The History of Research on Chemical Periodic Processes

Alexander Pechenkin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIV, 93 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-95107-2 (ISBN)

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This book offers a survey of the historic development of selected areas of chemistry and chemical physics, discussing in detail the European, American and Russian approaches to the development of chemistry. Other key topics include the kinetics and non-linear thermodynamics of chemical reactions and mathematical modeling, which have found new applications in the theory of dynamical systems. The first observations of the periodicity of chemical reactions were lost in the mist of time. In the second half of the 19th century, the phenomenon of chemical periodicity was studied in relation to electrochemistry, solutions and colloids. Discovered in the late 19th century, Liesegang rings are still enigmatic and remain attractive for researchers. However, the discovery of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction marked the successful culmination of the efforts to find a true chemical oscillatory reaction. The book investigates chemical phenomena that were neglected in the past, but have been rediscovered, placing them into a new conceptual framework. For example, it notes that William Bray, who discovered the first oscillatory homogeneous reaction in 1921, was influenced by the first bio-mathematicians who predicted chemical oscillations in homogeneous systems.

Alexandrovich Pechenkin received his masters degree at the Mendeleev Institute of Chemistry and Technology, Moscow, 1964. and his PhD at the Institute for Philosophy of the Academy of Science of the USSR, Department of the Philosophy of Science, Moscow, in 1969. He has been professor for the history of science since 1992. He has received many fellowships, stipends and awards and has written nine books, including "L.I. Mandelstam: Research, Teaching and Life". Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London. 2014.

Early observations.- Liesegang rings and the other periodic phenomena.- A new research area.- The Belousov reaction.- The Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction.- The American Line.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology
Zusatzinfo	XIV, 93 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	177 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Belousov reaction • colloid chemistry • development of chemistry • kinetics of oscillatory reactions • Liesegang rings • Lotka-Volterra theory • theory of dynamical systems
ISBN-10	3-319-95107-6 / 3319951076
ISBN-13	978-3-319-95107-2 / 9783319951072
Zustand	Neuware