This is a utility program which loads a mixture and prints information about the various elements, species, and reactions in the mixture. A mixture is loaded just as it would be in any other application, so this tool is useful to check for any syntax errors or missing data in a given mixture before using it elsewhere. It can also be used to see exactly which order species and reactions are stored internally in Mutation++ for a given mixture.
Method 1: From a Mixture file
checkmix mixture
Method 2: From a Species Descriptor
checkmix [NASA-7 | NASA-9 | RRHO] "species-descriptor"
species-descriptor
should follow the rules given [here](@ref species_list).
Assuming you have a mixture file called air5.xml
and a
mechanism file called air5-chem.xml
(inther
your local directory or the data/mixtures
and data/mechanisms
directories) which are as follows
<mixture name="air5" mechanism="air5-chem">
<species>
N O NO N2 O2
</species>
</mixture>
and
<mechanism name="air5">
<arrhenius_units A="mol,cm,s,K" E="kcal,mol,K" />
<!-- 1 -->
<reaction formula="N2+M=2N+M">
<arrhenius A="3.0E+22" n="-1.6" T="113200.0" />
<M>N2:0.2333, NO:0.2333, O2:0.2333</M>
</reaction>
<!-- 2 -->
<reaction formula="O2+M=2O+M">
<arrhenius A="1.0E+22" n="-1.5" T="59360.0" />
<M>N2:0.5, NO:0.5, O2:0.5</M>
</reaction>
<!-- 3 -->
<reaction formula="NO+M=N+O+M">
<arrhenius A="5.0E15" n="+0.0" T="75500.0" />
<M>NO:20.0, N:20.0, O:20.0</M>
</reaction>
<!-- 4 -->
<reaction formula="N2+O=NO+N">
<arrhenius A="5.69E+12" n="+0.42" T="42938.0" />
</reaction>
<!-- 5 -->
<reaction formula="O2+N=NO+O">
<arrhenius A="2.49E+09" n="+1.18" T="4005.5" />
</reaction>
</mechanism>
then the command checkmix air5
will produce the following output:
5 species containing 2 elements
5 reactions
Species info:
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N O Mw (g/mol) Charge Phase
Gas Species (5):
N 1 0 14.0067 0 gas
O 0 1 15.9994 0 gas
NO 1 1 30.0061 0 gas
N2 2 0 28.0134 0 gas
O2 0 2 31.9988 0 gas
Default elemental composition:
------------------------------
N : 0.5
O : 0.5
Reaction info:
--------------
Type ID Key
3: heavy particle impact dissociation
7: exchange
Reactions
# Formula Type Rate Law A (m,s,mol) n Ta (K)
1: N2+M=2N+M 3 Arrhenius: 3.000e+16 -1.60 113200.0
N2: 0.23, NO: 0.23, O2: 0.23
2: O2+M=2O+M 3 Arrhenius: 1.000e+16 -1.50 59360.0
N2: 0.50, NO: 0.50, O2: 0.50
3: NO+M=N+O+M 3 Arrhenius: 5.000e+09 0.00 75500.0
NO: 20.00, N: 20.00, O: 20.00
4: N2+O=NO+N 7 Arrhenius: 5.690e+06 0.42 42938.0
5: O2+N=NO+O 7 Arrhenius: 2.490e+03 1.18 4005.5