Once the rice husk are

burned without releasing

CO2 in the atmosphere the
end product is rice husk
ash. It has many industrial
uses. The company uses a
patented technology to
purify the silica content of
the ash up to 99%. The
Rice husk provides the company an
impurities are metallic salts
abundant supply of raw materials for
which can be processed as
the production of aerogels. It is a
fertilizers in rice production.
good source of silica (silicon
The purified SiO2 can be
dioxide) and silicon crystals. Rice
processed further to
husk is considered as an agricultural
produce Silicon crystals for
waste in most rice producing
the production of microchips
countries. It has not much
and solar cells or
commercial value to the rice
photovoltaic panels.
producing countries
Burning of rice husk at
different temperatures
produces different kinds of
ashes. figure a. is raw rice
husk, figure b. is carbonize
rice husk ash, figure c. is
grounded carbonized rice
husk ash and figure d.
combusted rice ash at 700
degrees celcius.

Click on the image above to view the acetic acid molecule

Acetic acid is produced by a bacteria called acetobacter
in the fermentation of rice wine. The bacteria can grow
abundantly in tropical climates. The acid is collected and
is used as a neutralizing agent in the production of silica
aerogels. The image on the left are colonies of the
bacteria and the image on the right is a magnified image
of the bacteria.
Aerogel not only has extra-
ordinary thermal properties, it
also has extra-ordinary
mechanical properties. The
compressive strength of
aerogel makes it an ideal
component in the
construction light and strong
composite materials.

The image on the left is a

block of aerogel that can be
modified to produce aerogel
bricks and tiles.

Though aerogels can be

strong in compression, it has
very weak tensile strength.
Upon impact it can
disintegrate in to powder.
Aerogel can be grounded into
powder and applied to a
membrane for use in
insulation.Shown on the
image on the left is aerogel in
powder form.