Aqua regia as a competitive leaching agent for metallic impurity removal from rice husk

• Main Authors: Akhter, Faheem, Ahmed Soomro, Suhail, Inglezakis, Vassilis J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20589/1/13.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20589/; https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-3405-2022/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Rice husk is widely recognized as significant biomass containing cellulose, lignin and silica. Usually, rice husk is combusted for energy purposes but it contributes to severe environmental pollution. Therefore, the integrated components of rice husk (i.e. silica) can be extracted and converted...