Abstract
Rice husk is a waste from the agricultural industry. It has been found that the main inorganic element in rice husk is silica. Rice husk ash (RHA) as a replacement material in the conventional concrete mixture has been widely studied around the world. However, there is a lack of documented research on nano production from RHA used as a replacement cement in porous concrete pavement mixtures. This study employed the top-down approach via dry grinding in a mechanical ball mill to generate a nano-black RHA (nano-BRHA). As a result, nano-BRHA was successfully generated with an optimum duration of 63hours and median size of 66nm. The results also indicated that the particle size of BRHA was significantly decreased with increasing grinding time. In addition, the morphology of the nano-BRHA changed with grinding duration. Finally, the use of nano-BRHA produced porous concrete pavement with good strength and permeability, and sound absorption.
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