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The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica

Rice Husk (RH) is the outer layer of paddy grain and considered as agricultural waste in rice producing countries including Malaysia. Several research works have been done to turn these waste into something valuable as well as helping in the environmental pollution problem when these husks are burnt...

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Main Authors: Osman, Rosiah, Matori, Khamirul Amin, Hamidon, Mohd Nizar, Abdullah, Nor Hapishah, Ismail, Ismayadi, Hasan, Intan Helina, Md Yusof, Juraina
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Language:English
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64412/1/MST%20poster%20111117%207.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.644122018-07-05T09:28:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64412/ The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica Osman, Rosiah Matori, Khamirul Amin Hamidon, Mohd Nizar Abdullah, Nor Hapishah Ismail, Ismayadi Hasan, Intan Helina Md Yusof, Juraina Rice Husk (RH) is the outer layer of paddy grain and considered as agricultural waste in rice producing countries including Malaysia. Several research works have been done to turn these waste into something valuable as well as helping in the environmental pollution problem when these husks are burnt in the field. RH contains about 20% silica which is an oxide of silicon with a chemical formula of SiO2 besides other elements such as K2O, CaO, MgO and others. Silica is a basic raw material that can be used in many industries including electronics application. This project is done to study the effect of acid-leach towards silica derived from rice husk. Two samples are being prepared, one was washed using tap water. The other sample was washed with hidrocloric acid (HCl). For the first sample, RH was washed thoroughly with tap water several times and followed by distilled water to remove mud, soil, impurities and other contaminants present in the raw material. Then it was dried initially at room temperature for 12 hours followed by electrical oven at temperature 100oC to remove water content. For the second sample, RH was washed with 3M HCl acid through reflux technique in the fume cupboard for 2 hours. The RH was washed again to remove the acid and dried at room temperature for 12 hours. Both samples were then transferred into crucible and heated at 900°C for 6 hours in air by an electric furnace to produce WRHA. Then both samples were milled in a high energy milling machine for 20 minutes to turn them into nano sized particle powder. The morphology of the specimens were verified by scanning electron microscopy using a Nova Nanosem 230 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope. The elemental analysis of the sintered powder was measured by EDX. The particles size were then examined and analyzed using ImageJ software. The result from ImageJ software shows that for as-milled RH washed with tap water, the average size for particle size is 68 nm whereas for RH with acid leaching, the average size is 26 nm. The result shows that the acid-leached RH has smaller particle size which is about 62% compares to non-acid-leached technique. This RH contains more porosity and the RH pellets are more brittle. This is because the reaction of the chemical with the reactive elements contained in RH such as potassium, magnesium and calcium. 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64412/1/MST%20poster%20111117%207.pdf Osman, Rosiah and Matori, Khamirul Amin and Hamidon, Mohd Nizar and Abdullah, Nor Hapishah and Ismail, Ismayadi and Hasan, Intan Helina and Md Yusof, Juraina (2017) The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica. In: 5th International Symposium on Applied Engineering and Sciences (SAES2017), 14-15 Nov. 2017, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (p. 7).
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description Rice Husk (RH) is the outer layer of paddy grain and considered as agricultural waste in rice producing countries including Malaysia. Several research works have been done to turn these waste into something valuable as well as helping in the environmental pollution problem when these husks are burnt in the field. RH contains about 20% silica which is an oxide of silicon with a chemical formula of SiO2 besides other elements such as K2O, CaO, MgO and others. Silica is a basic raw material that can be used in many industries including electronics application. This project is done to study the effect of acid-leach towards silica derived from rice husk. Two samples are being prepared, one was washed using tap water. The other sample was washed with hidrocloric acid (HCl). For the first sample, RH was washed thoroughly with tap water several times and followed by distilled water to remove mud, soil, impurities and other contaminants present in the raw material. Then it was dried initially at room temperature for 12 hours followed by electrical oven at temperature 100oC to remove water content. For the second sample, RH was washed with 3M HCl acid through reflux technique in the fume cupboard for 2 hours. The RH was washed again to remove the acid and dried at room temperature for 12 hours. Both samples were then transferred into crucible and heated at 900°C for 6 hours in air by an electric furnace to produce WRHA. Then both samples were milled in a high energy milling machine for 20 minutes to turn them into nano sized particle powder. The morphology of the specimens were verified by scanning electron microscopy using a Nova Nanosem 230 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope. The elemental analysis of the sintered powder was measured by EDX. The particles size were then examined and analyzed using ImageJ software. The result from ImageJ software shows that for as-milled RH washed with tap water, the average size for particle size is 68 nm whereas for RH with acid leaching, the average size is 26 nm. The result shows that the acid-leached RH has smaller particle size which is about 62% compares to non-acid-leached technique. This RH contains more porosity and the RH pellets are more brittle. This is because the reaction of the chemical with the reactive elements contained in RH such as potassium, magnesium and calcium.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Osman, Rosiah
Matori, Khamirul Amin
Hamidon, Mohd Nizar
Abdullah, Nor Hapishah
Ismail, Ismayadi
Hasan, Intan Helina
Md Yusof, Juraina
spellingShingle Osman, Rosiah
Matori, Khamirul Amin
Hamidon, Mohd Nizar
Abdullah, Nor Hapishah
Ismail, Ismayadi
Hasan, Intan Helina
Md Yusof, Juraina
The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
author_facet Osman, Rosiah
Matori, Khamirul Amin
Hamidon, Mohd Nizar
Abdullah, Nor Hapishah
Ismail, Ismayadi
Hasan, Intan Helina
Md Yusof, Juraina
author_sort Osman, Rosiah
title The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
title_short The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
title_full The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
title_fullStr The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
title_full_unstemmed The effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
title_sort effect of acid leaching towards particle size of rice husk silica
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/64412/1/MST%20poster%20111117%207.pdf
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