Questing · 2026-08-07 · Chemical Dynamics

SWIRL

Click anywhere to seed a chemical wave. Watch ring fronts collide, curl, and lock into self-sustaining spiral rotors — the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction, alive in the browser.

ε = 0.020 NUCLEATING t = 0

oxidized wavefront

refractory

resting

fast — sharp spirals slow — wide arms

ε = 0.010 ε = 0.060

click canvas · seed new waves

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