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Liesegang patterns: Effect of dissociation of the invading electrolyte

Statistical Mechanics 2016-09-28 v1 Chemical Physics

Abstract

The effect of dissociation of the invading electrolyte on the formation of Liesegang bands is investigated. We find, using organic compounds with known dissociation constants, that the spacing coefficient, 1+p, that characterizes the position of the n-th band as x_n ~ (1+p)^n, decreases with increasing dissociation constant, K_d. Theoretical arguments are developed to explain these experimental findings and to calculate explicitly the K_d dependence of 1+p.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9809385,
  title  = {Liesegang patterns: Effect of dissociation of the invading electrolyte},
  author = {B. Chopard and M. Droz and J. Magnin and Z. Rácz and M. Zrinyi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9809385},
  year   = {2016}
}

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RevTex, 8 pages, 3 eps figures