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Introduction Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1097 © 2008 Materials Research Society 1097-GG07-08 Microstructures in the Formation of Chemical Gardens C. Ignacio Sainz-Diaz, Bruno Escribano, and Julyan Cartwright Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, Granada, 18002, Spain ABSTRACT Chemical gardens are biomimetic plantlike growths formed by a mixture of salts which precipitate by a combination of convection forced by osmosis, free convection and chemical reactions. Chemical gardens may be implicated in other phenomena of industrial interest which involve precipitation across a colloidal gel membrane that separates two different aqueous solutions, for example, in cement technology and metal corrosion processes. However, the variation in chemical composition, morphology and mechanical properties of the different surfaces of these formations is not well known. Several salts in different concentrations and conditions have been explored under terrestrial gravity and microgravity. The chemical garden structures have been characterised by morphology analysis, scanning electron microscopy, chemical analysis and X-ray diffraction, correlating these data with the biomimetic growth and the physical-chemical nanoprocesses involved in it. This approach may also be useful for the analysis of biomaterials with interesting biomechanical properties. INTRODUCTION The morphology of a solid at a nanoscopic scale during its growth may be affected by physical phenomena of fluid dynamics and equilibria between processes of adsorption, desorption and diffusion. An interesting phenomenon in this respect is the formation of biomimetic growths called chemical gardens. Chemical gardens are curious structures in the form of plants formed by a mixture of salts which precipitate by a combination of convection forced by osmosis, free convection and chemical reactions [i]. On adding a crystal of a soluble salt to a solution of sodium silicate a reaction is provoked producing a hydrated silicate of the cation of that salt which is deposited as a colloidal gel around the crystal. The gel acts as a semipermeable membrane across which water and hydroxyl ions pass under osmotic pressure. The crystal continues to disolve and the gel membrane expands by osmotic pressure until it breaks producing a jet of fluid of the solution around the crystal; on entering the surounding medium its solubility changes and salt precipitates where the jets appear. Thus at each point of membrane rupture tubular growths are formed which can attain lengths of many centimeters, showing biomimetic forms and receiving the name of gardens. Beyond their purely scientific fascination as spectacular examples of pattern formation, chemical gardens may be implicated in other phenomena of industrial interest which involve precipitation across a colloidal gel membrane separating two different aqueous solutions. For example, in cement technology it is important to understand the hydration of Portland cement in which are found interpenetrated tubular nanofilaments of hydrated calcium silicates following a type of inverse silicate garden [ii]. Another example is the phenomenon of metal corrosion in which is formed a colloid producing nanotubes of metal oxide on the corroding surface following a similar process to chemical gardens [iii]. Recently it has also been speculated that the membranes of chemical gardens produced in submarine vents may be an ideal site for the origin of life on Earth [iv]. However, the chemical composition of the different surfaces of these formations is not well known and has only been studied in a few cases and only on Earth [v,vi]. An experiment with a chemical garden was performed in space, obtaining a morphology different to that on Earth [vii], with structures typical in mechanisms of Laplacian growth, such as viscous fingers, showing the role of density- driven convection as one as the mechanisms implicated in the reaction. Chemical gardens are formed by adding crystals of a soluble metal salt to aqueous solutions containing anions such as silicates, phosphates or carbonates. The chemical reactions involved produce a large variety of biomimetic structures resembling plants, trees, mushrooms, worms, seashells, and so on. This similarity to living organisms provoked a great deal of interest among investigators searching for the origin of life at the beginning of the 20th century [viii, ix]. However, only a few studies have been reported related with the physics and chemistry of this phenomenon [x, xi, xii, xiii] and chemical gardens still remain incompletely understood and their applications to industrial processes such as hydration or corrosion justify further research. A deeper knowledge of the physics and chemistry of this phenomenon should enable us to control the morphology and the mechanical properties of these solids and eventually to design new materials. Mechanism of growth When the metal salt is immersed in the sodium silicate solution it begins to dissolve and a coating of metal silicate envelops the whole particle. This coating acts as a semipermeable membrane and, since the ion concentration is higher on the inside, the osmotic pressure forces the membrane to dilate and water enters from the outside into the envelope through this membrane and the metal salt inside continues to dissolve. At some point the membrane bursts and a jet of metal salt solution is ejected under pressure through the rupture. After a few seconds, the injection pressure is reduced and the liquid flow no longer behaves like a jet but like a buoyant plume instead; the ejected solution is less dense than the sodium silicate solution, so it tends to rise by buoyancy. The flow thus changes from forced convection driven by the osmotic pressure at the beginning of the growth to free convection dependent on buoyancy at the end. This is why the tubes can grow initially at random angles but are soon redirected towards the vertical. When the metal salt solution in the jet or plume comes in contact with the sodium silicate solution, metal silicate starts to precipitate around the fluid flow forming the walls of the new tube; the pH of the liquid in the jet is lower and the solubility of the silicate is lower at this pH, so it precipitates around the jet. The tube grows from the base upwards, starting where the membrane has ruptured, and forming a rather cylindrical conduct. The osmotic pressure difference acts as a pump, ensuring that water continues entering through the membrane and the metal solution keeps flowing through the growing tube until the original crystal is depleted. During this process hydroxide ions will enter the tube through its walls. This reduces the pH of the silicate solution and makes silica precipitate over the outer surface of the tube. At the same time metal hydroxide precipitates on the inner wall as the metal ions react with the hydroxide ions that came through the wall (figure 1). Figure 1. Formation mechanism of a chemical garden, from Cartwright et al. [5]. Materials and Methods Crystals of CaCl2, and MnCl2 at analytical purity and a commercial saturated solution of sodium silicate were used in our experiments. The particle size was between 1 and 5 mm radius. The sodium silicate solutions were prepared from a concentrated solution composed of 27% SiO2 and 15% NaOH, diluted with bidistilled water to several concentrations between 6.25 M and 0.625 M. The growing process was followed for three months. After that time the grown tubes were removed from the solution. Some of them were washed with distilled water to remove excess silica that adhered to the exterior surface. They were then dried in air at 25ºC. The micrographs of the samples were obtained using a FEI Quanta 400 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) at high vacuum and room temperature. Chemical analysis of the tubes was performed in-situ in the microscope using EDAX analysis. Powder X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analyses were performed in a Bruker diffractometer grinding the samples carefully. In order to explore the crystallinity of the external surface of some tubes single-crystal XRD analyses were performed in a Bruker diffractometer with area detector. The analysis of these diffractograms was performed with the XRD2DScan code [xiv]. The identification of crystallographic phases in the diffractograms was performed with the Xpowder code [xv]. Results Calcium chloride CaCl2 particles were submerged in sodium silicate solutions at concentrations from 0.3 M to 3M. With the 3 M solution, the formation of a large osmotic membrane was observed. The walls of this membrane had a high flexibility. The inner solution dilated the membrane under osmotic pressure but it did not break owing to its plasticity and only the formation of some broad fingers was observed. Only one tube was formed, catalysed by the formation of an air bubble (figure 2). Figure 2. Chemical garden formation from calcium with sodium silicate solution at 3M in solution. With lower concentrations of silicate several thinner tubes were formed starting homogeneously all over the osmotic membrane surrounding the initial solid particle. However, the osmotic membrane became less unstable when the concentration of silicate solution decreased, being completely flat at 0.3 M. ESEM (figure 3) combined with EDAX analysis showed different morphologies and compositions on the inside and outside surfaces of the tubes, which varied also along the length of the tube. In figure 4a we can see the presence of a small crystal of CaCl2 attached to the internal surface of the wall in the lower part of the tube. EDAX analysis of this area shows a mixture of CaCl2 from these crystals and calcium silicate from the bottom of the wall. The morphology of these crystals and their roughness suggest us that they do not come from a recrystallization of CaCl2 but from a disintegration of the initial seed without being dissolved (figure 4b). Figure 3. Section of one of the thick tubes grown at 3M.
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