title: Marangoni instability in the iodate-arsenous acid reaction front.
abstract: Horizontally propagating chemical fronts leading to the formation of a single stable convection roll are investigated in the iodate-arsenous acid reaction with arsenous acid stoichiometrically limiting, leaving the surface active iodine present in the product mixture. In sufficiently thin solution layers with open upper surface, the contribution of Marangoni instability is significantly enhanced. Acting in the same direction as buoyancy driven instability, it distorts the entire tilted reaction front that becomes 50% more elongated. The corresponding three-dimensional calculations based on the empirical rate-law of the reaction corroborate the experimental findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Aradi vértanúk tere 1., Szeged H-6720, Hungary.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pópity-Tóth
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Aradi vértanúk tere 1., Szeged H-6720, Hungary.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pótári
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Aradi vértanúk tere 1., Szeged H-6720, Hungary.
authors.forename: István
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erdős
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged, Rerrich Béla tér 1., Szeged H-6720, Hungary.
authors.forename: Dezső
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horváth
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Szeged, Aradi vértanúk tere 1., Szeged H-6720, Hungary.
authors.forename: Agota
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tóth