Briggs–Rauscher reaction
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The Briggs–Rauscher oscillating reaction is one of a small number of known oscillating chemical reactions. It is especially well suited for demonstration purposes because of its visually striking colo
Oscillogram made in July 1972 by Briggs and Rauscher.
Boris Belousov (chemist)
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Boris Pavlovich Belousov was a Soviet chemist and biophysicist who discovered the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction in the early 1950s. His work initiated the field of modern nonlinear chemical dynamics.
Briggs–Rauscher reaction
…and iodate (IO− 3) in acidic solution. Because of experimental difficulty, it attracted little attention and was unsuitable as a demonstration. In 1958 Boris Pavlovich Belousov discovered the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction (BZ reaction). The BZ reaction is suitable as a demonstration, but it too met with skepticism, largely…
Boris Pavlovich Belousov in the 1930s