Tench Cholnoky
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A Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction, or BZ reaction, is one of a class of reactions that serve as a classical example of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, resulting in the establishment of a nonlinear chemical oscillator. The only common element in these oscillators is the inclusion of bromine and an acid. The reactions are important to theoretical chemistry in that they show that chemical reactions do not have to be dominated by equilibrium thermodynamic behavior. These reactions are far from equilibrium and remain so for a significant length of time, and evolve chaotically.
I followed a Paketa12 tutorial in TouchDesigner to create a template for the Belousov Zhabotinsky reactions, and then iterated on and explored each parameter of that tool, creating different tests given different input data. More experiments and videos can be found on my Instagram.