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Surface Catalysis 2D: Langmuir-Hinshelwood Lattice & Rate Law (2D)

2D top-down Langmuir-Hinshelwood catalyst lattice: a stochastic kinetic Monte Carlo model of CO + O₂ adsorption/reaction/desorption running beside its analytic dissociative rate law, so you can watch the lattice saturate exactly where the volcano curve predicts it should.

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This 2D companion runs the same Langmuir-Hinshelwood CO-oxidation mechanism as the 3D version — CO sticks to a single empty active site, O₂ dissociates and needs two adjacent empty sites, and a neighbouring CO*/O* pair reacts to CO₂ and desorbs — but draws it top-down on a plain lattice next to its own analytic dissociative rate law, r = k_r·(K_A P_A)·√(K_B P_B) / (1+K_A P_A+√(K_B P_B))², solved fresh every frame. Set the CO and O₂ partial pressures and temperature, and watch the stochastic lattice's coverage-vs-time trace and its saturation collapse line up with exactly where the analytic volcano curve's marker sits.

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D top-down Langmuir-Hinshelwood catalyst lattice with a stochastic kinetic Monte Carlo model running beside its analytic dissociative rate law, so lattice saturation and the predicted volcano curve are visible together.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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