Porous Refractories Synthesized Using Rice Husk and Rice Husk Processing Products
Yefremova S. Yermishin S. Kablanbekov A. Satbaev B. Shalabaev N. Satbaev S.
November 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Materials
2025#18Issue 21
In recent years, research in the field of the sustainable production of refractory ceramics has become topical. Significant attention has been paid to the use of secondary raw materials for obtaining high-quality materials. The purpose of the current study was to develop new high-temperature porous materials based on the magnesium sulfate-refractory clay–chamotte–aluminum system using environmentally friendly raw components. To synthesize porous refractories, rice husk and the by-products of its thermal processing were used as substitutes for ingredients usually introduced into the composition of high-temperature materials. Ground rice husk was used as both a burnout additive and a silica source. It was added to the mixture instead of chamotte. An organic condensate from rice husk pyrolysis was used as a binder. A sodium silicate solution, after activating pyrolyzed rice husk with alkali, was also tested as a binder. These liquid ingredients served as replacements for lignosulfonate and liquid glass. The new raw material components and the porous refractories obtained with their use were studied using methods of chemical analysis, XRD, GC-MS, TA, SEM, and EDS. Standard methods for studying the properties of refractories were used to evaluate the physicomechanical and thermal characteristics of the experimental materials. The sample with the maximum content of rice husk (14.4 wt.%) and organic condensate from its pyrolysis (10.5 wt.%) demonstrated promising properties as a light porous refractory: an apparent porosity of 44%, a volumetric weight of 1.1 g·cm−3, compressive strength of 2.1 MPa, tensile strength in bending of 4.5 MPa, bond strength of 0.01 MPa, thermal shock resistance of 155 thermal cycles, and thermal conductivity of 0.05 W (m·K)−1. It can be used as a prospective thermal insulating material.
high-temperature materials , lightweight refractories , porous refractories , rice husk , thermal insulating materials
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RSE National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 050036, Kazakhstan
RSE Astana Branch of the National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, 010000, Kazakhstan
RSE National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan
RSE Astana Branch of the National Center on Complex Processing of Mineral Raw Materials of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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