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  • Physical, morphological and mineralogical properties of ceramic brick incorporated with Malaysia’s Rice Hush Ash (RHA) agricultural waste

  • Aneis Maasyirah Hamzaha, Siti Koriah Zakariaa, Siti Zuliana Salleha, Abdul Hafidz Yusoffa, Arlina Alia, Mardawani Mohamada, Mohamad Najmi Masria, Sharizal Ahmad Sobria, Mustaffa Ali Azhar Taibb, Faisal Budimanc and Pao Ter Teoa,*

  • aAdvanced Materials Research Cluster, Faculty of Bioengineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
    bDivision of Advanced Ceramic Materials Technology, Advanced Technology Training Center (ADTEC) Taiping, 34600 Kamunting, Perak, Malaysia
    cSchool of Electrical Engineering, Telkom University, Bandung 40257, West Jawa, Indonesia

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Abstract

In this work, the effect of various weight percentage of rice husk ash (RHA) in ceramic brick production was investigated in terms of mineralogical, physical, chemical and morphological properties. The evaluation of the use of RHA as a raw material for ceramic products is tested to determine the linear shrinkage, volumetric shrinkage, water absorption, apparent density and bulk density. These physical results suggested that the addition of RHA can improve the physical properties of ceramic brick. Scanning electron microscopy images confirmed the increased of ceramic strength with the addition of RHA and firing temperature. In addition, quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis supported the results obtained. Overall, the results demonstrated the high potential of RHA in green technology for ceramic production


Keywords: Rice husk ash (RHA) agricultural waste, ceramic brick, green technology, sustainable construction material, RHA-clay brick properties

This Article

  • 2021; 22(2): 200-207

    Published on Apr 30, 2021

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2021.22.2.200
  • Received on Sep 7, 2020
  • Revised on Dec 6, 2020
  • Accepted on Dec 29, 2020

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  • Pao Ter Teo

  • Advanced Materials Research Cluster, Faculty of Bioengineering and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, 17600 Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
    Tel : +609-9477427 Fax: +609-9477402

  • E-mail: teopaoter@umk.edu.my