If we think about a the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, it's sort of different than most other chemical reactions, that is, most other chemical reactions are unidirectional, Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction is bidirectional, or perhaps we'd call it cyclical...
What would be fascinating, I think, would be to attempt to figure out what it would take to stabilize a Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction in one state... like what chemical or chemicals, and how much of them would do that?
Even more interesting... try to stabilize it in one state using electricity... or sound... or other electromagnetic wave phenomena...
If it could be stabilized in one state using any wave phenomena, then perhaps we might unlock some new understanding about this reaction, and Chemistry in general...
Anyway, my apologies, the above thought was unrelated to this discussion, but I needed to write it down someplace, and this was the most convenient place...<g>
Second, random thought unrelated to this thread:
If we think about a the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, it's sort of different than most other chemical reactions, that is, most other chemical reactions are unidirectional, Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction is bidirectional, or perhaps we'd call it cyclical...
What would be fascinating, I think, would be to attempt to figure out what it would take to stabilize a Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction in one state... like what chemical or chemicals, and how much of them would do that?
Even more interesting... try to stabilize it in one state using electricity... or sound... or other electromagnetic wave phenomena...
If it could be stabilized in one state using any wave phenomena, then perhaps we might unlock some new understanding about this reaction, and Chemistry in general...
Anyway, my apologies, the above thought was unrelated to this discussion, but I needed to write it down someplace, and this was the most convenient place...<g>