Bursting in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction added with phenol in a batch reactor

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society

Ariel Cadena²  Daniel Barragán¹  Jesús Ágreda² 

[1] ,Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Ciencias Departamento de Química

关键词: reaction kinetics;    mechanisms;    phenolic compounds;    BZ reaction;    bursting phenomenon;   

DOI  :  10.5935/0103-5053.20130254

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The classic Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction was modified by adding phenol as a second organic substrate that kinetically competes with the malonic acid in the reduction of Ce4+ to Ce3+ and in the removal of molecular bromine of the reaction mixture. The oscillating reaction of two substrates exhibited burst firing and an oscillatory period of long duration. Analysis of experimental data shows an increasing of the bursting phenomenon, with a greater spiking in the burst firing and with a longer quiescent state, as a function of the initial phenol concentration increase. It was hypothesized that the bursting phenomenon can be explained introducing a redox cycle between the reduced phenolic species (hydroxyphenols) and the oxidized ones (quinones). The hypothesis was experimentally and numerically tested and from the results it is possible to conclude that the bursting phenomenon exhibited by the oscillating reaction of two substrates is mainly driven by a p-di-hydroxy-benzene/p-benzoquinone redox cycle.

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