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Rice husk is considered a main agricultural waste in Iraq. High purity SiO2 NPs were produced from rice husk by enhanced precipitation and developed leaching processes for the preparation of silica from RH. In this study, pre-treatment for rice husk was with 3N HCl, and calcination at 700°C was achieved, then followed with a leaching process with (1.5, 2, 2.5, 3) N NaOH concentrations. The characterizations of the prepared SiO2 NPs were studied by X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The results show that the prepared SiO2 NPs have an amorphous structure with a high purity of 99.75%. The results of the X-Ray confirm the amorphous nature of the extracted SiO2 NPs. Also, the AFM results indicated that the average diameter of the SiO2 NPs was 85 nm. It was noted that the leaching processes and pretreatment methods determine the structure, particle size, and quality of the synthesized SiO2 NPs.

High purity amorphous silica (SiO2) is extracted from agriculture waste (rice husk) that supplied from Al-Najaf province, Iraq. Silica is the major inorganic constituent of the rice husk. It is prepared with using acid pretreatment of (3N HCl), then burned it at (700°C) for 4 hrs, and followed with leaching process by 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3N NaOH. The extracted results are high-surface area of amorphous silica particles. Extracted results are silica particles were high surface area of amorphous silica particles. These particles were characterized by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), and X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. High pure amorphous silica observed from rice husk ash was confirmed by XRD diffraction. The silica purity results measured by X-Ray fluorescence was 99.714% for leaching at 3N NaOH. Results from (AFM) of silica with nanoscale sizes and microparticles with diameters ranging from (87-114) nm.

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Corn cob considers the agricultural waste in Iraq. High purity SiO2NPs were extracted from corn cob by enhanced precipitation and developed leaching processes. In this study, pre-treatment with 3N HCl has achieved then calcination of the corn cob at 700°C, then follows with the leaching process with (2, 2.5, 3)N NaOH. The characterizations of the prepared SiO2NPs were analyzed with atomic force microscopy (AFM), and X-ray fluorescence (XRF). The results were found that the prepared SiO2NPs have an amorphous structure with a high purity of 97.13 %. Also, the AFM results indicated that the average diameter of the SiO2NPs was 85 nm. It was noted that the leaching processes and pretreatment methods determine the structure, particle size, and quality of the synthesized SiO2NPs.