diff --git a/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.cpp b/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.cpp
index 446241019..db03c7cdc 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.cpp
+++ b/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,26 @@ namespace Cantera {
 
     return *this;
   }
+  //====================================================================================================================
+  // Return the ID of the kinetics object
+  int  InterfaceKinetics::ID() const { 
+      return cInterfaceKinetics;
+    }
+  //====================================================================================================================
+  int InterfaceKinetics::type() const {
+    return cInterfaceKinetics; 
+  }
+  //====================================================================================================================
+  // Set the electric potential in the nth phase
+  /*
+   * @param n phase Index in this kinetics object.
+   * @param V Electric potential (volts)
+   */
+  void InterfaceKinetics::setElectricPotential(int n, doublereal V) {
+    thermo(n).setElectricPotential(V);
+    m_redo_rates = true;
+  }
+
   //====================================================================================================================
   // Duplication routine for objects which inherit from Kinetics
   /*
@@ -547,7 +567,7 @@ namespace Cantera {
     multiply_each(kfwd, kfwd + nReactions(), m_perturb.begin());
            
   }
-
+  //====================================================================================================================
 
   /**
    * Update the rates of progress of the reactions in the reaciton
@@ -567,12 +587,12 @@ namespace Cantera {
       multiply_each(krev, krev + nReactions(), rkc.begin());
     }
   }
-
+  //====================================================================================================================
 
   void InterfaceKinetics::getActivationEnergies(doublereal *E) {
     copy(m_E.begin(), m_E.end(), E);
   }
-
+ //====================================================================================================================
   /**
    * Update the rates of progress of the reactions in the reaction
    * mechanism. This routine operates on internal data.
diff --git a/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h b/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h
index 6f327dbfe..b569afc7f 100644
--- a/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h
+++ b/Cantera/src/kinetics/InterfaceKinetics.h
@@ -127,20 +127,18 @@ namespace Cantera {
      */
     virtual Kinetics *duplMyselfAsKinetics() const;
 
+    //! Return the ID of the kinetics object
+    virtual int ID() const;
 
-    virtual int ID() const { return cInterfaceKinetics; }
-    virtual int type() const { return cInterfaceKinetics; }
+    //! Retunr the type of the kinetics object
+    virtual int type() const;
 
-    
     //! Set the electric potential in the nth phase
-     /*!
+    /*!
      * @param n phase Index in this kinetics object.
      * @param V Electric potential (volts)
      */
-    void setElectricPotential(int n, doublereal V) {
-      thermo(n).setElectricPotential(V);
-      m_redo_rates = true;
-    }
+    void setElectricPotential(int n, doublereal V);
 
 
     ///