C9 - Chemical canyon

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Title

C9 - Chemical canyon

Description

C9: The collision of several rotating spiral waves leads to a complex concentration pattern. The image shows, as a momentary situation, the chemical gradients occurring in such a pattern, where reaction and diffusion move in perfect balance through the solution.

Subject

Pattern formation (Physical sciences); Physics; Visualization; Nonlinear Dynamics; Pattern Formation; Chemical Waves; Reaction Diffusion Systems; Nonlinear Waves; Traveling Waves; Chemical Oscillations; Oscillating chemical reactions;

Creator

Müller, Stefan C.
Plesser, Theo

Source

Dynamic Pattern Formation in Chemistry and Mathematics: Aesthetics in the Sciences: Catalogue of an Exhibition

Contributor

Müller, Stefan C; Plesser, Theo; Hess, Benno; Max-Planck-Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie Dortmund, West-Germany;
Markus, Mario;

Date

1988

Publisher

Laupenmühlen Druck, Bochum

Rights

Format

JPEG

Type

Still Image

Citation

Müller, Stefan C. and Plesser, Theo , “C9 - Chemical canyon,” History of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction, accessed March 28, 2024, https://woosterdigital.org/BZ-history/items/show/211.