MATHEMATICAL-MODELING OF CHEMICAL CLOCK REACTIONS .2. A CLASS OF AUTOCATALYTIC CLOCK REACTION SCHEMES

A clock reaction is a chemical reaction which gives rise to an initial induction period before a significant concentration of one of the che mical species involved is produced. We study four closely related isot hermal model reaction schemes which can exhibit clock reaction behavio ur in a well-stirred situation. These reaction schemes represent a com bination of quadratic or cubic autocatalysis with linear or quadratic inhibition.