# Example Input Files

:::{admonition} Disclaimer
Input files distributed with Cantera are provided for **illustration purposes only**.
Users should consult the primary literature to identify suitable mechanisms before
making a selection for research or applications.
:::

The following example input files demonstrate how features of Cantera's YAML format can
be used to define phases, species, and reactions. The files listed below represent a
subset of the input files distributed with Cantera.

[`gri30.yaml`](gri30.md)
: GRI-Mech 3.0, released in 1999, is a detailed chemical kinetic mechanism for natural
  gas combustion and NOx formation. While it remains suitable for teaching and
  illustration purposes, it should otherwise be used with caution.

[`h2o2.yaml`](h2o2.md)
: A basic gas-phase reaction mechanism based on GRI-Mech 3.0. Demonstrates multiple
  phase definitions using the same set of species, specification of transport
  properties, and parameters for the Redlich-Kwong equation of state.

[`diamond.yaml`](diamond.md)
: A heterogenous reaction mechanism. Demonstrates defining surfaces and adjacent bulk
  phases and reading species definitions from other input files. This input file is used
  in the example [`diamond_cvd.py`](/examples/python/kinetics/diamond_cvd).

[`lithium_ion_battery.yaml`](lithium_ion_battery.md)
: An input file for an LCO/graphite lithium-ion battery. Demonstrates multiple surface
  phase definitions, input for the
  [`binary-solution-tabulated`](sec-yaml-binary-solution-tabulated) thermo model, and
  electrochemical reactions. This input file is used in the example
  [`lithium_ion_battery.py`](/examples/python/kinetics/lithium_ion_battery).

[`example_data/covdepsurf.yaml`](covdepsurf.md)
: An input file for a surface phase where the non-ideal interactions between species are
  accounted for in the calculation of the enthalpy and entropy. Demonstrates the
  [`coverage-dependent-surface`](sec-yaml-coverage-dependent-surface) model and the
  corresponding [`coverage-dependencies`](sec-yaml-species-coverage) field of the
  `species` entry. This input file is used in the example
  [`coverage_dependent_surf.py`](/examples/python/thermo/coverage_dependent_surf).

[`example_data/oxygen-plasma-itikawa.yaml`](oxygen-plasma-itikawa.md)
: An input file representing some plasma interactions. Demonstrates the setup of a
  `plasma` phase, reactions parameterized using the
  [`two-temperature-plasma`](sec-yaml-two-temperature-plasma) and
  [`electron-collision-plasma`](sec-yaml-electron-collision-plasma) rate types, and the
  use of multiple `reactions` sections.

```{toctree}
:maxdepth: 2
:hidden:

gri30
h2o2
diamond
lithium_ion_battery
covdepsurf
oxygen-plasma-itikawa
```