Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
November 2014
A case of convection driven by chemical reactions is studied by linear stability theory and direct numerical simulations. In a plane aqueous layer of glucose, the methylene-blue-enabled catalytic oxidation of glucose produces heavier gluconic acid. As the oxygen is supplied through the top surface, the production of gluconic acid leads to an overturning instability.
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