Cantera: homogeneous ignition calculations

When to use

Use for a closed, adiabatic, homogeneous ideal-gas reactor with a known kinetic mechanism, initial temperature, pressure, and mole composition. The bundled helper runs both constant volume and constant pressure cases and reports a precisely defined temperature-based delay. It is not a flame solver or a general reactor-network builder.

A calculation completing successfully establishes numerical execution, not mechanism validity for the fuel, pressure, temperature, diluent, or measured ignition observable. Read references/interpretation.md when choosing a mechanism, comparing experiments, or interpreting unresolved/two-stage ignition.

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