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Chemical Instabilities

Applications in Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, and Materials Science

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  • © 1984

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Editors:
  1. G. Nicolis

    1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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  2. F. Baras

    1. Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 120)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Chemical Kinetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Search for New Chemical Oscillators

      • Irving R. Epstein
      Pages 3-18

    3. Chemical Dissipative Systems and the Measure Of Chaos

      • C. Vidal, A. Lafon
      Pages 19-32

    4. Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Catalytic Reactions

      • R. A. Schmitz, G. A. D’Netto, L. F. Razon, J. R. Brown
      Pages 33-57

    5. Sensitivity Analysis: A Numerical Tool for the Study of Parameter Variations in Oscillating Reaction Models

      • Raima Larter
      Pages 59-66

  3. Combustion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Isothermal Autocatalysis in the CSTR: Exotic Stationary-State Patterns (Isolas and Mushrooms)and Sustained Oscillations

      • P. Gray, S. K. Scott
      Pages 69-90

    3. Thermokinetic Oscillations and Multistability in Gas-Phase Oxidations

      • J. F. Griffiths
      Pages 91-107

    4. Dynamics of Premixed Flames

      • Paul Clavin
      Pages 109-115

    5. Linear Stability of a Planar Reverse Combustion Front Propagating Through a Porous Medium: Gas-Solid Combustion Model

      • J. A. Britten, W. B. Krantz
      Pages 117-135

    6. Propagating Flames and their Stability

      • M. Matalon, B. J. Matkowsky
      Pages 137-145

    7. Secondary Bifurcation in Flame Propagation

      • Thomas Erneux, Bernard J. Matkowsky
      Pages 147-158

    8. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Explosion

      • Dong-Pao Chou, Sidney Yip
      Pages 159-170

    9. Fluctuations in Combustion

      • G. Nicolis, F. Baras, M. Malek Mansour
      Pages 171-188

    10. Studies of Thermal Fluctuations in Nonequilibrium Systems by Monte Carlo Computer Simulations

      • Alejandro L. Garcia, Jack S. Turner
      Pages 189-195

  4. Interfaces

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 197-197
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    2. Mechanical Instability and Dissipative Structures at Liquid Interfaces

      • A. Sanfeld, A. Steinchen
      Pages 199-221

    3. Interfacial Instability in Binary Mixtures: The Role of the Interface and its Deformation

      • Manuel G. Velarde
      Pages 223-232

    4. Chemically Driven Interfacial Instabilities

      • M. Dupeyrat, E. Nakache, M. Vignes-Adler
      Pages 233-245
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About this book

On March 14-18, 1983 a workshop on "Chemical Instabilities: Applications in Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, and Materials Science" was held in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. It was organized jointly by the University of Texas at Austin and the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and sponsored qy NATO, NSF, the University of Texas at Austin, the International Solvay Institutes and the Ex­ xon Corporation. The present Volume includes most of the material of the in­ vited lectures delivered in the workshop as well as material from some posters, whose content was directly related to the themes of the invited lectures. In ,recent years, problems related to the stability and the nonlinear dynamics of nonequilibrium systems invaded a great num­ ber of fields ranging from abstract mathematics to biology. One of the most striking aspects of this development is that subjects reputed to be "classical" and "well-established" like chemistry, turned out to give rise to a rich variety of phenomena leading to multiple steady states and hysteresis, oscillatory behavior in time, spatial patterns, or propagating wave fronts. The primary objective of the workshop was to bring together researchers actively engaged in fields in which instabilities and nonlinear phenomena similar to those observed in chemistry are of current and primary concern : chemical engineering (especially surface catalysis), combustion (dynamics of ignition, flame sta­ bili t;y), interfaces (emulsification, dendritic growth), geology (regularly repeated patterns of mineralization 1n a variety of spabe scales), and materials science (dynamical solidification, behavior of matter under irradiation).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    G. Nicolis, F. Baras

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chemical Instabilities

  • Book Subtitle: Applications in Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, and Materials Science

  • Editors: G. Nicolis, F. Baras

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7254-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D.Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1984

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1705-4Published: 31 December 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7256-8Published: 01 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7254-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 420

  • Topics: Physical Chemistry

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