STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SILICA FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE ASH

Abstract

The silicon or silicon dioxide (SIO₂) it's a natural compost that is the most used as the percursor of new materials. With a high level of crystallinity, it can be very usefull inside the elaboration of new products. As a finite product, there is a need to comply the demands in altenate ways. The current work comes up with an ash characterization that is provided from the sugar cane bagasse ash and the production of a material that presents an higher level of crystallinity. The characterization was maide thrugh the diffraction of an X-Ray after samples being submits inside different acid treatments and calcination. The diffractograms analyses demonstrate that it was possible to achieve the Alpha-Quatrz that presents an higher crystallinity with a comparison to the samples that were not receveing the treatment, proving this way, that thermal and acid treatments were effective. Beyond, the material obtains the utilization on different types of following up.