Extraction of Silica from Rice Husk Semantic Scholar
Extraction of Silica from Rice Husk 72 D. Proposed Process This is new process, silica is manufactured by using rice husk ash as a source of silicate or silica and this ash is then reacted with sodium hydroxide which yields the sodium silicate, which on further reacting with sulphuric acid gives silica along with byproduct sodium sulphate.