Exercise 1

Read and parse the chemical reactions .xml input file rxns.xml.

1. Collect the species into a species list. My output is ['H', 'O', 'OH', 'H2', 'O2'].

   Some notes and hints:

   • Hint: For this .xml format you should have a loop over the phase element.
   • Hint: You can use the find() method to get the species array.

2. Calculate and print out the Arrhenius reaction rate coefficients using $R = 8.314$ and $T = 1500$.

   Some notes and hints:

   • Hint: For this .xml format you should have loops over the reactionData element, the reaction element, the rateCoeff element, and the Arrhenius element using the findall() method discussed in lecture.
   • Hint: You can use the find() method to get the reaction rate coefficients.

   • My solution is:

     k for reaction01 = 6.8678391864294477e+05 k for reaction02 = 2.3105559199959813e+06