The detailed sequence
of elementary
steps (about twenty) which must be involved in the B - Z reaction has been worked
out by Richard Noyes.11 This mechanism (called «the Oregonator» in honor
of the location
of Noyes's
laboratory) is well understood and involves nothing but ordinary chemistry, but it is too involved to discuss here.
The new system enables researchers to carry
out the concentration
step within one hour, compared to a day for the standard method now in commercial use, said Ladisch, also a professor
of biomedical engineering and director
of Purdue's
Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering (LORRE)