title: Estimation of the activation energy in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction by temperature effect on excitable waves.
abstract: We report the temperature effect on the propagation of excitable traveling waves in a quasi-two-dimensional Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction-diffusion system. The onset of excitable waves as a function of the sulfuric acid concentration and temperature is identified, on which the sulfuric acid concentration exhibits an Arrhenius dependence on temperature. On the basis of this experimental data, the activation energy of the self-catalyzed reaction in the Oregonator model is estimated to be 83-113 kJ/mol, which is further supported by our numerical simulations. The estimation proceeds without analyzing detailed reaction steps but rather through observing the global dynamic behaviors in the BZ reaction. For a supplement, the wave propagation velocities are calculated based on our results and compared with the experimental observations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jinzhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Luqun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ouyang
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D007700:Kinetics; D008956:Models, Chemical; D013464:Sulfuric Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D013464:Sulfuric Acids; C033158:sulfuric acid