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The Rawtrap project was born from the need to address the important issue of water purification using waste materials from rice production. Specifically, it focuses on the use of rice husk, a waste material rich in silica. This allows us to synthesize nanoparticles called MCM-41 to create a molecular sieve capable of capturing pollutants. These nanoparticles are very chemically stable and resistant even at high temperatures. We have focused our research on the adsorption of a specific dye called Rhodamine B, primarilyused in the textile industry.
This is how I came up with the idea for this project:The idea was born out of concern about the contamination of surface water by pesticides and heavy metals. We wanted to improve environmental sustainability, using local raw materials to purify the water, ensuring purity and abundance, and valorising local resources for a positive impact.
Documentation
RAWTRAP Nano-traps from rice ashes to purify water The poster shows the basic steps for the synthesis and test phase of the MCM-41 molecular sieve
RAWTRAP Nano-traps from rice ashes to purify water The A3 poster shows the basic steps for the synthesis and test phase of the MCM-41 molecular sieve.
RAWTRAP Nano-traps from rice ashes to purify water The paper describes all the work we have done, which includes the analysis of the problem, the evaluation of waste in the area, the characterisations, the synthesis, the tests carried out and the cost analysis.
School
high school I.T.I. OMARNational organizer
FAST Federation of scientific and technical associationsSponsors
FOISTFondazione Cariplo
Fondazione Salvetti
Ocmi Group
Xylem
Aica
British institutes Seregno
Cielo stellato Silvio Lutteri
Corepla
Erica
ETAss
Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
Unichim