The Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction

by John R. Tyson

In 1958 B. P. Belousov discovered that the oxidation of citric acid by bromate in the presence of cerium ions does not proceed to equilibrium methodically and uniformly, like most chemical reactions, but rather oscillates with clocklike precision between a yellow and colorless state. See Fig. 11. 1, p. 30. A. M. Zhabotinskii followed up on Belousov's original observation and in 1964 his first investigations appeared in the Russian journal Biofizika...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540077928
• ISBN13: 9783540077923
• Release Date: July 1976
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"