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Chemobrionics is the quantitative study of chemical gardens.

The structures generally form via multiple interconnected physical and chemical processes.


 * Procedure


 * Chemical gardens were traditionally an educational demo. Metal seed in silicate solution. Research now involves

In addition to metal-silicate, the composition of the structures often also contains a significant percentage of sodium hydroxide.
 * Composition


 * Unique phenomena
 * Tube formation.


 * Applications
 * Circuitry
 * Templating quantum dots
 * Investigating hydrodynamic instabilities
 * Pattern formation
 * Origins of life
 * Similar phenomena
 * Portland cement tubes