Generation of pH-oscillations in closed chemical systems: method and applications.

All pH-oscillators reported to date function only under open (flow reactor) conditions. We describe an approach to generating pH-oscillations in a closed system by starting from an open system pH-oscillator, finding semibatch conditions under which it oscillates with an inflow of a single reactant to an otherwise closed reactor containing the remaining components, and replacing this inflow with a layer of silica gel impregnated with the key reactant. We present data showing the successful application of this technique to the BrO(3)(-)-Mn(2+)-SO(3)(2-), IO(3)(-)-Fe(CN)(6)(4-)-SO(3)(2-), and BrO(3)(-)-Fe(CN)(6)(4-)-SO(3)(2-) systems. In all three cases, sulfite ion is the species that is replenished via dissolution from the gel layer.

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