat
ext
hatcan al
sobef
oundi
n ot
herr
oofseal
ant
s.I
t

al
so cont
ains 82.
6to 86.
4% r
esi
ns t
hatcan be a componenti
n maki
ng

var
nish.On t
hei
mpor
tanceofseal
ant
,thef
unct
ion and val
ueoft
hiss
ticky

s
tuff pl
aysav
eryi
mpor
tantr
olei
ntheschool
.Roofseal
ant
sar
emos
tlyusedi
n

r
ooft
opr
eventwat
erge
tti
ngi
n.

Nowadays, many houses hav

e pr
obl
ems wi
th t
hei
rroof
s, i
ncl
udi
ng

r
ust
ing and hol
es.Thi
scan bea bi
g pr
obl
em l
ikeeasy br
eakageduet
olow

qual
it
yroof
.Havi
ngbr
eakagesofr
oof
s,i
tisdi
fficul
ttofind asol
uti
on i
nthi
s

pr
obl
em,now t
hatal
mos
tal
lofushav
efinanci
alpr
obl
ems.

Seal
ant i
s known t
o be a vi
scous mat
eri
alwhi
ch t
urns sol
id af
ter

appl
icat
ion and pur
pose bei
ng,pr
event
ion f
rom dus
t,smoke ,
gas,
air,
wat
er

and ot
herunwant
ed mat
eri
als.Ther
e ar
e many t
ypes ofseal
ant
s whi
ch ar
e

used t
opr
otectdi
ffer
entki
nd osur
facesl
ikedr
ywal
lsand r
ooff
rom ext
ernal
damages.A seal
anti
s al
so used f
orflatand sl
opi
ng r
oof
s,so t
hatt
hey ar
e

pr
otect
edf
oryear
s.Thef
ormsi
nwhi
cht
heseseal
ant
sar
efoundcanber
ubber
,

t
ar,pai
nt,concr
ete,oranyot
herdur
abl
ecov
eri
ngmat
eri
alt
hatcan wi
ths
tand

ext
ernalpr
essur
e.

St
atementoft
hepr
obl
em

Thi
sai
mst
odet
ermi
net
hepossi
bil
it
yofJackf
rui
tsap asan al
ter
nat
ive

componenti
n maki
ngr
oofSeal
ant
.Itspeci
fical
lyseekst
oanswert
hef
oll
owi
ng

ques
tions:
 1.How l
ongittakesf
orthet ot
aleffectoft
hej ackf
rui
tsaproofsealant?
2.I
nwhatr oofdoestheroofsealantisappli
cable
3.I
sthejackfr
uitsaproofsealantproducti
ve?
4.I
sthejackfr
uitsapagoodaddi t
ivecomponentinmakingr oofseal
ant?

Hypot
heses

Ther
esear
cher
sai
medt
opr
ovet
hef
oll
owi
nghypot
heses:

Ho:Ther
eisnopossi
bil
it
yonjackf
rui
tsapasoneoft
headdi
ti
vecomponent
s
i
nmakingroofseal
ant
Ha:Ther
eisnopossi
bil
it
yonjackf
rui
tsapasoneoft
headdi
ti
vecomponent
s
i
nmakingroofseal
ant

Si
gni
ficanceoft
heSt
udy

Thi
sst
udy whi
ch ent
itl
ed Jackf
rui
tsap as an addi
ti
ve componenti
n

maki
nggl
uehasapr
imar
yobj
ect
ivewhi
ch i
stomani
pul
atean upgr
adedt
ype

ofgl
ueusi
ngt
hej
ackf
rui
tsapast
headdi
ti
vei
ngr
edi
entt
oenhancet
hequal
it
y

ofadher
enceoft
hegl
ueconsi
der
ingi
tsf
act
ort
hes
ticki
nessand l
engt
hen of

r
imt
ost
ick.

Scope,Li
mit
ati
on,andDel
imi
tat
ions
 Thi
sst
udycover
ed t
heSeal
antpr
oper
tyoft
heJackf
rui
tsap.Thes
tudy

consi
sted oft
hesap t
hatar
eused ast
hesour
ceoft
heLat
ex t
o beused i
n

maki
ng t
he RoofSeal
ant
.Tes
ting oft
he j
ackf
rui
tsap seal
anti
nvol
ved t
he

dur
abi
li
tyandt
hel
ast
ingoft
heseal
ant
..

The r
esear
cher l
imi
ted t
hisr
esear
ch oft
est
ing t
he j
ackf
rui
tsap r
oof

seal
antt
oroof
sthatcauset
hebr
eakageofr
oof
s.
Defini
tionoft
erms

Ter
msar
edefinedbasedon how t
heyar
eusedi
nthest
udy.Thef
oll
owi
ng

ar
e:

DURABLE –Tobeabl
eoexi
stf
oral
ongt
imewi
thoutsi
gni
ficantde
ter
ior
ati
on.

LATEX-A mi
lkyflui
dfound i
n manypl
ant
s.Thel
atexoft
her
ubbert
reei
sa

chi
efsour
ceofnat
uralr
ubber
.

NATI
VE – gr
own,pr
oduced or or
igi
nat
ing i
n a par
ticul
ar pl
ace or i
nthe

vi
cini
ty:l
ocal

RESI
N –A s
tickyflammabl
eor
gani
csubst
ance,i
nsol
ubl
ein wat
er,exudedby

t
reesandot
herpl
ant
s(not
abl
ypi
nesandfir
s)

SAP–Thej
uiceofvi
talci
rcul
ati
ngflui
dofapl
antespeci
all
yofawoodypl
ant
.

SEALANT –Mat
eri
alused f
orseal
ing some
thi
ng so ast
o makei
tai
rti
ghtor

wat
ert
ight
.

SPECI
E –A cl
assofan i
ndi
vidual
’shavi
ngcommon at
tri
but
esanddesi
gnat
ed

byacommonname.
STI
CKY–Adhesi
ve(
a)vi
scous(
b)Tendi
ngt
ost
ick.
\

TAR – A dar
k br
own or bl
ack bi
tumi
nous usual
ly odor
ous vi
scous l
iqui
d

obt
ainedbydes
truct
ivedi
sti
ll
ati
onofor
gani
cmat
eri
al.

VI
SCOUS-Thepr
oper
tyofr
esi
stancet
oflow i
naflui
dorsemiflui
d.

Chapt
erI
II

Met
hodol
ogy

Thi
schapt
erpr
esent
stheki
nd or
esear
ch and r
esear
ch desi
gn used f
or

t
hes
tudyaswel
last
hepr
ocedur
esoft
heexper
iment
.

Ki
ndofResear
ch

Theki
nd ofr
esear
ch used i
n de
ter
mini
ngt
hef
easi
bil
it
yofj
ackf
rui
tsap

(
Art
ocar
pus het
erophyl
lus)as an al
ter
nat
ive r
oofseal
ant was exper
iment
al

r
esear
ch.I
nthes
tudy t
hei
ndependentvar
iabl
ewast
hesap oft
hej
ackf
rui
t
t
ree (
Art
ocar
pushet
erophyl
lus).Theext
raneousvar
iabl
esar
etheamountof

wat
erandpl
ast
erneededt
oconcr
etet
heseal
ant
.

Mat
eri
alsandequi
pment
s

Themat
eri
alsand equi
pment
sused byt
her
esear
cher
swer
egr
aduat
ed

cyl
inder
,wei
ghi
ngscal
e,s
tir
ringr
od,empt
ycont
ainer
s,350gofj
ackf
rui
tsap,

pl
ast
erofpar
isandasmal
lol
dpi
eceofr
oofwi
thl
eakorgap.

Gat
her
ingofmat
eri
als

Fr
esh j
ackf
rui
twasgat
her
ed atBat
angas.Mat
eri
alssuch asgr
aduat
ed

cyl
inder
,wei
ghi
ng scal
e,st
irr
ing r
od,empt
y cont
ainer
s wer
e gat
her
ed f
rom

Tagui
gSci
enceHi
ghschoolLabar
ator
y.

Ext
ract
ionoft
hesapf
rom t
hej
ackf
rui
t
 Thei
mpor
tanceoft
hisse
tup i
stoext
ractt
hej
ackf
rui
tsap i
ntol
iqui
d

f
orm.

Thej
ackf
rui
twassl
iced i
ntot
wo par
ts.Thesl
iceswer
ehanged wi
tha

cont
ainerbel
ow oni
tforaboutt
hir
tymi
nut
esandmor
eunt
ilal
lthesapswer
e

ext
ract
ed.Thesapswer
ecol
lect
ed and puton ai
r-t
ightcont
ainerand wasse
t

asi
def
ort
henextpr
ocedur
e.

Pr
oduct
ionofr
oofseal
ant

Af
tert
hecol
lect
ion oft
heext
ract
ed j
ackf
rui
tsap,t
hepl
ast
erofPar
isi
s

pl
acedi
napl
ast
iccont
ainerandmi
xedt
hor
oughl
ywi
tht
heext
ract
edj
ackf
rui
t

sapatr
oom t
emper
atur
eunt
ilt
hesol
uti
oni
svi
scous.

I
nst
rument
ati
on
 Thi
sst
udy pr
efer
sto use t
he wei
ghi
ng scal
eto measur
ethe exact

amountofseal
antt
hati
spr
oducedbyt
heusedj
ackf
rui
tsap.

Per
cent
ageyi
eld

The r
esear
cher
s conduct
ed ext
ract
ion and pr
epar
ati
on ofj
ackf
rui
tsap

andcal
cul
atedt
hef
oll
owi
ngdat
atode
ter
minet
heper
cent
ageyi
eld.Ther
esul
t

was as f
oll
ows wei
ghtoft
he j
ackf
rui
t,wei
ghtoft
he j
ackf
rui
tsap,and t
he

per
cent
ageyi
eldoft
hej
ackf
rui
tsap.

Or
ganol
ept
icTest

Ther
esear
cher
sconduct
edanor
ganol
ept
ict
estt
ode
ter
minet
he

physi
calpr
oper
tiesofr
oofseal
antwi
thj
ackf
rui
tsap.Thef
oll
owi
ngar
eobser
ve

r
ed:Appear
ance,col
orandodor
.

Effect
iveness of j
ackf
rui
t sap as one of t
he addi
tive

component
sinmaki
ngr
oofseal
ant
 Ther
oofseal
antwi
tht
hej
ackf
rui
tsap i
stes
ted f
ort
hreet
rial
swi
tht
he

f
oll
owi
ng: Heat
,wat
er,di
rt,and pr
essur
etoi
dent
if
ythe f
easi
bil
it
y of i
ts

effect
iveness.

CHAPTER I
V

Pr
esent
ati
on,Anal
ysi
sandI
nter
pret
ati
onofDat
a

Thi
schapt
erdeal
tand f
ocused aboutt
her
esul
tsoft
hej
ackf
rui
tsap as

one oft
he addi
ti
ve component
sin maki
ng r
oofseal
ant t
hat i
ncl
udes t
he

pr
esent
ati
on,anal
ysi
soft
hesampl
eandt
hei
nter
pre
tat
ionoft
hedat
a.

Per
cent
ageYi
eld

The r
esear
cher
s conduct
ed ext
ract
ion and pr
epar
ati
on ofj
ackf
rui
tsap

andcal
cul
atedt
hef
oll
owi
ngdat
atode
ter
minet
heper
cent
ageyi
eld.Ther
esul
t

wasasf
oll
ows:

Per
cent
ageyi
eldoft
hej
ackf
rui
tsap

WeightoftheJackf
ruit 1000g
WeightofJackfrui
tsap 7.25g
Per
centageyiel
dofthejackf
rui
tsap 0.725%
 Tabl
e1 showst
hatt
hej
ackf
rui
tsapyi
elded 0.
725% f
rom 1000gr
amsof

t
hesampl
e.

Physi
calPr
oper
ties

Or
ganol
ept
icTest

Ther
esear
cher
sconduct
edanor
ganol
ept
ict
estt
ode
ter
minet
he

physi
calpr
oper
tiesofr
oofseal
antwi
thj
ackf
rui
tsap.

RESULTSOFORGANOLEPTI
C TEST

Appear
ance Sti
cky li
kesubstance
Col
or Dirt
ywhi t
e
Odor Jackfr
uitscent

Thi
ssect
ionshowst
her
esul
tofOr
ganol
ept
ict
estconduct
edi
nther
oof

seal
antwi
thj
ackf
rui
tsapwher
ein,t
heappear
anceofr
oofseal
anti
sst
ickywi
th

aj
ackf
rui
todouranddi
rtywhi
tei
ncol
or.

Dat
aanal
ysi
s

Seal
ant Tr
ial1 Tr
ial2 Tr
ial3
affectedwi
th:
Heat St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive
Wat er St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive
Dirt St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive
Pr
essur
e St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive St
il
leffect
ive

Themat
eri
alsand equi
pment
sused byt
her
esear
cher
swer
egr
aduat
ed

cyl
inder
,wei
ghi
ngscal
e,s
tir
ringr
od,empt
ycont
ainer
s,350gofj
ackf
rui
tsap,

pl
ast
erofPar
isandasmal
lol
dpi
eceofr
oofwi
thl
eakorgap.