The Illustration of Multistability

Guy Schmitz
Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 165, Av. F. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Ljiljana Kolar-Anic and Slobodan Anic
Faculty for Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Zeljko Cupic
Department of Catalysis and Chemical Engineering, IChTM, 11000 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77 (11), p 1502
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p1502
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2000

Abstract

Multistability, a phenomenon that can appear in certain nonlinear systems, is usually described by discussing the possible steady-state solutions of some nonlinear process as given by an abstract mathematical model having a single variable and one or more control or bifurcation parameters. In the present paper, the model of a real reaction is offered: the illustration of multistability is carried out on a model for the hydrogen peroxide decomposition into water and oxygen in the presence of iodate and hydrogen ions, the Bray-Liebhafsky oscillatory reaction.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Subject):

Kinetics

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