Re: In the Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction, what do the ferroin colours mean about the mixture?

Date: Mon Nov 10 21:17:50 2003
Posted By: John Pojman, Faculty, Chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1067982619.Ch

Message:


The color indicates the oxidation state of the system.  Blue is oxidized and red is reduced.  


You can get more information on the BZ reaction from:


Epstein, I. R.; Kustin, K.; De Kepper, P.; Orbán, M. "Oscillating Chemical Reactions,"Scientific 
American 1983, 248, 112-123.

Epstein, I. R.; Pojman, J. A. An Introduction to Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics:  Oscillations, 
Waves, Patterns and Chaos; Oxford University Press: New York, 1998.

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