SPATIOTEMPORAL PERIOD-DOUBLING DURING THE ELECTRODISSOLUTION OF IRON

Publication Year
1993

Type

Journal Article
Abstract
We study the spatiotemporal dynamics of the potentiostatic electrodissolution of a circular iron electrode in sulfuric acid under conditions involving oscillations between active and passive states. We measure the spatially averaged dissolution rate (the current), and record spatially resolved surface patterns (the growth of a passivating film) with a video camera. As the potential is varied, the O(2) spatial symmetry of a base oscillatory state (high potentials) breaks giving rise to a period-doubled oscillation with apparent Z2+Z2c spatiotemporal symmetry.
Journal
Physics Letters APhysics Letters A
Volume
179
Issue
4-5
Pages
355-363
Date Published
08/1993
ISBN
0375-9601
Short Title
Phys. Lett. A