Activity of polymer supported cobalt catalyst in the Bray-Liebhafsky oscillator

Abstract

The infuence of poly-4-vinylpyridine-co-divinylbenzene-Co2+ catalyst on the Bray-Liebhafsky (BL) oscillator used as the matrix for establishing catalyst's activity was analyzed. The addition of the catalyst do not change the dynamics of the reaction in the BL matrix, but the periods of the oscillatory evolution as well as the preoscillatory period (tau(1)) and the duration from the beginning of the reaction to the end of the oscillatory state (tau(end)). All experimental results are simulated satisfactory.