A simple method for production of pure silica from rice hull ash

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-262

  Kalapathy, U ^a   Proctor, A ^a   Shultz, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b High Density Electronics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Minerals; Rice hull ash; Silica xerogels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; EXTRACTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; HULLS (SEED COVERINGS); IMPURITIES; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICA GEL;

RICE HULL ASH;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASH; ENERGY; EXTRACTION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0034093684     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00127-3     Document Type: Article

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