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Briggs-Rauscher Without Stirring

The mixture is not stirred and color oscillations are not uniform throughout the solution.

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The reaction is repeated without stirring. As a result, the color oscillations are not uniform throughout the mixture. The color change appears to move through the mixture like a wave. The formation of gas bubbles also oscillates.


Designer and Demonstrator:  
  Frederick Mattes Hastings College, Hastings, NE 68902
Video:  
  Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Voice:  
  G. Earl Peace Jr. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Text:  
  Frederick Mattes Hastings College, Hastings, NE 68902
  Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  David Phillips Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933