| Description of target | Sensitivity diagram | Prediction of GRI-Mech 3.0 |

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target BCO.T3: Time to half of maximum CO concentration in shock tube oxidation of formaldehyde

Mixture: CH2O-O2-Ar (1.47% - 0.25% - 98.28%), phi = 5.88, P = 2.32 atm, T = 1784 K

Reference: Eiteneer et al.J. Phys. Chem. 102, 5196, (1998).

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(microsec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
30.7 36.3 26.7 24.1

SENSITIVITY DIAGRAMS

The sensitivity spectra shown below were computed with a trial reaction mechanism composed of a set of 322 elementary reactions of 53 species.

Sensitivity coefficients with respect to rate coefficients Sensitivity coefficients with respect to heats of formation

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