Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

risk husk

English answer:

rice husk

Added to glossary by Stephanie Ezrol
Aug 28, 2010 12:18
13 yrs ago
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English term

risk husk

English Tech/Engineering Agriculture
I've found it used interchangeably with 'rice husk'. Is it the same or is it a special kind of rice husk?
And is it a correct term at all, or maybe a common mistake, and 'rice husk' is the only correct term?
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Aug 30, 2010 16:45: Stephanie Ezrol Created KOG entry

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kamilw (asker) Aug 28, 2010:
Stephanie and Diana, thanks a lot for your contributions. Before asking the question I looked through many of those google hits and I actually thought the same as Stephanie. As most producers of rice husk-derived products are from countries where English is not the first language, they are more likely to make such slips. Perhaps one made it first and then it's been multiplied over and over again by others. The text I'm working on was written by my colleague whose native language is not English either and she just copied it from somewhere without thinking much. That's how it goes :)
Stephanie Ezrol Aug 28, 2010:
I think it might be a mental slip rather than a finger slip going from rice to risk while thinking husk. I could be wrong, but there really is a rice husk and I can't find anything that would indicate that there is any type of agricultural product called a risk husk.
British Diana Aug 28, 2010:
For a typo the letters are pretty far apart on an European keyboard. The "k" is on the far right, whereas E, S and C are all on the left.
I am not convinced about this explanation.
Surely a confusion due to phonetics is not likely , either?

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rice husk

This definitely looks like a typographical error that gets some 800 google hits.

Each one I have checked is about rice husk and occasionally has one or more uses of risk husk which look like a slip up.

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES

Rice Husk Board
http://iocg.ignou.ac.in/wiki/images/5/56/MITI-023_B6CS7.pdf
yet it comes up on the google search
Exhibit 1: List of Some Firms Licensed to Manufacture Risk Husk Particle Boards. 1. B.R. Agro Boards Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad ...

Rice Husk Ash (Rha) - Amorphous Silica:-
We exports organic amoruphous silica from rice husk ash( rha ), that is used In concrete mixes to make light weight concrete,it is High performance concrete andAlso used as a carrier for insecticides. it also offers for used in steel plants.
http://srimksdistributir.tradeindia.com/Exporters_Suppliers/...
also comes up in google under risk husk which reads as a typo in the contect, which you can find if you search the PDF document

One of the ingredients that can be used in cement is ash. By mixing rice husk ash into the cement, there is the possibility of greener concrete. Discovery News offers this on the process of creating carbon neutral rice ash:

Now, Rajan Vempati of ChK Group, Inc. in Plano, Texas, and a team of researchers have figured out a way to make nearly carbon-free rice husk ash. Heating husks to 800 degrees centigrade (1,472 degrees Fahrenheit) in a furnace drives off carbon, leaving fine particles of nearly pure silica behind.
http://www.physorg.com/news167405443.html

The last sentence is the article has this obvious typo:
However, when one considers that up and coming economic powers, such as India and (especially) China, will be likely ramping up production of concrete for use in buildings and roads, the prospect of reducing carbon emissions and pollution through the use of risk husk ash in concrete becomes even more interesting.

Otherwise it is all about rice husk
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