From 41e207d762c067ec55bcc40922a66aaf2ef977a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry Moffat <hkmoffa@sandia.gov>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:16:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added comments.

---
 Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h b/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h
index 3de46a1f1..08cc525e0 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h
+++ b/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h
@@ -629,6 +629,15 @@ namespace Cantera {
     //! boolean indicating whether mechanism has been finalized
     bool m_finalized;
     bool m_has_coverage_dependence;
+
+    //! Boolean flag indicating whether any reaction in the mechanism
+    //! has a beta electrochemical parameter.
+    /*!
+     *  If this is true, the the Butler-Volmer correction is applied
+     *  to the forward reaction rate for those reactions.
+     *
+     *    fac = exp ( - beta * (delta_phi))
+     */
     bool m_has_electrochem_rxns;
 
     int m_ioFlag;