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

DESCRIPTION OF THE TARGET

Target CO.T1a: Time to half of CO maximum in shock tube oxidation of methane

Mixture: CH4-O2-Ar (0.4%-20%-79.6%), phi = 0.04, P = 1.51 atm, T = 1750 K

Reference: Yu, C.L., Wang, C., and Frenklach, M., 'Chemical Kinetics of Methyl Oxidation by Molecular Oxygen,' (1995) J.Phys.Chem. 99, 14377.

TARGET VALUES
Experimental
(microsec)		 GRI-Mech 2.11 Trial Mech GRI-Mech 3.0
155 146 166 138.4

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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