Drivers for Performing Halogenation of Acids in Micro Reactors

1 Drivers for Performing Halogenation of Acids in Micro Reactors 

For the catalytic oxidation of malonic acid by bromate (the Belousov-Zhabotinskii reaction), fimdamental studies on the interplay of flow and reaction were made. By means of capillary-flow investigations, spatio-temporal concentration patterns were monitored which stem from the interaction of a specific complex reaction and transport of reaction species by molecular diffusion [68]. One prominent class of these patterns is propagating reaction fronts. By external electrical stimulus, electromigration of ionic species can be investigated. 

2 Beneficial Micro Reactor Properties for Halc enation of Acids 

To study the effects of molecular diffusion and formation/destabilization of reaction fronts it is advised to rely on small flow-through chambers such as capillaries or cells of sheet-type cross-section [68]. These micro reactors simply provide the small-scale environment needed for such laboratory investigations. 

3 Halc enation of Acids Investigated in Micro Reactors 

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