Derivation of the Matalon-Packter law for Liesegang patterns
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
Theoretical models of the Liesegang phenomena are studied and simple expressions for the spacing coefficients characterizing the patterns are derived. The emphasis is on displaying the explicit dependences on the concentrations of the inner- and the outer-electrolytes. Competing theories (ion-product supersaturation, nucleation and droplet growth, induced sol- coagulation) are treated with the aim of finding the distinguishing features of the theories. The predictions are compared with experiments and the results suggest that the induced sol-coagulation theory is the best candidate for describing the experimental observations embodied in the Matalon-Packter law.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807251,
title = {Derivation of the Matalon-Packter law for Liesegang patterns},
author = {T. Antal and M. Droz and J. Magnin and Z. Racz and M. Zrinyi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807251},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, 7 figures, RevTex