The Bray-Liebhafsky oscillatory reaction: Kinetic investigations in reduction and oxidation pathways based on hydrogen peroxide concentration monitoring

Abstract

By direct monitoring of the hydrogen concentration during its catalytic decomposition into water and oxygen in the presence of potassium iodate and sulfuric acid, that is in the Bray-Liebhafsky system, the pseudo-rate constants of overall reduction and oxidation pathways were determined The dependence of the obtained rate constants on acidity was evaluated. It was found that the pseudo-rate constant of the overall reduction process increases with increasing acidity, whereas the pseudo-rate constant of the overall oxidation process decreases with increasing acidity. The corresponding activation energies were also calculated using values of this constant at two temperatures.

Direktnim praćenjem koncentracije vodonik-peroksida u toku njegovog katalitičkog razlaganja na vodu i kiseonik u prisustvu kalijum-jodata i sumporne kiseline, odnosno u Bray-Lievhafsky sistemu, analizirane su konstante brzina celokupnog redukcionog i oksidacionog puta kao konstante brzina pseudo-prvog reda. izvedene su njihove zavisnosti od kiselosti. Nađeno je da pseudo-konstanta brzine celokupnog redukcionog procesa raste sa porastom kiselosti, dok pseudo-konstanta brzine celokupnog oksidacionog procesa opada sa porastom kiselosti. korišćenjem njihovih vrednosti na dve temperature izračunate su odgovarajuće energije aktivacija.