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Exploding Chemical Gardens: A Phase‐Change Clock Reaction
Author(s) -
Ding Yang,
GutiérrezAriza Carlos M.,
Ignacio SainzDíaz C.,
Cartwright Julyan H. E.,
Cardoso Silvana S. S.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201812331
Subject(s) - chemical reaction , phase change , phase (matter) , period (music) , chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , physics , organic chemistry , engineering physics , acoustics
Abstract Chemical gardens and clock reactions are two of the best‐known demonstration reactions in chemistry. Until now these have been separate categories. We have discovered that a chemical garden confined to two dimensions is a clock reaction involving a phase change, so that after a reproducible and controllable induction period it explodes.