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Abstract
To reduce environmental impacts from sodium silicate synthesis it was suggested the use of sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) as a source of silicon dioxide and sodium carbonate using the ceramic method. Although the production of sodium silicate is carried out on a large scale, it should be noted that its process requires temperatures above 1000 °C or the use of highly corrosive agents such as sodium hydroxide and chlorine gas used to neutralize the remaining sodium hydroxide. In the present work, the synthesis temperatures were reduced to 800 °C with a reaction time of 3 hours by pressing equimolar mixtures of previously purified SCBA and sodium carbonate, then heat treatment was carried out under the indicated conditions. The resulting materials were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Among the crystalline phases, calcium disodium silicate was identified, in addition to sodium silicate, so it was inferred that the other components of the ash can interfere with the synthesis of silicate. Therefore, to obtain the highest composition of sodium silicate, a leaching treatment of the SCBA is required.
Keywords: 
Sugarcane bagasse ash
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solid state reaction
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sodium silicate
Subject: 
Chemistry and Materials Science  -   Ceramics and Composites

1. Introduction

As the main residue of the sugar industry, sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) has the disadvantage of an accumulation derived from its low demand. This residue is currently used as fertilizer in sugarcane plantations, however, only in Mexico, approximately 500 kt of this waste is produced annually. SCBA is not merely an inorganic residue, since it retains a carbon content in its composition, so its accumulation leads to bad environmental practices such as burning the ash in the open. Considering the high concentration of SiO2 in SCBA, its use has been proposed in the synthesis of ceramic materials, mainly light blocks, tiles, and glass-ceramics, however, the problem of increased porosity in the materials arises, which is explained by the remaining carbon which generates CO2 during the synthesis of the materials. This porosity decreases the mechanical properties and in turn increases the absorption of water, which, in environments where the temperature reaches ranges lower than the freezing point, it can cause the material to collapse [1,2].
In the case of glasses and glass ceramics, performance problems are caused due to replacing the SCBA with alkaline carbonates that act as fluxing agents, the decomposition of said carbonates and the burning of the remaining carbon in the ash promote the generation of CO2, and therefore pores in the vitreous material. The pores or bubbles in the glass material can decrease if the temperature is increased enough so that the viscosity of the glass allows the flow of gas, but this implies a high energy consumption [3,4,5].
Instead to synthetize glass with SCBA, there are other products with diverse applications such like sodium silicate which can be used as binder in concrete, synthesis of aerogels for water remediation, raw material in cosmetic and paper industries, in synthesis of high-performance magnets and the synthesis of anticorrosive coatings for metals and hydrophobic coatings for ceramics [6,7,8,9,10]. With the drawback that SCBA does have a diverse and complex composition, its amount of SiO2 is not always the same and its other components can interfere with the synthesis. However, unlike the synthesis of glasses, Na2SiO3 requires lower temperatures for its synthesis regardless of whether Na2CO3 or Na2O are used as reagents.
The common process in the synthesis of sodium silicate is the thermochemical method, which consists of the reaction of silica with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at temperatures above 300 °C[11]. However, to isolate SiO2 from ashes, the use of HNO3 has been reported [12], suggesting an impact on both principles 4 and 6 of green chemistry[13]. Besides since the synthesis temperature is lower than the temperature used in other methods, there are some inconveniences with the use of NaOH. The first one is that it is a highly corrosive agent which can damage steel alloys [14], the second is that not all sodium hydroxide reacts during synthesis, so it must be neutralized using chlorine gas and finally the use of NaOH represents significant damage to the environment and human health as reported by Ingrao [15].
In this work, the use of the ceramic method is proposed which only impact principle 6 of green chemistry. For the synthesis, pellets were prepared with SCBA together with sodium carbonate in a 1: 1 molar ratio between silicon oxide and sodium oxide. The use of a carbonate instead an oxide has some implications such as stoichiometric calculations, the increase of reaction time because the carbonate must be decomposed previous the reaction and the subsequent release of CO2 to the atmosphere because of decomposition (Equation 1). Since the applications of sodium silicate are focused on the solution[9,10,16], the increase in porosity and the mechanical properties of the material obtained are not relevant, so in this case, the disadvantages presented using SCBA, have no relevant impact on the result. Since the composition of the ash varies according to geographical location, a characterization is necessary prior to its use. In addition to this, as it was mentioned before, traces of carbon and other elements were found in the ash, so it was necessary a purification process.
N a 2 C O 3 → N a 2 O + C O 2

2. Materials and methods

2.1. Characterization of Sugarcane bagasse ash

The SCBA was obtained from the Xicotencatl sugar mill, located at the south of Tamaulipas, México. Besides, reagent-grade Sigma Aldrich sodium carbonate was used for the synthesis.
The SCBA was analyzed to quantify its content of volatile material as reported in the previous work[5]. After its analysis, the ash was calcinated following the procedure reported by Sultana et al.[17] and subsequently ground by hand in an agate mortar to a homogeneous mesh size at 150 microns to maximize the contact area between the ash and Na2CO3. The grounded ash was analyzed by XRD (Bruker D2 Phaser) to identify the predominant crystalline phase of SiO2, and X-ray fluorescence (Panalytical Epsilon 3) to assess the amount of silicon oxide and proceed to make the corresponding stoichiometric calculations to prepare the pellets with 1:1 and 1:2 SiO2-Na2O molar ratio, the mixture of reagents was carried out in the same way in an agate mortar to reduce the loss of material in the mills, especially considering the hygroscopic property of Na2CO3, which makes it easier for it to adhere to the walls of the mill.. Considering that there is more than one type of sodium silicate structure, and this varies depending on the molar ratio that reactive oxides maintain, according to the reaction (Equation 2):
X N a 2 O + S i O 2 → N a 2 x S i O 2 + x
As there are other elements in the SCBA, a leaching treatment was necessary. For this process, the ash was leached with 2% wt. citric acid for 2h at 60 °C, according to Yahya et al. [18] work, and analyzed by XRF after the leaching process, the impact of this process is reported in the results and discussions section.

2.2. Sample preparation

For the preparation of the pellets, 1 gram of mixture of SCBA and Na2CO3 was pressed in a Craver press apparatus with a 10 mm dice, to obtain the working pressure, a design of experiments was made for assessing pressures of 2, 6, and 10 tons and times of 5, 7.5, and 10 min, measuring as a response the integrity of the obtained tablets. Since the measured response is not numerical, the best conditions were those that required less pressure, and less time and allowed the tablet to remain intact.
Once the pellets were obtained, the synthesis was carried out in a Carbolite 1300 W oven, at a temperature of 800 °C for 3 hours, maintaining the pellets inside the furnace chamber up to room temperature to allow crystallization to continue in a controlled way.

2.3. Sodium silicate characterization

The material obtained from pellets with a 1:1 molar ratio was grounded into a fine powder; it was characterized by X-ray diffraction in a Bruker D2 Phaser using Match 3! to identify the crystalline phases and a Rietveld method to quantify the crystalline phases ratio. While samples with 1:2 molar ratio were analyzed by FTIR in a Bruker Alpha II spectrometer to determine the presence of reagents in the obtained material.

3. Results and discussions

As it was reported in our previous work[19], according to the elemental analysis before and after the calcination, a decrease of a %wt/wt. from 15.86 to 0.12% of carbon content was observed, meaning an almost total elimination. From the XRF analysis (Table 1) it is possible to identify the main inorganic components in SCBA, in which, silicon oxide is the main component and calcium stands out as the second major component. The high concentration of calcium becomes relevant considering that the ionic radii of Ca2+ and Na+ are very similar (1.14 and 1.16 Å respectively), which may imply competition in the selectivity on crystallization reactions of silicates [20]. Citric acid leaching process was suggested to reduce calcium concentration from ash.
In the pressure test of the pellets of SCBA and sodium carbonate, with higher time and pressure, the pellets become fragile. This behavior can be explained due to the increase in pressure, as the pressure between the powder and the dice is greater, the friction between the pellet and the walls of the dice becomes greater, culminating in the destruction of the pellet during the procedure to release it from the dice [21]. Thus, the best result corresponds to a pressure of two tons which is the lowest pressure tested and a time of 5 minutes. At these conditions the stress over the pellet was lowest and the sample was easily removed from the dice.
Figure 1 shows the diffractogram corresponding to the SCBA, where quartz is observed as the main crystalline phase, this result is different from that reported by Sultana[17], where at a higher temperature the predominant crystalline phase in the SCBA was reported as cristobalite after a heat treatment at 800 °C for 2 hours. Even so, it could be inferred that the cristobalite formed during calcination reacted with CaO present in the SCBA forming the calcium silicate as it’s observed in the diffractogram. Quartz has an interstitial space in its cell of approximately 3 Å similar to interstitial space of cristobalite [22]. 3 Å is considered as sufficient distance for the sodium and calcium ions to be able to diffuse through the silicon dioxide crystalline cell, since calcium silicate appears as a secondary phase, it is possible to suggest that other elements react with the silicon dioxide of the ash besides sodium oxide.
Considering that the reaction was carried out in solid state, the way it occurs is through a diffusion mechanism between the crystalline cells of silicon dioxide and the other reactant oxides. If the diameter is similar for both ions (sodium and calcium), a kind of competition can be generated to occupy the interstices in the silicon oxide network. Thus, allowing the generation of both sodium silicate and sodium-calcium silicate, as shown in Figure 2 [23].
It is worth mentioning that even though the presence of disodium calcium silicate is an inconvenience for this project, this material is identified as a bioceramic with important applications in bone regeneration and localized drug delivery [24]. To increase the ratio of sodium silicate in the synthesized material, samples were synthesized in a molar ratio of 1:2 SiO2-Na2O, but a clear lack of reaction was observed, in the FTIR spectrum of Figure 3. The signal at 1500 cm-1 is characteristic of the bond C=O present in carbonate, the lack of reaction can be explained due to the thermal stability of the internal carbonate, requiring a higher temperature or a longer synthesis time considering the heat transfer phenomena. Even so, the presence of the signal at 950 cm-1 corresponds to the Na-O-Si bond, suggesting the presence of a chemical reaction[25]. About the signals between the range of 500 to 880 cm-1 correspond to the bending of the C=O bond outside (600 to 700 cm-1) and inside the plane (840 to 880 cm-1), while the signal around 1050 to 1100 cm-1 it is characteristic of the stretching of the Si-O bond [25,26]. The most important signals are those corresponding to 1500 and 950 cm-1, because although the signal at 1050-1100 cm-1 also corresponds to the stretching of the Si-O bond, it can refer to both the presence of SiO2 like some silicate. The signal at 1500 cm-1 is typical of the C=O bond while the signals at a lower wavenumber may correspond to other bonds such as the bending of the Si-O bond [27].
As per the results of the synthesis developed with the untreated ash (Figure 2), the use of a purification technique for the ash was proposed, carrying out a leaching process with citric acid at a concentration of 2% wt/v at a temperature of 60 °C for 2h[19]. Citric acid, unlike the nitric acid used to extract SiO2 from the ashes, is a weak acid with a low environmental impact. In this way, the calcium concentration was reduced, achieving a reduction of approximately 5% of the calcium in the ash (Table 1), and obtaining a purer sodium silicate as observed in the diffractogram of Figure 4.
With sodium silicate as the main crystalline phase, it is possible to separate both silicates considering that disodium calcium silicate is a water-insoluble compound, so a decantation and filtering process would allow obtaining a solution of sodium silicate. Unlike Vinai’s work [11], which used the thermochemical method with NaOH, the results obtained in this research present a single crystalline phase of sodium silicate Na2SiO3, and in Vinai’s report, there are signs corresponding to three polymorphs of sodium silicate. The importance of the homogeneity of the crystalline phases lies in the fact that, in the case of sodium silicate, each crystalline phase has different applications and properties.
Before presenting the results of the Rietveld refinement, it should be considered, in addition to the results presented, that the XRD technique has a detection limit of 5%, so the presence of other crystalline phases after heat treatment is possible, such as a possible potassium silicate, since observing what is presented in Table 1 as well as the melting temperature of potassium oxide (740 °C) it is possible that a synthesis process occurred in parallel.
The Rietveld refinement was carried out starting from the results obtained from the XRD analysis by means of the software “Match3!” and making use of the Maud software. For this process, in addition to analyzing the results of the synthesis after 3 hours of reaction, the behavior of the reaction was examined from 0.5 to 3 hours. Figure 5 shows the diffractograms corresponding to this analysis.
From Figure 5, letter B represents the serial experiments while 800 is the synthesis temperature and the last numbers the reaction represented time from 0.5 to 3 hours. It is possible to observe how starting from a diffractogram with a considerable noise content corresponding to amorphous signals coming from the ash, the intensity of the signals becomes more and more intense until there are no significant differences between 2.5 and 3 hours of elapsed time, for The Rietveld refinement identified the crystalline phases presented in Table 2. Unlike the other diffractograms presented, the CIF identifications were used instead of JCPDS because the Maud software only admitted the crystallographic sheets corresponding to the CIF files.
Unlike the other diffractograms presented, the CIF identifications were used instead of JCPDS because the Maud software only admitted the crystallographic sheets corresponding to the CIF files. However, the identifications correspond to the same phases identified with their respective JCPDS number. Table 3 shows the compositions corresponding to the crystalline phases identified at each reaction time. For the construction of Table 3, the different SiO2 polymorphs were integrated into one because when analyzing them individually, confusing information is generated due to the constant change between polymorphs due to temperature, the same behavior studied by Sultana [17].
The presence of sodium superoxide in the first half hour of reaction, despite being an unstable crystalline phase under reaction conditions, has been reported as a common intermediate in the formation of Na2O from Na2CO3, according to what was reported by Maheshwari [28], even thus, this intermediate disappears immediately to produce Na2O. After 2.5 hours of reaction, the presence of SiO2 is still observed, which disappears after half an hour, since the amount of unreacted calcium present is unknown, it is hypothesized that part of the Na2CaSiO4 decomposes to give rise to Na2SiO3 while that the rest of the SiO2 continues to react with the calcium present in the ash. This hypothesis is unfounded considering that if Na2CaSiO4 decomposed to produce Na2SiO3, the amount of Na2SiO4 would be less than the 19% reported at the end of the experiment.

4. Conclusions

Sugarcane bagasse ash can be used in the synthesis of sodium silicate at a lower temperature (800 °C) than that used in the usual synthesis of this compound (1000 - 1200 °C). However, it is necessary to carry out a purification treatment by means of citric acid leaching to reduce the calcium concentration and thus decreasing the sodium-calcium silicate concentration.
Increasing the sodium carbonate concentration did not benefit the obtaining of sodium silicate due to the high thermal stability of sodium carbonate inside the pellet, which was the reason to use a 1:1 molar ratio between SiO2 and Na2O. Carrying out the synthesis with SCBA treated with citric acid resulted in obtaining Na2SiO3 as the main product, reaching up to 81% of the composition of the final product. to purify the product obtained it is possible to make use of the insolubility of Na2CaSiO4.

Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the CONACyT for the funding of the project and to the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León for the infrastructure to make possible the experiments; and finally, Ángela Lizeth Cantú Leal for her help during the first steps of the experiments.

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Figure 1. XRD of SCBA after the calcination at 900 °C.
Figure 1. XRD of SCBA after the calcination at 900 °C.
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Figure 2. XRD for the sodium silicate synthesized with non-leached ash.
Figure 2. XRD for the sodium silicate synthesized with non-leached ash.
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Figure 3. FTIR of sodium silicate synthesized with a molar ratio of 1:2 SiO2-Na2O.
Figure 3. FTIR of sodium silicate synthesized with a molar ratio of 1:2 SiO2-Na2O.
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Figure 4. XRD of sodium silicate synthesized with leached ash.
Figure 4. XRD of sodium silicate synthesized with leached ash.
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Figure 5. Crystallinity of the sample at different reaction time.
Figure 5. Crystallinity of the sample at different reaction time.
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Table 1. SCBA composition after calcination and purification.
Table 1. SCBA composition after calcination and purification.
Compound %wt/wt. Leached ash %wt/wt.
Na2O 0.48 0.00
MgO 0.92 0.30
Al2O3 2.21 1.70
SiO2 70.85 78.61
P2O5 1.15 1.28
SO3 1.46 0.25
K2O 4.34 5.61
CaO 12.73 7.45
TiO2 0.44 0.47
MnO 0.13 0.11
Fe2O3 4.82 4.05
CuO 0.03 0.02
ZnO 0.06 0.03
SrO 0.13 0.05
ZrO2 0.02 0.01
Ag2O 0.18 0.06
BaO 0.04 0.00
Total 100 100
Table 2. Crystalline phases identified for Rietveld refinement.
Table 2. Crystalline phases identified for Rietveld refinement.
Phase CIF
Na2CO3 96-210-6298
Na2SiO3 96-231-0859
Na2CaSiO4 96-101-0112
Quartz 96-901-5023
SiO2 (no polymorph identified) 96-900-6299
NaO2 96-412-4632
Cristobalite 96-901-4487
Table 3. Composition of the sample taken at different reaction time.
Table 3. Composition of the sample taken at different reaction time.
Sample SiO2 Na2CO3 NaO2 Na2SiO3 Na2CaSiO4
B0.5 0.42 0.31 0.10 0.12 0.045
B1.0 0.39 0.27 0.00 0.27 0.072
B1.5 0.34 0.27 0.00 0.28 0.10
B2.0 0.23 0.20 0.00 0.44 0.13
B2.5 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.62 0.14
B3.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.81 0.19
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