Induction period in the BrO₃^-, Ce(III), H₂SO₄, oxalic acid and ketone oscillating reaction

Abstract

Contrary to what has been thought, systems classified as bromine-hydrolysis-controlled (BHC) show an induction period. In studies on the effect of a family of ketones upon this type of oscillators, it was found that an induction period appears in an interval of concentrations of the ketone, or in an interval of the value of the enolization constant. Simulations of the processes involved and a corresponding explanation are shown in this paper.

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