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Science 22 April 1988:
Vol. 240. no. 4851, pp. 460 - 465
DOI: 10.1126/science.240.4851.460
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Chemical Waves

JOHN ROSS 1, STEFAN C. MÜLLER 2, and CHRISTIAN VIDAL 3

1 Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
2 Max-Planck Institut für Ernährungsphysiologie, Rheinlanddamm 201, D 4600 Dortmund 1, West Germany.
3 Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Domaine Universitaire, F33405 Talence Cedex Bordeaux, France.

Spatial structures may occur in nonlinear systems far from equilibrium. Chemical waves, which are concentration variations of chemical species propagating in a system, are an example of such structures. A survey is given of some experiments on chemical waves by spectroscopic and microphotographic techniques, arranged according to different types of waves, different geometries, and various properties.


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