Mass conservation implications of a reaction mechanism

摘要

In a general sense, a proposed reaction mechanism in chemical kinetics must be in accordance with the reaction stoichiometry. That is,one must be able to obtain from the mechanism the mass-conservation equations applicable to the system being modeled. Obtaining these equations involves responses to precisely worded questions that have been addressed by various authors over the past quarter century. In this paper, we describe,with examples, the underlying basis for algorithms answering such questions.