Temperature compensation in the oscillatory hydrogen peroxide–thiosulfate–sulfite flow system

Abstract

A simple controlling mechanism assuming reasonable activation energies for the reaction steps is used to simulate temperature compensation of the period length of the large amplitude sustained pH oscillations observed experimentally in a H₂O₂–S₂O₃^2––SO₃^2––H⁺ aqueous flow reaction system under optimized conditions.

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