Proximate Analysis and Physicochemical Properties of Sugarcane Bagasse, Cassava Periderm and Maize Stalk
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2017
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Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna Univeristy, Chennai, India
Abstract
Recycling of agricultural wastes has attracted researchers to reduce their indiscriminate and unguided
disposal that pose environmental challenges. The amount of several products from such recycling are
proportional to the amount of volatile matter, carbon and ash contents. In order to investigate the
potential of obtaining quantifiable amount of silica from three agricultural wastes (cassava periderm,
maize stalk and sugarcane bagasse), their proximate and physicochemical characteristics were
investigated. SEM, EDS, XRD and TGA analysis were carried out to comprehend their characteristics.
Cassava periderm and maize stalk have higher ash content relative to sugarcane bagasse. The amount
of free silica obtained from their XRD also revealed greater potential of yielding more silica than
sugarcane. Sugarcane bagasse gave more volatile matter while cassava periderm has more carbon. It is
therefore feasible to extract silica from all the wastes but with low yield from sugarcane.
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physicochemical properties, sugarcane bagasse, maize stalk, cassava periderm, Proximate analysis, agricultural wastes