Realtime Observation of Diffusing Elements in a Chemical Garden.

ABSTRACT: The chemical garden, which has been known as the plant-growth-like diffusion of chemicals since the 17th century, has regained much attention in recent years. Significant progress in research not only promoted the understanding of the phenomenon itself but also suggested a prospective method of synthesizing new materials via the chemical garden route. It is extremely important to introduce new characterization techniques to provide more insights into chemical diffusion and element redistribution during the reaction process. The present article describes some successful applications of the realtime X-ray fluorescence (XRF) movie technique to observe each diffusing element. The protagonist of the movie is a chemical garden reaction growing from a seed of calcium salt and ferrous salt mixture

SUBMITTER: Zhao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641959 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature