Nonaxisymmetric and Axisymmetric Convection in Propagating Reaction-Diffusion Fronts

Authors

J. Masere
D. A. Vasquez
Boyd F. Edwards, Utah State UniversityFollow
J. W. Wilder
K. Showalter

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volume

98

Issue

26

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Publication Date

3-1994

First Page

6505

Last Page

6508

Abstract

Observations of steady nonaxisymmetric chemical wave fronts are reported for upward propagation in iodate-arsenous acid solutions within vertical capillary tubes. These observations confirm a recent prediction of hydrodynamic stability theory that the onset of convection in such fronts should be nonaxisymmetric. The nonaxisymmetric waveform reflects the presence of a single convective roll in the vicinity of the moving front.

Comments

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100077a014

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Recommended Citation

"Nonaxisymmetric and axisymmetric convection in propagating reaction-diffusion fronts," J. Masere, D. A. Vasquez, B. F. Edwards, J. W. Wilder, and K. Showalter, J. Phys. Chem. 98, 6505 (1994) [60].