Full article: Methods of extracting silica and silicon from
The ash was cooled and treated with 1 M sodium hydroxide to produce sodium silicate solution this was titrated with 3 M HCl with stirring until pH of 7. The precipitate was washed and dried. Shim, Velmurugan, and Oh ( Citation 2015 ) reported the extraction of Nano silica from corn cob ash at variable pH conditions via sol-gel method.