Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Smart Agriculture, Food, and Environment (ICSAFE 2021)

Synthesis and Characterization of Silica Gel from Corn Cob Skin and Cob Waste

Authors
Fatah Sulaiman1, *, Yati Adawiyah1, Muhammad Iman Santoso2, Meutia3, Afifah1, Yeyen Maryani3
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtaysa, Cilegon, Indonesia
2Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtaysa, Serang, Indonesia
3Center for Local Food Innovation, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtaysa, Serang, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: fatah.sulaiman@untirta.ac.id
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Fatah Sulaiman
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DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-090-9_7How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Silica-gel; Corn-Husk; Corn-Cob; Ashing; Temperature; Mass-Ratio
Abstract

The waste of husks and corn cobs that relatively abundant in Indonesia is mainly used as animal feed. Its utilization is still not maximized and pollutes the environment a lot. Corn husks and cobs contain silica, which can be used as a raw material in the manufacture of SiO2 silica gel. This study aims to obtain SiO2 from corn husk and cob ash using the sol- gel extraction method to determine the effect of ashing temperature and mass ratio of corn husks and cobs and the characteristics of silica gel. The method used in this study is the sol-gel method. The characterization of silica gel utilizes FTIR (Fourier Transform Infra-Red) and XRF (X-ray fluorescence) as a process. The result indicates that the FTIR shows an absorption pattern of silica with silanol (Si-OH) and siloxane (Si-O-Si) groups, with an amorphous silica phase at an ashing temperature of 750 ℃ and crystalline silica at an ashing temperature of 850 ℃. XRF results determine that the yield of Si and SiO2 produced in corn husks tends to be higher than corn cobs and at an ashing temperature of 750 ℃ tends to be higher than 850 ℃.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Smart Agriculture, Food, and Environment (ICSAFE 2021)
Series
Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Publication Date
24 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-94-6463-090-9_7
ISSN
2468-5747
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-090-9_7How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fatah Sulaiman
AU  - Yati Adawiyah
AU  - Muhammad Iman Santoso
AU  - Meutia
AU  - Afifah
AU  - Yeyen Maryani
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/24
TI  - Synthesis and Characterization of Silica Gel from Corn Cob Skin and Cob Waste
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Smart Agriculture, Food, and Environment (ICSAFE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 55
EP  - 62
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-090-9_7
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-090-9_7
ID  - Sulaiman2022
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