Production of silica gel from residual rice husk ash

This paper presents a study on the production of silica gel in hydrothermal process using residual rice husk ash. Measurements of the chemical composition, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, particle size distribution, and pozzolanic activity were carried out in order to characterize the obta...

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Main Authors: Samantha Pinheiro Buás de Lima, Raimundo Pereira de Vasconcelos, Otávio Augusto Paiva, Guilherme Chagas Cordeiro, Márcia Rodrigues de Morais Chaves, Romildo Dias Toledo Filho, Eduardo de Moraes Rego Fairbairn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2011-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422011000100014&lng=en&tlng=en