Renewable Silica-Carbon Nanocomposite and Its Use for Reinforcing Synthetic Wood Made of Rice Straw Powders

Abstract

<p class="TTPAbstract"><span lang="IN">The current study was aimed to prepare and to characterize a renewable silica-carbon nanocomposite from rice straw ashes. It was purposed also to study the use of the produced nanocomposite as reinforcing material in producing a synthetic wood made of three axial blend of treated rice straw powder, phenolfrmaldehyde resin, and the nanocomposite. A simple preparation route of nanocomposite silica-carbon from rice straw was formulated containing three steps, namely pretreating of rice straw, preparing of ultra fine amorphous black silica, and composing silica-carbon nanocomposite. The nanocomposite product was characterized using XRD, XRF, FTIR and SEM methods. The characterization results comfirmed that the silica-carbon nanocomposite was succesfully prepared. The utilizing of the nanocomposite as reinforce material in producing synthetic woods was conducted through hot-pressing some three axial blend compositions of the pretreated rice straw powder, phenolformaldehyde resin, and the nanocomposite. The synthetic wood products were characterized their physical and mechanical properties. As a result, the addition of the nanocomposite could improve the properties of the synthetic wood products.</span></p>