Having developed a mathematical model with some modest
rigor and roundly conjectured, it is desirable to test their veracity.
Toward these ends, an experiment was performed. Both time and toil
were expended to develop a successful and robust procedure
for
the Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction. Fortunately, it was not all for
naught. A solution of Belousov-Zhabotinsky reagent was prepared using
ferrion as an indicator (see below for the exact procedure). In the
mathematical model previously developed, it was the cerium ions (Ce4+)
responsible for producing visible growth patterns of propagating waves.
In this experiment, however, ferrion was employed to heighten the visual
experience of the process. For simplicity's sake, let us assume that
the ferrion reacts identically to the cerium ions. That is, a graph
of its relative concentration verses time would oscillate identically to
that of cerium.
Care was taken to insure the layer poured into the
Petri dish was as thin a experimentally possible (approximately 2mm thick).
Patience was rewarded. Concentric circles radiated across the dish
and spirals unwound, colliding and forming fascinating geometric patterns,
sights that even those unfortunates bereft of scientific curiosity would
stop and admire. The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction, indeed, proved
to be a spatio-temopal oscillator. Therefore, our assertions seem
to have merit.