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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target BCO.T5: Time to half of maximum CO concentration in shock tube oxidation of formaldehyde

Mixture: CH2O-O2-Ar (1% - 5.96% - 93.02%), phi = 1.68, P = 0.911 atm, T = 1768 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
27.2 27.8 32 34.4


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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