Asymptotics of reaction-diffusion fronts with one static and one diffusing reactant

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00140-8zbMATH Open0972.35051arXivphysics/9904008OpenAlexW1992605817WikidataQ108167868 ScholiaQ108167868MaRDI QIDQ1590019FDOQ1590019

Martin Z. Bazant, Howard A. Stone

Publication date: 13 November 2001

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The long-time behavior of a reaction-diffusion front between one static (e.g. porous solid) reactant A and one initially separated diffusing reactant B is analyzed for the mean-field reaction-rate density R( ho_A, ho_B) = k ho_A^m ho_B^n. A uniformly valid asymptotic approximation is constructed from matched self-similar solutions in a reaction front (of width w sim t^alpha where R sim t^�eta enters the dominant balance) and a diffusion layer (of width W sim t^{1/2} where R is negligible). The limiting solution exists if and only if m, n geq 1, in which case the scaling exponents are uniquely given by alpha = (m-1)/2(m+1) and �eta = m/(m+1). In the diffusion layer, the common ad hoc approximation of neglecting reactions is given mathematical justification, and the exact transient decay of the reaction rate is derived. The physical effects of higher-order kinetics (m, n > 1), such as the broadening of the reaction front and the slowing of transients, are also discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9904008

zbMATH Keywords

reaction frontdiffusion layermatched selfsimilar solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Chemical kinetics in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A30) Classical flows, reactions, etc. in chemistry (92E20)

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