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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target BCO.T7: Time to half of maximum CO concentration in shock tube oxidation of formaldehyde

Mixture: CH2O-O2-Ar (1.5% - 1.5% - 97%), phi = 1, P = 1.51 atm, T = 1720 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
32.7 32.4 30.9 29

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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