a little question to Ochkov

[FanCG]

my question is focused on Page#39 of the book "chemical kinetics with mathcad and maple".

for the 1st row of the stoichiometric matrix, I think that the second element should be -1 instead of 1

[ValeryOchkov]

Tanks for the interest on the book!

Sorry,

I have no more copies of it.

Can you point me the picture number!

PS

Now we (Victor Koribov and me) have a new book: "Chemical calculations with Mathcad"

[VladimirN]

Valery Ochkov wrote:

...Can you point me the picture number!...

Page#39 from a book:

[VladimirN]

You can also find files to different chapters of the book here (select "download all files"):

http://twt.mpei.ac.ru/TTHB/New-Chem-Kin/En-ChemKin.html

[ValeryOchkov]

Thanks!

You are right:

[ValeryOchkov]

One more error of the book

Now we have so (see http://www.springer.com/chemistry/physical+chemistry/book/978-3-7091-0530-6)

but must be so:

[FanCG]

below attached is what I think it should be (assuming ORIGIN=1, I changed α(1,2) from 1 to -1)

[ViktorKorobov · Accepted solution]

Dear Fan CG,

Thank you. Indeed, in the book there is a error in the stoichiometric matrix. You're right.
However, I do not recommend using chemical notation in symbolic calculations. Sometimes this leads to an error in Mathcad 11/13/14/15.

Viktor (Valery's co-author)