SYNTHESIS OF SILICON-CARBIDE FROM RICE HUSK IN A PACKED-BED ARC REACTOR

Silicon carbide in the form of powder was prepared from boiler burnt r ice husk in a new type of packed bed are reactor where the raw materia ls were processed in briquette form, X-ray diffraction analysis identi fied the presence of both beta and alpha SiC. Microstructural characte rization revealed the presence of triangular, truncated triangular, an d hexagonal crystallites, along with platelets.