Agricultural Waste Rice Husk Collection
Mechanical Cleaning & Washing
Thermal Drying Low-Temp Drying Process
Pre-Processed Rice Husk
Controlled Pyrolysis in Oxygen-Limited Reactor
Optimal Parameters: Temperature, Time, Atmosphere
Intermediate Product: High-Purity Rice Husk Ash RHA
Alkaline Leaching with Potassium Hydroxide KOH
Precipitation & Gel Formation using Citric Acid
Washing & Neutralization pH Adjustment
Wet Nano-Silica Gel
Advanced Drying Spray Drying or Supercritical CO₂ Drying
Precision Milling & Classification Jet Milling to Target Nanoparticle Size
Core Product: High-Purity Nano-Silica Powder
Rigorous Material Characterization BET Surface Area, XRD, SEM-EDS, TEM
Recycle or Reprocess
Formulation & Integration into Epoxy Molding Compounds EMCs
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