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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target BCO.T1: Time to half of maximum CO concentration in shock tube pyrolysis of formaldehyde

Mixture: CH2O-Ar (1.46% - 98.54%), P = 1.17 atm, T = 2124 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
14.2 24.4 13 12.9

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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