Utilizing Agricultural Waste for Nano filler Production: A Sustainable Approach for Polymeric Strengthening with Rice Husk and Rice Husk Ash

Abstract

The recent development in materials is a wide topic for research and practiced by various researchers and organizations in order to meet the requirements of future need of renewable and sustainable development. Such a development can be seen in the sector of agriculture where in Aceh Besar, Indonesia a sample of rice straw and rice husk were collected and subjected to various analyses in order to study their characteristics for development into nanofillers to be used in polymeric strengthening using agricultural waste. The rice husk and rice husk ash are produced into nanofillers for polymeric strengthening. Nanofillers are basically additive in solid form, with particle varying in the size factor of 1-100 nm, because of their composition and structural difference generally comprising of inorganic materials and less of organic materials. Addition of nanofillers provide with many advantages over traditional methods that include low cost, low density, low energy, easy preparation, easy usage as compared to traditional strengthening and its property as a renewable resource. In order to produce nanofillers from rice husk and rice husk ash, we have various analysis that each of these are subjected to, rice husk ash is obtained by burning or rice husk. XRF ( X-Ray Fluorescence) spectrometer is used to measure the purity of silica. FTIR ( Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopy analysis is used to get information of organic structures based on different categorization. XRD (X-Ray Diffraction) analysis is used to determine the crystallinity index and crystal size. Malven instruments are used to observe the particle size of rice husk and rice husk ash. In XRF analysis we observe that rice husk has highest silica content that is 89.835% while rice husk ash has a silica content of 82.540%. In this analysis the sample is dried at 250 C. In FTIR analysis on performing analysis of spectra, wavelength is observed to be 4000-400cm-1, two peeks were observed - Si-H peek at 2339 cm-1 in rice husk and 2129 cm-1 in rice husk ash. In XRD analysis scattering angle was found to be 10 degrees to 80 degrees with scan rate of 10 degrees / minute and the sample is found to be amorphous. The most important aspect of nanofillers is in the field of significant enhancement in biodegradability, renewability and sustainable development.

Cite as:

Kishalay Raj, Suman Tiwari, Aditi, & Adund Arpan. (2023). Utilizing Agricultural Waste for Nano filler Production: A Sustainable Approach for Polymeric Strengthening with Rice Husk and Rice Husk Ash. Journal of Advances in Nanotechnology and Its Applications, 5(3), 5–18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10421741