Active role of a color indicator in buoyancy-driven instabilities of chemical fronts

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 752-757

  Almarcha, C ^a   Trevelyan, P M J ^a   Riolfo, L A ^b   Zalts, A ^c   El Hasi, C ^c   D'Onofrio, A ^b   De Wit, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Interfaces; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE; BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; CHEMICAL FRONTS; COLOR INDICATOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDRODYNAMIC FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC INSTABILITIES; INTERFACES; REACTION-DIFFUSION-CONVECTION;

BUOYANCY; CATALYSIS; COLOR; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDRODYNAMICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 77749237165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900418d     Document Type: Article

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